Part 12 (1/2)
”He'll wake the whole school if he makes much more noise,” remarked Jack ”Be prepared to skip out when the time comes”
”I'll have soled with the”This is beastly! Oh, dear! what in the world shall I do?”
He gave a savage tug at his paja sound and the cloth parted at the knee Out leaped thefro to hi sure that the shoes were now both empty, slipped his feet into the closet located in a corner He intended to get a baseball bat hich to either kill the mice or chase them out into the hallway
”Noatch,” whispered Randy ”Here is where he gets another surprise”
Stowell flung open the door of the closet in a hurry As he did this he found hiure of a Colby Hall cadet The intruder had a handkerchief tied over his face
”Hi! what are you doing here?” cried Stowell in sudden surprise ”You're the felloho's playing the trick on me, eh? I'll fix you, you see if I don't!” And then struck by a sudden idea, Stowell slaot you, and you'll suffer for this nonsense--you see if you don't!” he shouted
”Gee! this is the best yet!” burst out Andy in a low voice ”I didn't think he'd lock that dummy in”
”We only put it there to scare him,” explained Randy ”It's one of his old suits stuffed out We thought it uess it's better the way it is,” he chuckled
”Where did you get those mice?” Gif questioned
”Oh, that was easy,” answered Andy ”I met Pud Hicks, the janitor's assistant, this noon and he was telling ht down in the barn during the past week He had the bunch in a box, and he said he was going to take them down to the river and drown the them was easy”
By this time Codfish had slipped into his trousers, and now he put on his coat
”He's going downstairs to tell Captain Dale or one of the professors!”
exclaiet out of here”
The young captain's advice was followed, and all lost no ti They were just in ti open and the sneak hurry downstairs
”I must see what he does!” cried Randy, who could never let any portion of a joke get away from him, and he hurried down the stairs after Stowell
Captain Mapes Dale was in the office of the school writing a letter when Stowell burst in upon him with scant ceremony
”Oh, Captain Dale, won't you please come quick?” cried the little sneak, all out of breath with excitement ”Soot the fellow locked up in my clothes-closet”
”A millionto his feet ”Surely you must be mistaken You don't mean quite that many,” and a faint smile crossed his features
”Well, there are a whole lot of them, anyway,” returned Codfish ”When I opened ht out at me and they ran all over the floor, and then one of the of my pajaet him out?” and he showed the spot
”And you say you have the culprit locked up in your closet?” demanded Captain Dale
”Yes, sir Won't you please come up and see who it is before he has a chance to break out? Of course he'll try to get away if he can He won't want to be caught”
”Yes, I'll go up immediately Are the mice up there still?”