But by that time Company B was out of ammunition and had to pause to manufacture more snowballs.
In the ranks of Company A were Ritter, Coulter and Paxton.

Paxton had of late somewhat dropped the others, but Reff and Gus were as thick as ever.

They were now standing side by side.
"Say, I'd like to give it to Ruddy and those others," muttered Coulter.
"So would I," whispered Ritter in return.

"Confound 'em, I'd like to know if they really know the truth about the bicycles." "I don't see how they found out; nobody was around when you fixed 'em up." "Maybe somebody was spying; that sneak of a Mumps, for instance." "If he was, and told on us, I'll fix him for it." Both cadets were making snowballs near a hollow.

As Ritter scraped the snow up he uncovered several jagged stones.
"Say, look here!" he whispered, and pointed at the stones.