2."
"Good for you!" said Sam. "But how are you going to get to the
dormitory?"
"Leave that to me."
Leaving Sam and Tubbs to take care of themselves, Tom left the bedroom
and walked out in the upper hall once more.
He was just in time to hear Peleg Snuggers returning with Jasper
Grinder.
"It's all nonsense," he heard, in the teacher'? harsh voice. "The cold
will do both of the boys good."
"He said he was half frozen," insisted Snuggers. "If anything
serious-like happened to them, I dunno what the captain would say."
"I know nothing serious will happen," growled Jasper Grinder. "He was
merely trying to work upon your sympathies. Both could stay there till
morning easily enough."
"The wretch!" murmured Tom to himself. "I'm mighty glad I let them out!"
A few seconds later he heard a cry of dismay.
"Rover is gone!"
"Gone?" came from Snuggers.
"Yes, gone. Snuggers did you leave the door unlocked?"
"No, sir, I couldn't get the key in the lock Here it is." And the
general utility man produced it.
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