But where are we to get the lamp-black?"
"I've got it already. I put several corks in the camp-fire, and burnt
cork is the best stuff for blacking up known."
"Right again. Oh, but we'll make William Philander look like a regular
negro minstrel. And that's not all. After the job is done we'll wake
him up and tell him Captain Putnam wants to see him at once."
Several boys were let into the secret, and then all waited impatiently
for Tubbs to retire. This he soon did, and in a few minutes was sound
asleep.
"Now then, come on," said Sam, and led the way to carry out the
anticipated fun.
CHAPTER III
THE DOINGS OF A NIGHT
As luck would have it, William Philander Tubbs just then occupied a
tent alone, his two tent-mates being on guard duty for two hours as was
the custom during encampment.
The aristocratic cadet lay flat on his back, with his face and throat
well exposed.
"Now, be careful, Sam, or you'll wake him up," whispered Tom.
One cadet held a candle, while Sam and Tom blackened the face of the
sleeping victim of the joke.
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