“Keep quiet! Shut up! Don’t answer him! Forget it!” shouted several of the boys, effectually drowning Harry’s words.
“You mustn’t forget you’re a Pi Eta, and that a Pi Eta is never doubted,” said Jerry.
“Hear! Hear!” mocked several of the upper classmen.
“Seriously, though, you mustn’t waste any more time,” interposed Longback. “You noble spirited Pi Etas go find Tony, and we’ll have our confab; then you may meet us in the hall in front of the Psi Mu chapter room.”
The freshmen, however, did not wait to hear the last of the taunt, and breaking up into bands of two or three, they started out with the purpose of locating the janitor.
“Why not look for him at the school,” suggested Harry.
“Because, this is his day to go to Lumberport,” returned Jerry. “He always goes over there every Thursday to draw money for school expenses.”
“Maybe he hasn’t gone yet. Let’s go round to his house,” suggested Paul.
Quickly, the boys who were natives of Rivertown set out to guide their new chum to the house where the janitor lived; but when they arrived they were disappointed to know that he had been gone some two hours.
“Are you the young gentlemen he was expecting to bring him money?” asked Mrs. Farelli.