CHAPTER IV

WHAT THE MORNING BROUGHT FORTH


Link Smith was much surprised by Lew Flapp's assertion that he wanted
to visit the camp during the middle of the night and when practically
everybody was asleep.

"What do you want to come in for?" he asked, feeling fairly certain
that Flapp's mission could not be as upright and honest as desired.

"Oh, it's all right, Link," answered the big bully, smoothly.

"But what do you want?"

"Well, if you must know, I want to talk to a couple of my old friends."

"Why can't you talk to them to-morrow, after they leave school?"

"That won't do. I want them to do something for me before they leave
the academy."

"It's a strange request to make, Lew."

"Oh, it's perfectly square, I assure you. You see, it's this way: I
want them to get some proofs for me,--to prove that I am not as black
as the follows reported to Captain Putnam."

Now, it is possible that some other cadet would not have been