“Count me out too,” came from Andy. “Why should we stay away?”
“You won’t promise?” asked several.
“No!” came in unison from our three friends.
“Then you’d rather suffer, eh?”
“We don’t intend to suffer!”
“Quit talking and take them to the lake, fellows!” growled one of the masked students. “They’ll sing another tune after they have been ducked three or four times.”
“So you are going to duck us?” said Jack.
“Such is our intention.”
“It’s a mean trick.”
“You can save yourself by promising to steer clear of Point View Lodge in the future.”