SOMETHING ABOUT THE ROVER BOYS "Oh, Dick, are you hurt ?" The cry came from Tom, as he turned over on the ground and struggled to his feet.

He had seen his brother hurled backwards, and he saw that Dick made no move to arise.

He had been struck in the head, and blood was flowing from a wound over his left ear.
"Oh, maybe he's killed!" gasped poor Tom, and then, for the moment he forgot all about the flying machine, that was rushing so madly through the air towards the Rover homestead.

He hurried to his brother's side, at the same time calling for others to come to his assistance.
To my old readers the lads already mentioned will need no introduction.
For the benefit of others let me state that the Rover boys were three in number, Dick being the oldest, fun-loving Tom coming next, and sturdy Sam being the youngest.

They were the sons of Anderson Rover, a widower, and when at home, as at present, lived with their father and their Uncle Randolph and Aunt Martha at a pleasant place known as Valley Brook farm, in New York state.
While their father was in Africa on a mission of importance, the three boys had been sent by their uncle to boarding school, as related in the first volume of this series, entitled, "The Rover Boys at School." The place was Putnam Hall Military Academy, and there the lads had made many friends and also a few enemies.
From school the boys had made a short trip on the ocean, and then another trip into the jungle after their father.