“Fall into it?” asked Pepper. “If you did I guess you got out in a hurry.”
“No, I didn’t fall into it. Paxton and I found it.”
“I’ll wager you threw stones at it,” said Jack.
“No, we didn’t touch it. I wanted to throw a stone but Paxton wouldn’t let me. He said—But never mind that now,” added the sneak hastily.
“What did he say, Mumps?” demanded Pepper.
“Oh, well, if you want to know, he said he might come and get the hornets’ nest some time and play a joke on some of the cadets with it. I guess he wants to get square with some of the fellows.”
“Hum, I see,” mused Jack, and he and Pepper looked knowingly at each other. “Where was the hornets’ nest?”
“Oh, Paxton said I wasn’t to tell anybody.”
“You tell me, Mumps, and I’ll give you my old baseball,” said Pepper. He chanced to know that the sneak wanted a ball.
“Well, I’ll tell you, but you musn’t tell Paxton I did so.”