no time in running their auto to where Doctor Havens resided. They found the ho

t in your auto? All right, bring him right in if you want to-or wait, I'll go out and take a look

cian approached the automobile, the lad flashed the ray

laimed Doctor Havens. "He is stopping at the

better take him over

s, and I'll

the boys in the automobile. A run of a few minutes brought the party to t

l and a bellboy were present, the matter was kept rather quiet. The young man had a room on

ng examination. "He has cut his forehead, and he also has a bruise behind h

ou knew him?"

t I had seen him

of the hotel proprietor, who

me is P

Sam simultaneously, and the brothers

er. Do you

first name?"

el man mused for a moment.

n, as Sam looked at him in a peculiar way, he added, "Oh, well, never mi

ss, but he was evidently very weak, and the doctor motion

elephone how he is, Doctor," returned Tom; and

ut this Barton Pelter?" quest

red as from Brooklyn, and that he came here three days ago.

, does he appear to hav

ed the hotel man. "My idea is that he is some sort of a commercia

minutes later the Rover boys were in their automobile

me danger signal, Tom," rem

hands. By the way, do you think he can be any relative of Jesse Pelter, the r

of Pelter is not common. Still, there may be other Pelt

e boys found a farmer with a wagon there. The cou

e farmer, "and I thought I ought to put up

and then he and his brother related some

of them automobiles is down in the river!" gasp

end of the bridge settled," answered Sam "I suppose

o do it," returned the countryman. "Maybe I ha

sted Tom. "The young man who owns

t, just a

down, how can we get ov

o you wa

ose we can go around to the Upper Road, but

down stream about half a mile on the Crab

for an automobile

might be, though,

m, and shook his head. "We don't w

m, who, in spite of the recent happenings, was as an

f the river somehow and put a barrier there-the Rover boys swung around once again in their touring car, and headed for the side road which had been me

he car was guided into the water. At the edge, they saw several tracks made, undoubt

gh, we ought to be able to m

brother. "We can't see in this water, and

they bumped over some rather large stones, and once they went into a hollow which was somewhat deeper than expected, but, with it all, they managed to keep the working parts of the car above the surf

y left the rather uneven side road and came out on the smoo

, when the river was swollen. It must be getting late," he added. "Better speed her up

straight stretches of the road where there was little danger of collision. Tom was now running at thirty-five to forty miles an

on of buildings nestling in a pretty grove of trees. All the dormitory windows showed lights, and th

horn, Tom,"

into the seminary grounds and ran along the road leading up to the main entrance, Tom sounded the ho

om

am

seated on a rustic bench near a small fountain. Now, as Tom

ily, and leaping to the ground he caught N

pretty w

" came from Sam, as he,

ome!" cried Grace Laning. "Nellie

e here. We have had quit

breakdown?" question

the rescue of a fellow

never seem to come s

anded Tom, quickly. "Is

ad turned her face away, she continued: "I think it is a shame! If it was not that it wo

mean?" came from b

better not tell them," cri

ht the girl tightly in his

obbed the girl. "Gr

" said Grace, "but the long and short of it is, that Nellie

ejacul

at Miss Parsons had an eccentric old aunt, who wished to give the seminary some money, and so turned over the ring, to be converted into cash. This ring Miss Harrow left on her desk in the office. Nellie went into the office to see the teacher, but finding no one there, came