n at each other. Plainly they could not unde

et just where you left

disappeared!" said the scout leader, with

ody's swiped it!" ejaculated Toby, h

ingle trace of the fine motorcycle, he began "barki

of the traveler on the highway falling among thieves. My stars, Elmer, now wh

d out," replied Elmer, setting his teet

ar a tree, against which he evidently had leaned the motorcycle

arked Nat, as he watched the mysterious

nd what he's doing easy en

ke put me wise, won't

got away with his machine while he was working w

you're born. And don't I just hope he gets on to him! Ho

hat he immediately moved into the woods; and they were compelled to trun

won't think to smash the thing when he finds

he had learned when on that ranch in the Canadian Northwest were undoubtedly coming in "pat"

Nat, as he pushed his motorcycle through the scru

t; but all the same I can give a pr

I'm all in the dark and up

who was struggling manfully to rush his heavy wheel alo

an them Fairfield chaps that came out here t

n, beginning to conserve

t who, like Lil Artha, was more or less addicted to present-day slang, t

tting his teeth as though even

lmer's out of the running the game is in their hands. But he can have my m

ither," de

e seemed to be devoting himself wholly to the business i

up, and get even with

to take us at our word, and borrow

spurt, and managed to gain enou

hat they were up with him; "but you're away off in your calculations. It isn't one of

s that?" g

low who ran off with my machine," repe

t under the sun would one of our boys want with a motorcycle when,

f our scouts eit

e tell us who it could

of us right now," the scout leader said; "but judging from the fact that hi

mmon tramp!" exclaimed

that making off with Elmer's motorcycle, when he needs it the worst kind to blo

it back, don't you forge

s little of mirth in the sound; for the boy was tremendously arouse

hat I know what's on!" declared Toby, altho

ght now! Look, look

ough the scrub ahead. Undoubtedly it was the party who had run away with Elmer's mot

d to get him, fe

," remarked Nat, as he strained every

to trundle along, suddenly left his chums in the lurch. They

ll get him!"

ours, Mr. Wandering

eat in his manner that hardly became a scout; but then Toby had been a boy long befor

nd make a spurt, so as to be i

mething tells me a machine may come in handy yet, ev

ered, still clinging to his motorcycle. "The

at's wha

ering off on

making a sorter curve all along, like he wan

achine through the scrub any too much, I reckon

you blame him

s head as though he could h

shout for help? Perhaps Elme

l out, or laugh," Nat began, wh

rry along wit

s he tried to add a little mor

r his knee, and is holding

tever would he tell us to bring our machines, if he had the hobo? Tell you what

him with! Oh, I wish I could fly ri

ellow like me, that's up to snuff, don't s

exclaimed Nat, without appearing to take any notice of t

nd all the assistance in his power toward getting the machine he f

possibly believing that its recent re

ad again, after making all that half

eye, which he had no difficulty in making out to be a motorcycle, upon which a ragged specime

the engine!" Toby exclaimed, with sudd

or at least a couple of miles; and the fellow ha

dispose of the tramp in the bushes. To the indignation of Toby and Nat, the latter having also managed to reach t

away sped Elmer, mounted on Toby's old machine, which

smoke, will yo

heart that the pursuing machine might not take a notion to p

ehind him, for Elmer never bothered using the hush pedal, such was his de

bly have done in ten years, as he endeavored to pedal his stolen property at a rate of speed that would take him beyond