“Did somebody get shot?”
“Say, this night is the worst yet! Why can’t they let a fellow sleep?”
“If it’s going to keep on like this we better go back to the Hall!”
So the talk ran on, as the cadets rushed out on the parade ground to learn the cause of the new disturbance.
Those to make first appearance beheld Nick Paxton and Billy Sabine running as if some demon was after them. Both were out of breath and shaking with terror.
“Save me!” screamed Billy Sabine, and ran to Captain Putnam and clutched him by the arm frantically.
“What is the trouble, Sabine?” asked the master of the school anxiously.
“It’s a ghost—a madman, a monster!” gasped Sabine. “Oh, don’t let him touch me, please!”
“A ghost?” queried Captain Putnam.
“Yes, sir.”