“You’ll soon see,” answered Dutch, as he hurried from the room again.
[CHAPTER XII]
PLANNING A PICNIC
When Dutch returned, after an absence of about half an hour, he seemed in considerable of a hurry. He went directly to the window, out of which there stretched away in the darkness the tight wire, and from the casement dropped a cord. Then he gave a whistling signal, which was answered. Dutch began to haul up on the cord.
“Say, look here!” burst out Phil. “What’s up, anyhow? Let us in on the joke, as long as you’re using our room to work it from.”
“Sure,” agreed Dutch. “It’s all ready now, as soon as I get the cord Snail Looper is fastening to this one.”
He hauled up a thin but strong rope, and once more gave some whistling signals. Then he closed down the window.
“Now we’ll have to wait about an hour,” he explained, “but I’ll tell you what’s up. You know the proctor has been unusually officious of late, and several of us have suffered.”