“Well, what’s the next move?” asked Pepper, after a pause.
“We’ll have to get out of this, that’s certain,” answered Jack.
They tiptoed their way out of the closet and found themselves in the main hallway of the academy. Then they ran up the front stairs and into their dormitory.
“I wish I knew when Captain Putnam will get back,” observed Jack, after they had looked around, to find the sleeping quarters empty.
Below they could hear the students returning to their classrooms, having had their midday meal.
“We’ve lost our dinners, that’s certain,” said Pepper, with a sigh. “If only we had some of Dan Baxter’s stuff here now, it wouldn’t go half bad, eh?”
“Do you know what I think, Pep?”
“Well?”
“I think Dan Baxter put up a job on us.”
“About that liquor, cigarettes, and cards?”