“All right—I’ll see what I can do to put a spoke in his wheel when he least suspects it.”
At that moment Reff Ritter appeared not far away, and at once Billy Sabine walked off.
“Please don’t say a word about me,” he pleaded, as he departed.
“Now, what is your plan?” asked Jack of Pepper, some time later, when they and Andy were left alone.
“Why, it is simply this, to go to Cedarville and head off Ritter’s little game.”
“You mean to stop him from going to the drug store?” queried Andy.
“Not at all. The druggist has a new clerk, a fellow named Charley Fowler. I know him quite well. If I can see Fowler before Ritter gets there I think I can get him to play into our hands. Now do you catch the idea?”
“That’s all right—if you can get away.”
“I ought to have as good a chance as Ritter,” answered Pepper; and then the bell rang for the parade previous to supper.
It was no easy matter for Pepper to get off that evening, but when he told Mr. Strong that he wanted to see a friend in Cedarville on important business he was allowed leave of absence until nine o’clock, and as the cadets frequently went in pairs, he was allowed to take Andy with him.