Part 8 (2/2)
”I won't touch it” And Fred proceeded to go to bed
”I reckon we had best dust,” said one of the boys from another dormitory
”So you had!” burst out To already,”
and in a twinkle the outsiders ran for their various quarters, leaving the occupants of Dormitory No 6 to fix up hten out the washstand, clear up the general muss, and disrobe But the boys were on their ht was out and all were under the covers, although, to be sure, Sam had his shoes still on and Tom was entirely clothed
”Boys, what is the row up here?” The call ca the front stairs, laown
As no one answered, he paused in the upper hallway and asked the question again Then he looked into one dormitory after another
”All asleep, eh? Well, see that you don't wake up again as soon as ain, a faint smile on his features He knew that boys were bound to be ulations
”I'll tell you what, the captain's a brick!” whispered Toan to disrobe noiselessly
”So he is,” answered Frank ”You wouldn't catch old Crabtree acting that way He'd have bad every cadet out of bed and sent half a dozen of us down to the guard-roouess the captain remembers when he was a cadet himself,”
reh pranks at West Point”
”George Strong would be just as kind,” ca awfully tired”
”So aht as passed, and soon all of the cadets were sound asleep, never drea
CHAPTER VII
WHO WAS GUILTY?
”Boys, I've had my trunk looted!”
”And I've had my trousers' pockets picked!”
”And the half-dollar I left on the bureau is gone!”
Such were some of the excited exclamations which the Rover boys heard when they went downstairs the nextThe speakers were the youths who occupied Dormitories Numbers 3 and 4, at the rear of thethe lads elicited the infor one boy, who said he had not had any money on hand
”I spent uess I'm the lucky one”
The news of the robberies created a profound sensation throughout Putna were veryoccur before,” said the captain, and he ordered a strict investigation
All told, soold watch, a silver watch, and several shi+rt-studs ofthe shi+rt-studs was one set with a ruby belonging to a cadet na of iht, while the owners of the money and the various articles slept