He had
heard of the accident, and was fearful that one or another of his
pupils might have been hurt.
"Thank Providence that no one was killed or seriously injured!" he
observed, as he wrung each by the hand. "Welcome, lads, and I
trust you have all had happy holidays."
"he same to you, Captain Putnam!" cried one after another, and
then they passed in to be greeted by George Strong and the new
assistant.
Cadets kept coming back for three days, on the following Monday
the regular school opened, to end in July. Soon the were as deep
in their studies as ever before.
In the meantime Dick had concocted a scheme for sending Josiah
Crabtree on a goose chase to Chicago. Tom had a friend in that
city, and he was requested to mail without delay a certain letter
which Tom enclosed with his own.
This letter was composed by Dick. It was written on a large
letter-head upon which Dick printed the advertisement of the "Mid-
West National College, Incorporated," doing the work on a small
printing press used by some of the boys in getting out a school
monthly. To make the letter even more imposing, Dick printed the
body of it on a typewriter which was used by one of the classes
taking a business course.
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