Baxter was carried downstairs to the lower floor of the Hall. Then the party made its way to a side door.
“Throw a blanket over him, fellows,” said one person, and then the bully was almost smothered. The next instant he found himself out in the snow and being carried toward the gymnasium. The building was soon reached and the door opened. Then the whole party went inside, and a lantern was lit.
“Now set the prisoner up, and we will decide his fate,” said one of the masked cadets, and then the bully was placed on an empty box. His heart sank within him, for he felt that he was not among friends, but among those who had good cause to be his enemies.
CHAPTER XXVII
THE PUNISHMENT OF A BULLY
“Look here, what do you intend to do with me?” asked Dan Baxter, as soon as he could speak.
“Punish you!” came from all of the masked boys.
“What for?”
“For many things.”
“I don’t know what I have done.”
“You have tried to bully us,” said one.