“Baxter, we thank thee for this feast!” added Pepper.
“Come again,” put in Jack.
“Just you fellows wait, that’s all!” came an unexpected voice from the doorway, and turning swiftly, they saw Dan Baxter standing there. He was shaking his fist at the crowd.
“Hullo!” gasped Pepper. For the instant he could say no more.
“I suspected it from the start,” fairly hissed the bully of Putnam Hall. “Just wait, that’s all! If I don’t square up you can shoot me!” And away he went, giving the door the hardest kind of a bang after him.
“Now our cake is dough,” came from Stuffer.
“Sure an’ I’d like to know what he’ll be after doin’,” came curiously from Emerald.
“I wonder if he’ll have the nerve to call Captain Putnam?” mused Andy.
“No,” answered Jack, promptly. “He won’t report this, for if he did he knows we would tell on him too. He’ll try to get square some other way.”
“To bed, all of you!” cried Pepper. “Don’t forget how he slammed that door. Some of the teachers may be along before we know it.”