All waited for a few minutes longer, but no more explosions followed, and finally Captain Putnam told the cadets to retire, while he and George Strong took a walk through the camp to make certain that everything was all right.
“Come with me,” whispered Andy to his chums. “Don’t go to bed yet.” And he led them to the rear of the tent occupied by Dan Baxter and his cronies.
CHAPTER XXIV
AN ATTACK AND A FIGHT
“What’s doing, Andy?”
“Wait and see. You won’t have to wait long.”
The bully of Putnam Hall and his cronies were sleepy and soon tumbled on their cots. They had scarcely gotten under the blankets when a general cry arose.
“Oh, my! I’m stuck full of pins!”
“Ouch! Something is sticking me in the middle of the back!”
“Ker-chew! Who—ker-chew!—put this—ker-chew!—pepper on my—ker-chew!—cot?”
“My cot is full of burrs!”