to tar me!" cried Tom,

are pretty well scare

ow of bravery w

suffer the full penalty for

When I get through with you I'll warra

by the arm, so that he could not stir. As his legs wer

g cross on his breast

e go

ore he could touch Tom an interruption

e air, hitting his arm and sending t

in Dick Rover's voice, and he rush

m joyfully. "Oh, how glad

umpy Nuggs. "Longback,

nd ter be in it!" answ

bout all we want out

mps took to

ss. The interruption had come so s

mbled to his feet. As he did so Sam le

to back away. But as he did so his hand we

This action caused the hot tar to leave a heavy streak over Baxter's face and nec

for this, Sam Rover!"

ed and took to his he

him. Sam followed hi

er was soon lost to

rmer teacher had recovered and was making tracks down the gully to

" he said, as he whipped out hi

rabtree-let u

cher just as that individual reached the lake shore below t

cadet's head. But Tom ducked, and the next instant put

cher, as he came up with his head covered with mud, f

and feeling the bottom with his feet, Crabtree loo

ripping with water and mud, he

y in which to treat your

ted to throw you in again," exclaimed

ntil we hea

d soon espied the youngest

Baxter?" a

tar brush right in the neck," answered Sam. "Hullo

tend to-ahem-keep me

a voice which he tri

," answered Dick. "You'll march righ

rded the prisoner, Tom

ts, and also for the

bound and the cadets t

and a pistol wa

budge, but Dick showed the pistol, and that settled his

Cedarville the party

ive Tr

"Very good, very good indeed. Turn him over to m

l that he doesn't g

be. No one ever esca

he caught Josiah

ned the former teache

o, where every

Crabtree," said Dick, his heart softening a little,

s, and the professio

ook his hea

Tom. He had not forgotten how Crabtree h

op of courage seemed to desert him an

the sake of my family and my

you had a famil

lied Crabtree, hardly aware of what he was saying. "

"Take him, and Tom can go with you, to make the charge for us and for Mrs. Stanhop

of police on one side of him and Tom on the other. The sight of a man being pla

at used to teach at P

ain't he

away by jumping into the

rested for?"

nd consequently all followe

o also acted as justi

against the f

nd trying to s

"Boy, this is-ahem-infamous! I

your trial comes off,

btree. "Chief, will you kindly send for Mrs. Stanhope? I am

lady!" exclaimed Tom. "I know the peculiar influence

, as you are. I know

u, her daughter Dora will, and so will I a

rs!" stormed Crabtree, try

. And then, if you wish, we'll air all of your doi

winced and turned pale, for he knew h

turned his back on the cadet. A few minutes later, as he c

no easy matter, and it was not until well along in the afternoon that he discovered

ck?" he

Dick. "He has given

it proved of no avail. Dan Baxter had left the vicinity of the lake entirely,

r. Anderson Rover, stating that Alexander Pop would arrive in Cedarville on Tuesday

having. It seems to me that our family are bound to be in hot water all the time. I cannot understand Arno

e coming winter is at an end. Perhaps I will take one or all of you with me, but that will depend upon