He had also seen Mr.and Mrs.Laning, the parents of Nellie and Grace, and had heard something of the latest trouble with Tad Sobber and Josiah Crabtree.
"Vy ton't you got dem arrested ?" he asked, when he was told that the evil-disposed pair were in that vicinity.
"We don't want the notoriety," said Dick.

"If we had them locked up they'd be sure to drag Mrs.Stanhope and the girls into court.

We are willing to let them alone if they will only let us alone." Captain Colby remained at the farm a week and during that time gave the Rover boys as much instruction as possible in the art of flying in general and the art of managing the biplane in particular.

He had brought with him several books on flying and recommended that these be read carefully.
"You all seem to take to it naturally," he said.

"I don't believe you'll have any trouble excepting on rare occasions--and every person who goes up is bound to have that." After the captain left the boys took several flights, some of them quite long.