In the midst of the excitement somebody saw Peleg Snuggers, the general-utility man of the school, hurrying across the backyard.
"Hullo, there goes Peleg!" was the shout.
"Let's give him a rousing farewell, boys," came from Tom Rover. "Hi, there, Peleg, come here."
"Can't, I'm in a hurry," responded the man-of-all-work, who had had the cadets plague him before.
"Oh, you must come," was the cry, and in a moment more Peleg Snuggers was surrounded.
"Let us march him around on our shoulders," went on Tom. "Peleg loves that, I know he does."
"Don't, neither!" cried the general-utility man. "Now, Tom Rover, you just let me alone."
"We'll carry you around for your rheumatism, Peleg. You've got rheumatism, haven't you?"
"No, I haven't."
"It's good for the lumbago, too."