duties to perform.

Jack and Fred noticed that Gabe Werner and Bill Glutts were in their
usual places in the company ahead of them. Once or twice they caught
the ex-lieutenant and his crony gazing at them furtively, but to this
they paid scant attention. Both were satisfied that these two
unworthies were the guilty parties.

"I'm sure they are the ones," said Jack to Fred and the twins, when
they had come to a halt at the roadside for the noon-day meal and the
cadets had some time to themselves. The story had been told to Andy
and Randy, who had listened with much interest.

"What did you do with the flashlight and the handkerchief?" questioned
Andy.

"I've got them both in my pocket."

"Are you going to return them?" asked Randy.

"I don't see what else to do. I don't care to carry them about, and I
don't care to give them up to Captain Dale or any of the professors. I
wouldn't want Werner and his crowd to think we are squealers."

The matter was talked over among the Rovers and Spouter and Gif, who
were let into the secret. Spouter looked the flashlight over, and was
certain that it belonged to Gabe.

"I was down in Haven Point when he bought it," he said. "I was
thinking of getting one of them myself, so I looked them over pretty
carefully."

"I've got an idea!" cried Andy. "Just let me have those things, and
I'll see to it that Werner and Glutts get them back--and with a
vengeance."

"What's the scheme?" questioned his twin eagerly, while the others
listened, being equally curious.

"I'll put each of them in a real, nice, comfortable, little package,"
answered Andy, with a grin. "And then to-night, if I can get the
chance, I'll put one in Werner's cot and the other in Glutts's."

"What do you mean by a 'real, nice, comfortable, little package?'"
questioned Fred.

"Oh, a package that he'll feel when he lies down on it. Something that
he won't be apt to overlook," returned Andy innocently.

"Wow! that's the stuff," cried Randy eagerly. "Let's have those
things, Jack. We'll fix 'em up O. K."

"Well, you take care that you don't get caught at it," answered the
young captain, and then passed the flashlight and the silk
handkerchief over to the twins.

The cadets were now among the Lookout Hills, and after the lunch hour
they had a long hike over two more of the hills. On the top of the
last of these, they paused to rest and to look around them. A grand
panorama burst upon their view, stretching many