“Maybe this is a Baxter trick!” whispered Andy to his chums.
“No, it’s a Roy Bock trick, I am sure of it,” returned Jack. “He is mad because we cut him out with the Ford girls.”
Our friends were led to a small grove not far from the roadside. Here a camp-fire was burning, and they were forced to kneel while the enemy stood around with their sticks upraised.
“We want you to make a solemn promise,” said one of the masked students.
“What promise?” demanded Jack.
“You have no right to visit Point View Lodge.”
“Ho! I thought so!”
“All of you must promise not to go there again.”
“I’ll not promise,” cried Jack.
“Nor I,” added Pepper.