CHAPTER IV
ELECTING A MAJOR
“Have they been spying on us?” queried Mumps, and turned slightly pale.
“Yes, they have been spying—I caught them at it,” came from Billy Sabine. “What have you fellows been up to here?” he added, anxiously.
“Never mind just now,” answered Dan Baxter. He looked much disconcerted. “Just step in here a minute, will you?” he requested, of Pepper and Andy.
“What do you want of us?” asked Pepper, cautiously, while Andy also held back.
“Have you been listening to our talk?”
“Yes.”
“It was a mean piece of business, Pepper Ditmore!”
“Not half as mean as what you were up to, Dan Baxter!”
“What was I up to?”