“Listen!” cried Fred, as all of the others started to talk at once. And going to the door, he listened intently, and so did the others, and they heard Snopper Duke pass through the little corridor and down the stairs.
“He’s gone, all right enough,” remarked Phil Franklin.
“Well, what do you know about this, anyhow!” cried Gif.
“I think he’s treating us like a lot of children,” declared Andy angrily.
“I don’t believe he has any right to keep us out of our regular rooms,” came from his brother.
“Well, anyway, he took the right,” answered Jack grimly. “And what is more, he seems to have the best of us.”
“He won’t have if we break down that door.”
“I don’t think you’ll have an easy job of it breaking down that door,” put in Spouter. “I happened to notice that there was not only a regular lock on it, but also a top bolt. You’d have to smash the whole door to get out. But it certainly is a despicable piece of business,” Spouter continued. “And at the first opportunity we have we’ll have to lay the whole case before Colonel Colby. I’m sure when he has verified our report, and gone into the various merits of the case, he will make a finding that will be in accordance with——”
“Gee! Spouter can spout even if he is a prisoner,” burst out Randy. “Better get up on a chair, Spouter, and make a regular speech about it,” he continued, grinning.
“This is a new experience for me,” remarked Phil, with a smile. “I never thought I was going to be put in jail.”