"We have been waiting for you ever since we heard the locomotive whistle." "Oh, we had to stop to fix the bridge," answered Dave, and then handed around the letters, which instantly claimed attention, so no more questions were asked.

Then the Crumville youth had supper, and by that time it was late enough to go to bed.
"You've got a cut on your cheek, Dave," said Phil, when the three boys were undressing.

"Did you scratch yourself ?" "Thereby hangs a tale, Phil," quoted Dave, and then, in a low voice, told of the encounter at the railroad station, and gave the true particulars of the trouble at the river.
"It's the same old Link!" murmured Roger.

"We'll have to watch out for him!" "I really think the girls ought to be warned," said Phil.

"There is no telling what mean thing Link might do--if he met them alone." "Well, we don't want to frighten them," answered Dave.
"Better frighten them than give Link the chance to annoy them," answered the senator's son.
"Say, I wish I had seen you polish off Link!" cried Phil.