An' Oi propose to watch thim spalpanes a bit mesilf.

Oi moight catch 'em at something crooked, Oi belave." So it came about that Frank was warned that Bascomb and Reynolds had apparently been plotting.
Frank acted as first sergeant, and that very afternoon both Bascomb and Reynolds appeared in ranks with their belts disarranged.

This was an open defiance, and, of course, was something Merriwell could not overlook.
"Fall out, Bascomb, and arrange your belt," he commanded, sharply.
"You, too, Reynolds.

You know very well that you have no right in ranks in that shape.

Fall out!" Bascomb and Reynolds obeyed in a sullen way, the big fellow beginning to mutter.
Merriwell had started back to his post, but he whirled sharply, saying: "Silence, sir! This is the third time I have been compelled to warn you against muttering in ranks.