"Certainly a queer one.

Where are the fellows who hired this room ?" "I don't know.

They tied me fast and left." "Did you know them ?" "I knew one of them--he goes to boarding school with me." "Oh, I see, a schoolboy's trick, eh?
You schoolboys are up to all sorts of pranks." "You don't know where they went to, do you ?" questioned Dave, as he leaped up from the bed and stretched himself.
"No, I haven't the least idea.

They hired this room for to-night, that's all." "I think I'll try to catch them," said the youth.

"Much obliged for setting me free." "You are welcome.