"I've heard of such things being
done--when business was dull."
"Well, we'll have to fix the tire, that is all there is to it," said
the oldest Rover. "Might as well get out while we are doing it," he
added to the girls.
"Lucky you stopped when you did," said Tom as he walked around the
machine. "If you hadn't we might have had all four tires busted."
"What a contemptible trick to play," said Dora as she alighted,
"Can you mend the tire?" asked Nellie as she, too, got out, followed
by her sister.
"Oh, yes, we can mend it--or rather put on another," said Dick. "But
we'll examine all the tires first," he added, taking off a lamp for
that purpose.
It was found that each tire had some glass in it, and the bits were
picked out with care. While this was going on Dick suddenly swung
the lamp around so that its rays struck through the trees and bushes
lining the roadway.
"Look! look!" he cried. "There is somebody watching us!"
"The fellow who is guilty," added Sam.
"Catch him!" came from Tom, and he made a quick rush forward.
"Say, we've got to get out of here," came in a low voice from among
the trees. "Run for all you are worth!"
"I told you to get back," said another voice "Come on this way."
A crashing through the brushwood back of the trees followed. Dick held
up the lamp and threw the rays in the direction of the sounds. He and
his brothers caught a glimpse of two boys or men hurrying away.
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