"Anyway, I saw him aiming for you just before you staggered and fell." "Andy, those fellows must have hit us with stones!" muttered The Imp.
"I feel sure they did.

Ritter struck me with a snowball, on the hand, and it left a deep scratch.

Now, no ordinary snowball would do that.
Besides that, I picked up a sharp stone from where Pepper was lying." "It was against the rules of the contest to use stones," put in Dale, who was near.
"Sure it was!" cried Stuffer.

"If those chaps really used stones they ought to be punished for it." The news quickly went the rounds, as was to be expected.

When Henry Lee heard it he quickly sought out Captain Bart.
"I hope you don't think I allowed any such underhand work," he said anxiously.
"Not for a minute, Henry!" cried the captain of Company B."If Ritter and Coulter did it, they did it on their own responsibility.