"I do not blame you boys, since Baxter began the attack," he
said. "And I agree, he is a thoroughly bad fellow. Yes, I'll
have him arrested -- providing we can locate him."

Word had already been sent to a clothier, and a gentlemen's
outfitter, both of whom had stores in Cedarville, and before noon
these men came to the Hall, and the students were fitted out
temporarily -- that is, the portion who had lost the majority of
their clothing. Then a gang of laborers and scrub-women were
sent to work to clean up the mess and make the classrooms and
unburned dormitories fit for occupation. In two days Putnam Hall
was once more in full sway, as though nothing out of the ordinary
had happened, the burnt section being boarded entirely off from
the other.

The search for Dan Baxter began at once, but nothing could be
ascertained concerning him. A search was also made for the
Falcon, but that craft had disappeared from the lake.

"Well, I hope we never hear or see anything more of Baxter," said
Sam. "I declare, he is worse than a snake in the grass."

"I'd rather see him locked up," answered Dick grimly. "Then I'd
know he was out of the way of harming us further."

Several days slipped by and the boys were deep in their studies,
when, late one afternoon, Dick was greatly astonished by being
told that Mrs. Stanhope was in the parlor waiting to see him.

"She seems very much agitated," said Captain Putnam. "I am