“Never mind, we can stay here just as well,” said Jack.
“Something was doing in our dormitory too,” went on Andy. “We started to go to bed, when old Crabtree came up and ordered us out. Then he went in and shut the door.”
“What did he do there?”
“I think he made some kind of a search. Presently he called for Captain Putnam, and then both stayed in the room quarter of an hour. After that we were told to go to bed.”
“Something is certainly wrong,” mused Pepper. “Well, we’ll have to await developments, that’s all.”
It was too cold for Andy to remain in the hall long, and soon he went back to his dormitory, and Pepper and Jack went to sleep as before.
At eight o’clock in the morning Peleg Snuggers came in, with a big tray containing the boys’ breakfast.
“What! are we to remain here?” cried Jack.
“I dunno,” answered the general-utility man of Putnam Hall. “I was ordered to bring your breakfast, that’s all.”
“Who ordered it?”