"If the captain knows who the fellows are, why don't he put them into uniform, and not make black sheep of the whole of us?"
"I don't believe in doing anything in a hurry," interposed Bart Cornwall. "If we are going to stand out, we want to know what we are about before we begin."
"That's my idea," added Bob Swanton. "Let us understand what we are going to do before we begin."
"Perhaps we had better talk it over among ourselves before we do anything," mused Lew Shoreham. "There is time enough before to-morrow morning."
"That's the idea," Life Windham chimed in. "The worst we can do is to refuse to wear the uniform; and we can't refuse before the clothes are given to us."
"By the way, did you fellows hear that the Chesterfield students have two barges like ours?" inquired Phil Gawner.
"I know they have, for I saw the kid-glovers out in them," replied Lick Milton.
"When did you see them, Lick?" asked Lew Shoreham.
"Day before yesterday. They were pulling in the barges near the shore."
"The rest of the fellows will go off without us if we don't hurry up," added Bart Cornwall. "Sandy Beach is not far from the Chesterfield Institute."