"We'll have no fines and drills, for one thing, and neither will we admit any girls who stick up their noses at a good cigar. But there is one thing we must not forget to do when we meet those fellows at the store to-morrow. If we decide upon any thing, we must be careful how we carry it out. If we are foolish enough to let Joe and the rest know that we are down on them, and that we intend to do them all the injury we can, they will make things very unpleasant for us. We don't want them to serve us as they have served Prime, and read us entirely out of their good books—"
"And that is just what they will do if they see us in Prime's company," interrupted Loren. "Sheldon said so."
"There is no need that they should ever see us in his company," replied Tom. "Our best plan would be to hold all our meetings in secret—"
"And keep our organization, if we have any, a secret," chimed in Ralph.
"That's the idea," said Tom. "Then we can do as much damage as we please in the way of setting boats adrift, and so on, and
