over from Brill to learn if any word had been received from the Rovers.
"Glad you caught those rascals," was Songbird's comment. "And I hope they send 'em all to prison for life!"
"They'll be sure to get pretty long terms," answered Sam.
Everybody has his or her story to tell, and that day there were but few lessons both at Hope and at Brill. The Rovers were the heroes of the occasion, and everybody wanted to congratulate them on what they had done.
"Well, it was a pretty strenuous experience," said Dick to his friends. He did not realize that still more strenuous happenings were in store for him and his brothers. What they were, will be told in another volume, to be entitled, "The Rover Boys in New York; Or, Saving Their Father's Honor."
All of the girls had been too upset by what had happened to go on with their studies, and it was thought best to let them go home for awhile and take it easy. The boys, too, went home, to let their folks know all the details of the happening.
"You did very well, boys!" cried their father, when he greeted them. "Very well indeed! I am proud of you!"
"And the best of it is, all of those rascals are
