"The bugs?" questioned the professor.
Chunky nodded. Tad eyed the fat boy suspiciously.
"Look here, what have you got up your sleeve, Stacy?" he demanded.
"Nothing, I hope. But some of the fellows did."
"Did what?" cut in Rector.
"Did have."
"Did have what?" urged Walter. "A fellow has to have a map to follow you."
"Did have something up their sleeves."
"What was it you think they had up their sleeves?" asked Tad, eyeing the fat boy with growing suspicion.
"Oh, I don't know. Maybe it was insects."