Directly after supper a huge bonfire was lit on the playground,
and the students were allowed to have their own fun until eleven
o'clock. The football team was, of course, the center of
attraction, and Sam and Tom came in for their full share of
honors.
While the festivities of this Thanksgiving Eve were at their
height, a sudden thought struck Dick. Captain Putnam had given
the cadets permission to go beyond bounds if any cared to do so,
and he hurried away, his intention being to call upon Dora
Stanhope and see how she was faring. Although Dick would not
admit it, he thought a great deal of Dora, and he was sorry, that
she was in danger of having the detestable Josiah Crabtree for a
stepfather.
It was a clear, moonlight night, and he hurried off in the best of
spirits, taking a short cut by way of a road through the woods.
As he walked along he remembered how Tom had met in this vicinity
the thief who had stolen the watch.
"I wonder if I'll meet him," he thought, but no tramp put in an
appearance; indeed, he did not see a soul until the Stanhope
homestead was reached.
A light was burning brightly in the sitting room, and the curtains
were drawn down to within six inches of the bottom of the windows.
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