“He’ll be sure to look out for No. 1!” said Fred, with a laugh.
“This food is to be divided among all the rooms we can reach,” said Jack. “And it is to be a fair division, too.”
The division then commenced, and for the best part of an hour the cadets were busy, passing stuff from one window to another. They had to do this with care, so that none of the guards on the campus might discover what was going on.
“And now for dinner!” cried Pepper, as he looked at his watch and saw that it was twelve o’clock. “Boys, I think we can all be truly thankful for the good things provided.”
“So we can,” answered Dale.
At that moment there sounded footsteps in the hallway and then came a knock on the door.
CHAPTER XIX
WHAT HAPPENED TO JACK RUDDY
“Boys, get the eating out of sight—somebody may want to come in!” cried Jack, in a low voice. And in a few seconds the food was placed in a closet and covered with papers and books.
“I want to talk to you!” called the voice of Josiah Crabtree.
“What do you want, Mr. Crabtree?” demanded the young major.