“I know one thing—Captain Putnam would be as mad as hops,” said Paxton. “More than likely he would reduce Ruddy to the ranks.”
“Yes, but you can’t work such a scheme,” said Coulter.
“Why not—if we can get hold of his things between now and to-morrow noon?”
“Because if he finds anything is mussed up he’ll do his best to clean up before he goes on the parade ground.”
“Yes, but what if he doesn’t find anything mussed up?” queried Reff Ritter.
“Yes, but—I don’t understand,” said Paxton. “He has eyes—he can readily see if anything is wrong.”
“Maybe not—if we fix him up in the right kind of a way.”
“Well, how are you going to do it?” demanded Coulter.
“I can do it easily enough, provided I can get down to the Cedarville drug store to-night.”
“What do you want from the drug store?”