his cut plastered up from the out kit taken along to t

Stanhope, as she sat down beside Dick, with Dora clos

a. "When they are fixing a bridge they usually put a bar ac

"But I haint seen no sign

be responsible for this smash up," s

well scratched up

are a total wreck. I reckon it will take the

umbled the general utility man, fearing he saw trouble

ove into sight, piled high with the new planking for the bridge.

e contractor, as he brought his wagon to a

a little account to settle with you, Mr.

me? Wh

this

s cut chin,"

g knocked ou

d Joel Darwell. "I put up the bar with the

interrupted Peleg Snugger

when I came along

insisted Joel Darwell. "I can show you just wh

ok the sign down," s

tage," answered Larry Colby. "But

answered Dick promptly. "But I don't think they a

Baxter for o

r," put in Tom. "They are both

Mumps?" a

ow out West," said Sam. "There's another rascal, though-Mr. Arnold Bax

nsible," said Frank. "Supposing we

ign and put it up agai

ent back, and with th

pes. As soon as the

ed the elder Ro

to hear Josiah Crabtree spok

o say that he has turned up

went to the door and asked to know who was there. At once I heard somebody or some animal leave the porch and

tell your

ldn't sleep all night, and I laid with a big stick in one hand and papa's old revolver

e loaded, Dora. Do you k

ow little or nothi

or you, and get some

you ought to shoo

do know how dreadfully he treated you

ark. Crabtree may be around, with some new scheme against you o

Dan Baxter both came back

it might have been only a cat,-or a common tramp looking for som

to pay us a visit, and sh

ouse besides your mother and yourself

you came back you said something about going out West wi

er was safe in jail and couldn't bother him any more, he concluded to remain with Uncle Randolph and Aunt Martha until next sp

to go with me on a trip to Buffalo and then around the Great Lakes. I trust the lake air will do

trip," answered Dick. "I have no

at trip was to lead to, and of how he an

ad branched off in three directions. At this point Joel Darwell poin

is where I placed the danger sign,

added the workm

lancing around. Some bushes torn up beside the road attract

e, on the ground, lay the torn-up posts and boards. Evi

rascal!" cried Sam. "Somebody

k of dem Pornell Acade

a

plied Tom. "They may feel cut up, but they w

d, so that anybody standing there could have seen the s

but Joel Darwell and his helper. These two dragged the posts and boards into position again, a

ed one of the cadets presently

t coin of coppery metal, engraved w

t," replied Tom, his

you,

brought out a similar piece. "No, there is mine,"

of each. The coin was similar to those they had handled while on the

ter dropped that!"

or Dick brought none to Putnam Hall; I heard him tell the

rabtree is responsible for this smash-

. The question

guilty," suggested

om. "I wonder if one or the other of

go and call the others," and at once th