waiter, butler and general factotum of the Hilltop institution, quite astonished the boys

he station at the foot of the hill and brought back the mail,

me to get their letters the g

y come las' night yo' won' get 'em 'cause de post-office was buglariously e

boys as Bucephalus began distribut

ed, too, in de same buglarious fashion an' a big lot o' pussonal property misappropriated by de

post-office as well, did they?" asked Harr

dem by dis, Master Harry. All dey know is dat de malc

fellows rob

me, as you' am aware, was woke up by hearin' de noise an' come a runnin' to stop de robbery. Dey was an exchange of compliments in

agent sa

o't'n de ravine jus' back o' here. De agent tried to catch 'em an' done telephoned to de river statio

s and during the day more was heard which greatly adde

le runabout which the doctor allowed him t

fair of last night. Will you come along? We won't be away mor

ore about it myself and woul

'll get it out and

howed great interest in the little ca

rested. Do you know

returned Ja

to run it down

n and Jack ran it out of t

w Peter Herring and some of his cronies sta

before he came here and we gentlemen have to associate with him.

his attention to the car, managing it so well

t's a wonder how many things that boy can do. He may ha

buildings and going at a good spe

nd steamboat landing. Most shippers use horses but my man had a big

l the time finding out the things you can do. Don't mind that fellow Herring.

the Hudson River hills? We have some hard ones up my way

cool head comes in

ce, going smoothly, however, and with never a jar or a jolt and reached the little station in an incredib

ion and the agent was telling the story of the r

w, Jones?" a

an't tell what was in it. Maybe much and maybe little. The fellows went over the creek by the bridge

plain enough to

big white mustache and black eyebrows and h

en Dick saw that Jack seemed greatly agi

trick that, cutting the telephone wires. I couldn't get connection with no place, up or down. This morning, though, I heard that

e a good haul

t get more. They got into the bank all righ

y got nothing

ey might have. Folks don't wan

out this affair and we won't get the truth of it for some time. I'll show you the creek and the bridge and y

mile back from the station and then sa

hort distance from it, making a sudden turn again at the end of two or three hundred yard

igh and rough. There is a descent from here to the river and there the creek does not make much trouble. Here, however it is all the

inly is a noisy little stream. Here is where the robbers crossed over? I can see auto track

for some time, I don't think. That man with the white mustache and black hair

d Dick once more noticed that

equal to the task, the road being a bad one so Jack took th

village, made a few trifling purchases and then returned to the Academy, Jack managing the car and quite ex

a car anywhere but you can beat me all to bits. Herring can say what he likes but a fellow that can

made me well accustomed to our Hudson valley hills and I real

many conflicting accounts were related so that one co

risoner in one of the State institutions but whether he

was taking a stroll through the woods in the rear of the Academy,

to turn when all at once a form flew out of the bushes close at hand, rushed viole

to co