several of their friends, and there are a number of
adventures, some comical and some strange and mystifying. At the school
the rivalries are as keen as ever, but the Rover boys are on their
mettle, and prove their worth on more than one occasion.

Again I thank my numerous readers for all the kind words they have
spoken about my stories. I hope the present volume will please them in
every way.

Affectionately and sincerely yours,

EDWARD STRATEMEYER

CONTENTS.

I. SOMETHING ABOUT THE ROVER BOYS

II. WHAT HAPPENED ON THE MOUNTAIN

III. A MYSTERIOUS CAVE

IV. AT THE FARM

V. RANDOLPH ROVER'S STORY

VI. WAITING FOR NEWS

VII. A STRANGE LETTER BOX

VIII. LAST DAYS ON THE FARM

IX. AT THE WILD WEST SHOW

X. JOLLY OLD SCHOOLMATES

XI. WILLIAM PHILANDER TUBBS

XII. WHAT HAPPENED ON THE STAIRS

XIII. DORA, GRACE AND NELLIE

XIV. AT THE ICE-CREAM ESTABLISHMENT

XV. AN ASTONISHING GIFT

XVI. THE HUNT FOR A SNAKE

XVII. A STIRRING SCENE IN THE SCHOOLROOM

XVIII. IN WHICH TAD SOBBER DISAPPEARS

XIX. WHAT HAPPENED AT THE PARTY

XX. DICK AND DORA

XXI. A BOB SLED RACE

XXII. PELEG SNUGGERS' QUEER RIDE

XXIII. HOLIDAYS AT THE FARM

XXIV. A CAPTURE AND A SURPRISE

XXV. CHRISTMAS AT THE FARM

XXVI. THE SKATING RACE

XXVII. ON THE LAKE

XXVIII. AT THE OLD HOUSE

XXIX. A WRECK AND A CAPTURE

XXX. GOOD-BYE TO PUTNAM HALL

THE ROVER BOYS ON THE FARM

CHAPTER I

SOMETHING ABOUT THE ROVER BOYS

"Sam, this isn't the path."

"I know it, Tom."

"We've missed our way," went on Tom Rover, with a serious look on his
usually sunny face.

"It looks that way to me," answered Sam Rover, his younger brother. "I
think we made a wrong turn after we slid down the cliff."

"What is keeping Dick?"

"I don't know."

"Let's call to him," went on Tom, and set up a loud cry, in which his
brother joined. The pair listened intently, but no answer came back.

"I don't like this," said Sam, an anxious look in his clear eyes. "Maybe
Dick is in trouble."

"Perhaps so," answered Tom Rover.

The two boys were far up on a mountainside, and all around them were
tall trees, thick brushwood, and immense ridges of rocks. It had been a
clear, sunshiny day, but now the sky was overcast, and it looked like
rain.

"We've got to go back for D