“Play a trick?” repeated the young major. “What do you mean?”
“Oh—you watch out, that’s all.”
“Billy must know of something,” cried Pepper, his suspicions aroused.
“Call him back,” added Andy, and this was done. The other boy returned rather unwillingly.
“Who is going to play a trick on me?” demanded Jack.
“Why—er—I didn’t say he was going to play a trick—I only said for you to watch out.”
“You act as if you knew of something,” said Pepper. “If you do you had better say so.”
“I—er—I thought I’d warn you, that’s all.”
“But what do you know—come, out with it,” and now Jack caught the cadet by the arm, so that he could not run away. Billy Sabine looked around suspiciously.
“If I tell you, you won’t give me away, will you?” he asked, in a low voice.