It may be added here that Tom and Sam thought Nellie and Grace two of the nicest girls in the whole world, which indeed they were.
On Saturday morning the boys were contemplating a bicycle ride when Sam, who chanced to look toward the road, set up a shout: "Here comes father!" All gazed in the direction and saw Mr.Rover coming toward them in a rig he had hired at the depot.

They ran to meet their parent and were soon shaking him by the hand.

They saw that he looked travel worn and tired.
"I have been on the go ever since I left Putnam Hall," said Anderson Rover.

"It was a most unexpected trip.

I will tell you all about it as soon as I have rested a bit and had something to eat." "We have something to tell, too," answered Dick.