d upon it that the students attend to their studies and our friends pitched in with vigor, so

o gave the bully a stern lecture. As a consequence Baxter was quite humble for t

utnam called Jack, Pepper, and

t in for a lecture!" whisp

anything wrong?" aske

have

irs old Crabtree was in the lower hallway. Somehow the flo

" chuckled Jack.

ss elsewhere, and I dus

tain Putnam awaiting them with a smile and

daughters are going to have a small gathering at their home this afternoon and evening, and they would like you to be present. If

faltered Andy, who

" cried Pepper. "I'm sur

"They seemed to be real nice people,

m said they could take a horse and buggy from the Hall a

by eleven o'clock," sai

get ready. It was a rule of the establishment that cadets must wear their uniforms when going out o

the girls," observed Pe

f the Hall," retorted the young m

horse and buggy ready for them, and the utility man to

id Peleg Snuggers. "Ain't no m

his bursting?

l or a sea swell?"

mean," answered the utility

. "Boys, we'll have t

me a diamond for my s

got no

d us a gold watch

an. "How am I to git diamonds an' gold watches

buy out the Hall and give us free board, eh?" And then the boy

l be!" murmured the man of al

had to drive along with care. In some spots the trees o

an drive getting

low," answered Jack. "We ought to start

elegant grounds, filled with shrubs and flowers, and a fine mansion with broad pi

," murmured Jack. "See, ther

e Ford and his stately wife came to greet them. Then the g

nd Flossie," said Mrs. Ford. "I want you to make yours

endid place

nd then Laura and Flossie took them around the mansion and grounds, showing them various points of

l here," said Jack to Laura, when they had d

ura frowne

xpect them. They c

I s

mother's people, and he comes on that a

be making him

I do not like them to come, but mamma doesn't like

se for his buttonhole, while Flossie got roses for Andy and Pepper. These had just been pin

"We were wondering what had become of you

iends around the ground

that pulled the girls out of the

e done that," came fro

ce, too," said Jack, sharply. The manner of

ool won that race!" cried

how," growled Roy Bock. "The Putnam Hall

laimed Pepper. "The sta

d say so," grumbled th

because it

ow," put in Grimes. "But just wait till the footb

aura, in a frightened tone. "If you get Roy

in some day-when these fellows ain't around. We don't

those words," said Jack, hotly. "But w

trode off, followed by his fellow students. Soon they left th

e gone," said Flossie. "Do you know

Excuse the word, but I can't d

came from Laura. "I wish he

he is," said Pepper. "They seem to

It's a wonder they didn't invite themselves to dinner. And then, so I've been told, they tell t

served. The repast was an elaborate one, and our friends did it full justice. Then came so

er, enthusiastically. "Excuse the F

e had a bette

f you to ask us to

ura, and Flossie said the same. Then Mr

chool," said Jack. "On Satur

know, is our ma

he drill by all means!

over some day," answ

gy. The lantern was lit and hung over the dashboard, yet it did

e in a black portion of the woods. "Supposing some

d Pepper. "I caught Link Smiley reading one the other day, and I ha

ls for such rot," answered Andy. "Good books ar

rrupted Pepper. "Perhaps a

resting, on a limb of a tree. Just as they were opposite to the

nd. "Don't you dare t