“I don’t believe Captain Putnam or Mr. Strong would do such a thing,” vouchsafed Bart Conners.
“No, both of them are too considerate,” answered Dale.
“This is the combined work of old Crabtree and Cuddle,” came from Andy. “Cuddle loves to cut a fellow short on grub.”
Jack walked to the door and tried the knob.
“Locked, true enough,” he said.
“But the windows aren’t,” added Pepper. “I could get out of a window almost as quick as out of a door,” he went on suggestively.
“Let’s all climb out and make a break for the mess hall,” cried Fred Century. “He has no right to cut us out of our dinner. It’s paid for.”
“So it is!” answered several.
“I’ll climb out if anybody else will,” said Reff Ritter.
“So will I!” said Dale and Coulter in a breath.