“Who would have done it?” wailed Nellie Agnew.
“Maybe the janitor himself,” observed Laura, thoughtfully.
“My goodness! but you’re the cheerful girl,” returned Bobby. “Do you want to scare us to death right at the start, Mother Wit?”
“We might as well admit the seriousness of the situation,” said Laura. “I can’t imagine that anybody would shut us up here for a joke.”
“Some of the boys?” suggested Eve.
“That Short and Long is full of mischief,” added Nell.
“Chet would wring his neck for a thing like this,” declared Jess, with confidence.
“I don’t care who did it, or what it was done for,” said Bobby, finally. “The fact remains: The door is locked!”
“That is the truest thing you ever said, Bobby,” sighed Jess. “Come on back to the tower room. Do you suppose we can call loud enough to attract the attention of people on the street?”
“Not in a thousand years,” groaned Bobby.