“Wait a minute! I’ve got a plan,” whispered Andy. “Come here,” and he drew several feet away from the door.
“What do you propose?” questioned Gif.
“Jack, Fred, Spouter and Fatty can stay at the door and argue with Codfish and Wesley just as hard as possible so as to keep ’em interested. In the meanwhile, Randy and Gif and I can go around and get on the fire escape that runs under their window. Most likely their window is open and we’ll be able to sneak into the room. If we can do that Randy and I can hold both of them back while Gif unlocks the door and lets you fellows in.”
“Gee, that’s the stuff!” answered Randy, in a whisper, his eyes glistening. “Come on! Let’s get busy!”
The others were willing, and while Jack, Fred, Spouter and Hendry returned to the locked door, the others, led by Andy, disappeared around the corridor corner in the direction where a door led out to a long fire escape.
“We’ve got to be careful and make no noise,” whispered Andy. “Otherwise they may get on to the trick and lock the window and barricade it with a chiffonier or something. Then we’ll be out of it altogether.”
It was easy to get out on the fire escape, and, once there, the three cadets crawled cautiously along past several windows, coming finally to the window belonging to the room occupied by Codfish and Wesley.
“The window is open,” whispered Andy, after taking a cautious look. “All we’ve got to do is to raise the screen and leap inside.”
“Wait now!” returned his twin. “Let’s have everything understood. Take a look inside if you can without being seen.”