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suggested Andy . `` Fred and Jack can take the iceboat back to the Hall and explain matters to Captain Putnam . '' This was agreed to , and a little later the _ Skimmer _ was on the way to the school . It was now after eight o'clock and the cadets were hungry . Andy and Pepper were to have their meals sent to them from the Fasick farmhouse . Tying up at the boathouse landing , Jack and Fred hurried into the Hall . As they passed one of the classrooms they came face to face with Reff Ritter .