"I believe they actually mean to roast us!" "Sure as fate!" agreed another.

"They won't think to put out the fires till we are well cooked, if they do then!" "This is awful!" gurgled Parker.

"Browning, can't you do something ?" "Well, I hardly think so," confessed the king of the sophomores.

"But I will do something if I ever get out of this alive! You hear me murmur!" "Say!" cried Tad Horner.

"I can't stand this much longer.