"They must be."
"What a lot of unnecessary labor," laughed the West Point man.
"Why?" challenged Dave.
"Because the Army is going to win again." That "again" caused Dave Darrin to wince. "We win almost every time, you know," Fields explained.
"Almost every time?" challenged Dan Dalzell, joining the pair.
"Are you sure of your statistics?"
"Oh, I have the statistics, of course," Fields answered. "That's why I speak so confidently."
At this point three more West Point men approached.
"Hey, fellows," called Fields good-humoredly. "Do you know of an impression that I find to prevail among the middies to-day?"
"What is that?" inquired one of the gray-clad cadets, as the newcomers joined the group.
"Why, the middies seem to think that they're going to take the
Army's scalp to-day."