Andy bent low and caught another student by the legs, sending him over into a fourth, and both went flat.

Then the three cadets caught a fifth and ran him along the road and into a hollow, where he went into snow up to his waist.
"Stop 'em! Stop 'em!" was the cry, but the Putnam Hall boys could not be stopped.

Turning, they delivered a parting shower of snowballs, and then ran on, in the direction of the school.
"I guess the Pornell fellows will remember that for awhile," panted Pepper, when they felt safe.
"And just think of it--three to nine!" chuckled Andy.
"They thought they had us dead to rights," came from Jack.

"Well, I guess we showed them a trick or two they won't forget right away." "Are they following us ?" asked the acrobatic youth, looking back.
"I reckon not," replied Pepper, "Must have had enough," and he smiled broadly.
The three cadets were tired out from their long walk and the contest on the road, and when the school was reached all were glad enough to sit down and rest previous to having supper.

Andy looked around for Reff Ritter, but that cadet kept himself out of sight.
"I'll see him after supper," said the acrobatic youth.
It was not until nearly bedtime that he got a chance to question the bully.