the doctor who represented the railroad compa

en't you?" said th

that is what you came for," he continued. "We might put in a big claim for damages, and I think a jury woul

ned Belright Fogg, but he di

lars new and we have spent over two hundred dollars on improvements,

omething, can't you

ery may give a hundred dollars for it. Now what I propose is this:

oster

Fogg, we'll consider

u won't get a c

mains to

hundred dollars in place of t

fteen hundred or

have not

have been to him, too. We were badly shaken up-not as much as my brother made out, but enough. If we ha

I-er-I can't see it," and the

ight get the full amount of our loss-three thou

if possible and thus avoid litigation, for the railroad authorities had

" he said, after some more talk. "But that is my l

Dick, and he made a move a

u authority to close this matter?

y father will be perfectly satisfied with whatev

e matter again. Presently he offered twelve hundred dollars. But Dick was firm; and in the end the lawyer said

n as we see the mon

e, Mr. Rover?" dem

y," answered Dick, coolly. "When you bring t

he and the doctor got out, Belright Fogg

er yourself!" cried Tom. "You

y scared that doctor into a fit, t

me back with the money," said Dic

about the wreckage," sa

mages, don't you see? If they pay only

He was a bit nervous, for the railroad officials had told him to set

er. "Here is what you must sign, in the presence of witne

o of the teachers

re. It was all right, excepting that in it the rail

," cried Dick. "The w

ing the wreckage was altered to show that the Dartaway must remain the boys' property. Then the three brot

elright Fogg's comment, as he was abou

be some day," wa

cried Sam, when he and his brothers were

e for the present. What we want to do is to look after the Dartaway.

go after her right away. For all we know,

horse and carriage to take them to the spot where the accident had occurred. Just then came a toot of an automo

y, as the auto came to a stop. "Co

Mason, Stanley's cousin, the driver of the car. He was passing th

fternoon," said Stanley. "And I can invite th

ut we have some business to atten

ked biplane!" cried Jack Mason. "I'

I," adde

suit us down to the

arriage," explained Dick. "We can g

he tonneau of the car

know around here is the regular auto road to the W

he roads!" cried Tom. "

Tom told the driver what turns to make, and almost before they knew it they had passed the outskirts o

an't go any further on the road. We'll hav

d Jack Mason. "If the ground

ed feet of the railroad tracks. As the car came to a stop the Rover boys jump

plane i

tanley, who was c

ne," ret

s is the spot whe

ourse

he locomotive hit the Dartaway," said Sam. He lo

nd out," answered

k Mason, as he came up, having shut

f the track. "This is queer," he added, presently. "I can't see any mar

hoisted her on a flat car! The

biplane!" cried

the freight house in Ash

t-if you'll take us

ered Jack Ma

hborhood when they heard the strokes

Dick. "Maybe he knows something

derly individual who worked for

flat car," said he, in answer to their

it to Ashton?

dley-the section boss-said it would be better

y took i

nt off that way, anyway," r

eight yards!" cried

ring it back!" c

to Rallston?" a

nine

and I'll take you there in no

s O. K.," a

ston. Jack Mason was in his element, and in less than twenty minutes they came

" cried Sam, a

at car, the boys beheld the wreck of the biplane. A small crowd

mmy?" asked a man in the crowd, of

s going to sell her," r