“Let me in,” came in the voice of Dan Soppinger. “I’ve got news.”
Jack opened the door and Dan came in, followed by Fatty.
“Say, what do you know about this!” exclaimed Dan. “Colby Hall has been robbed!”
“Robbed!” ejaculated Jack. “What do you mean? What did they take?”
“What did they take!” burst out Fatty. “I guess they took about everything they could get their hands on that was easy to carry off. I lost my stickpin and my watch.”
“And I lost two old stickpins and two rings that I haven’t been wearing,” put in Dan.
“When did you find this out?” questioned the newly-elected major.
“I made the discovery just when I was going to bed after doing some examples in algebra,” answered Dan. “It was about half-past twelve, so I didn’t want to wake anybody up—that is, none of the other fellows, although I did call on Fatty because I knew he was writing a composition. He looked around his room then and found he had been robbed, too. Then, as Professor Duke was away, we called on Professor Watson. He made an investigation and then said he would report to Colonel Colby the first thing this morning.”
The talk in Jack’s room had brought Fred to the scene, and a few minutes later Randy and Andy came in, rubbing their eyes sleepily.
“What was your stuff worth, Dan?” questioned Fred.