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for awhile," panted Pepper, when they felt safe. "And just think of it--three to nine!" chuckled Andy. "They thought they had us dead to rights," came from Jack. "Well, I guess we showed them a trick or two they won't forget right away." "Are they following us?" asked the acrobatic youth, looking back. "I reckon not," replied Pepper, "Must have had enough," and he smiled broadly. The three cadets were tired out from their long walk and the contest on the road, and when the school was reached all were glad enough to sit down and rest previous to having supper. Andy looked around for Reff Ritter, but that cadet kept himself out of sight. "I'll see him after supper," said the acrobatic youth. It was not until nearly bedtime that he got a chance to question the bully. He followed Ritter up to his dormitory, which chanced just then to be unoccupied. "Reff, I want to talk to you," he said, when the bully was on the point of closing the door in his face. "What do you want, Andy Snow? I'm not feeling well to-night, and I am tired out from a walk I took to Cedarville." "I won't keep you long, Reff. I want to ask you about the man you met in Cedarville? What's his name?" Reff Ritter stopped short and showed that the question took him by surprise. "Man I met?" he stammered. "Yes, the man you met at the new buildings in Cedarville." "Who said I met any one?" "We saw you, I and Major Ruddy and Pep Ditmore." "Huh! Been spying on me, eh?" And Reff Ritter's face took on its old look of sourness. "It was an accident. But I want to know who that man was." "What for?" "I have my reasons." "I don't see that I am called on to answer your questions, Andy Snow. If I want to meet anybody I'll do it." "Then you refuse to tell me who the man was?" "Tell me why you want to know and maybe I'll tell you who he is," answered the bully, after studying the acrobatic youth's face for a moment. "Very well. Do you remember the time the horse ran away with me and left me unconscious on the road?" "I heard about it." "Well, just before I was knocked unconscious I saw a man on the road ahead of me." "Well?" "I think it was the man you met this afternoon." "That man?" cried the bully, and now he showed a sudden interest. "Yes, and that is why I want to know his name, and where he comes from." "You must be mistaken, Snow. That man doesn't belong around here." "Where is he from?" "I t
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