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But I want you to promise me to attend to your studies . Military matters are all well enough in their way , but I want you to have the benefits of a good education . '' `` Oh , I fancy Captain Victor Putnam will attend to that , '' put in Sam . The circular was read from end to end , and it was after ten o'clock before the boys got done talking about it and went to bed . Certainly the prospect was a bright one , and if poor Dick had only had his watch the three would have been in high feather . Little did they dream , of all the startling adventures in store for them during their term at Putnam Hall . It must not be supposed that Mr. Randolph Rover intended to allow the theft of Dick 's watch to pass without a strong effort being made to recover the article .