The Rover Boys in Alaska

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m. "What have you got for me, a chec

held it out. "Sign here," he added, bringing h

hed up a dime from his pocket and handed i

mister. A

e envelope of the telegram. He perused

in the auto and bring Dora along. They'll be here to-morrow or the day after, and they'll stop at Hope Seminary to

s got Stanley and Spud with him." And he point

r, Dick being the oldest, fun-loving Tom coming next, and sturdy little Sam being the youngest. When at "the old homestead," as they called

e lads had been sent to Putnam Hall Military Academy, a well-known institution of learning pr

rney to the West, and jolly times on the Great Lakes and in the mountains. Next the boys returned to the Hall, to go in camp wi

e Rover boys sailed down the Ohio and the Mississippi rivers, having many adventures by the way, and then found themselves on the Plains, where they solved the mystery

the home farm, where more adventures befell them. Next they retu

uld knuckle down as hard as anyone when it was necessary. But before they went to college the lads and their fa

ld-time school chum, Songbird Powell, already introduced. At the same time William Philander Tubbs came there from Putnam Hall. He was a du

nd Will Jackson, generally called Spud, because of his unusual fondness for potatoes. Spud was a gr

ed a great liking for each other, and at same time Tom commenced to "pair off" with Nellie and Sam was often seen in the company of Grace. Then came the time when the Rovers did a great service for Mrs. Stanhope, savi

, Hope Seminary, for girls. When the Rovers went to Brill, Dora and he

the youths returned home for a brief vacation and while there became the owners of a biplane and took several thrilling trips thro

e trying to do him out of much valuable property. He went to New York and disappeared, and the sons immed

way certain rights to them. The boys traced the crowd to a lonely farmhouse, and it was during the happenings which followed that poor Tom was struck on the head by a wooden footstool, thrown by Pelter, and knocked unconscious. Jo

njured. But the boy had grit and pulled himself together, and presently announced himself as well as ever. But h

emed to take more to business than to studying, he should leave college and take the reins out of his parent's hands. Then he pleaded with Dora that they get married and she consented, only stipul

the college grind for u

"And we'll have to work pretty h

ur head

r had dropped for the time being. But often Sam would watch his brother closely, for

ll their chums of all their doings in and near New York. Songb

d-be poet had said. "He was a sn

ath again," Sam had replied. "

. "If he's a cripple I reckon

life at college, but the lads did their best. Nellie Laning and her sister Grace came back to Hope Seminary and the young folks managed to see each other at least once a w

answer. "I want to get through, and go into business, like Dick has

, supposing your head--" Sh

wouldn't have you fret for the world!" And Tom had caught both her

long, long time." She had not added that one of the specialists had r

had answered. "I'll go through Brill with a rus

, T

his arms and given her a quick little hug and a kiss that meant a great deal. To Tom, the whole w

elf," she had said on parting, and

s he came up to his brother and

" was the answer and t

it's some more of Dad's business. Well, I'll be glad to se

ne, closing one eye suggestively. "Fine fun that, seeing the t

ke a walk," put in Spud

rds the Sanderson far

he knew of Songbird's deep regard for the fa

ld mill," suggested Sam. "That's a fine walk,

now." And then he bit his lip as several of the others commenced to lau

reat Scott! What's the row now? Here comes T

returned Tom. "I fancy T

ne times the cadets there enjoyed even before the Rovers appeared on the scene, read "T