“Hullo!” cried Dale, staring as if he saw two ghosts. “I thought you were prisoners.”
“We were, but we escaped,” explained Jack. “You won’t tell on us, will you, Dale?”
“Me tell on you?” said the other cadet, reproachfully. “Not by a jugful!”
“Do you know when Captain Putnam is coming back?”
“Not until to-morrow morning, so I heard.”
Pepper and Jack looked at each other.
“What shall we do next?” asked Pepper.
“Let us stay in hiding until the captain gets back.”
So it was decided, and Dale told them of a vacant room on the top floor where they might make themselves comfortable in the meantime.
“It’s got a bed in it and all,” said he. “You can lock yourselves in and I’ll keep you posted.”