“What is it, Andy? You look as excited as if you had met a lion face to face.” And the young major sat up in bed in wonder.
“Hustle into your clothing and come downstairs. Something awful has happened.”
“What’s up?” asked Pepper, who had overheard the talk.
“The cannon is gone, and so is the flagstaff!”
“What!” came in a chorus from several cadets. “The cannon and the flagstaff gone?”
“Exactly.”
“Do you mean the new cannon?” queried the young major.
“To be sure I do. The old one is back in the barn.”
“Where has it gone to?” asked Stuffer.
“Nobody knows. It disappeared during the night—and so did the flagstaff.”