DORMITORY NUMBER TWO.


For the moment none of the three students knew what to do. They felt
that if the approaching personage should be Jasper Grinder there would
certainly be "a warm time of it," to say the least.

Yet the approaching man was not the teacher, but Peleg Snuggers, the man
of all work around the Hall, a good-natured individual, well liked by
nearly all the students. Snuggers was in the habit of taking many a joke
from the scholars, yet he rarely retaliated, contenting himself with the
saying that "boys will be boys."

"It's Snuggers!" whispered Sam, after a painful pause. "What shall we
do?"

"Perhaps we can get him to keep quiet," returned Tom, also in a low
voice. "He's a pretty good sort."

"Do--don't trust him," put in Tubbs, in a trembling voice. "If I'm put
back in that cell I'll die; I know I will!"

"I have it," said Tom, struck by a sudden idea. "Into the storeroom with
you, quick!

"But he may be coming after me!" said Sam.

"Never mind--I'll fix it. Be quick, or the game will be up!"