The Rover Boys at Howe

With all clue resji!'cf to Victor Aj1pleto11

CHAPTER I

HEY, Dick! Howdy, Tomi Well, good old Sam! This jovial gathering is composed of the three Rover boy s on their way to Howe. Dick, the eldest, is a great football player. Ask him. Tom, the next of age, also plays good football and is a natural American boy, full of the pep and vigor of youth. Sam, the yo ungest, is sma l l but pow erfu l, with the very dickens in his eyes. Oh, he 's just a terror. So much for the boy s, we will now watc h them go down to Howe and run things

"}forr:i.h for Dick," s hout s Sam and Tom in loud ejaculation, as the olde st Rover pushes the conductor off the rear platform.

"Now, let 's go back and rip up a couple of more scats," thi s from Sam, the little dicken

As the train pl.ills into Howe, Dick look s out of a broken window and secs rhe whole Battalion with band and nil, just waiting ro embrace him and hi s two wonderful brother s.

"H urrah for Dick," shout s Father Todd, the grand old man of Howe.

Major Edwar d s and Father Young take Sam and Tom aside and tell them ho w g lad they arc that they ha ve come to Howe to i·un thin gs and so ends this first c hapter.

CHAPTER II

"Well, Dick, here we are at good old Howe. Oh, we're just going to love it," savs Tom

Being tired from their quiet journey, the loving lad s go into the arms of Morpheus, but sleep cannot quench the fun-loving Sam, who at two o'clock in the morning da she s down and rings the fire bell. After the others boys find out who ha s done the de e d, they break out in loud g uffaw s of l a u g hter.

CHAPTER III

"Rover, give us the first declen s ion, " this from Fat her Todd.

Whereupon Dick gives the Gettysburg address.

"Fi ne! Fine, Rover! No delinquent for a recitation lik e that."

After a few days in military trnining, the se three bo ys ha ve mastered e cry detail.

"Co me, Tom, let u s go out and show Coach Coombs our way of playing football," this from Sam, the di cke n s.

Whereat the tJ1ree Rovers da s h out upon the field and carry the ball for touchdown after tou c hdown through the :imasscd first and seco nd reams.

IV-Fm T GAME

"H urrah! Hurrah! Rovers! Rovers! Rovers !"

O ut da sh the fun-loving lad s. The whistle blow s. Tom ha s the ball. Down field he goes! He's down! He's up again! Dick clips the first man, whi le Sam with the very dickens in hi s heart proceeds to gouge the eyes of the opposing fullback.

The game is over, the Rover boys prance in to the s howers with a ll the glow of youth. The score is 170 to 0 in favor of Howe. The Rovers did it all.

CHAPTER V-DlCK lS MADE A SERGEANT

"Well, Rover! How is everything?" !his from. Major Edwards. "Fine spirit! Great, in fact! Why, Mar·vclous! Well, Dick, for your fine conduct, for your manly courage, I am goi n g to make you a sergeant. Do you think you could hold the position?"

"Yes, sir, " Dick answered with great zea l, "but don 't you chink that Sam or Tom deserves it more than myse lf? I wou ld gl:tdly give it up to them."

"We ll , I believe I'll mak e them corpora l s," Major Edwards responds.

"O h, hurrah! Cherrio! Chcrrio! Cherrio!" shouts Dick in hi g h g lee.

So the boys are seen in their respective positions on the drill field.

"Say, Dan Ba xter, the ne xt time yo u knock my musket from my hands I sha ll chastise you."

"Oh, go crus h a hon bon, " cries Dan Baxter, the bully of Howe, in derision. Whereat, Dick plants a well aimed blow beneath Dan's bcl t.

"No fair, no fair," cries Dan as he grove l s in the dust. "Dick Rover, I'll get you for this," shouts Dan.

"Good bo y, Dick!" cries Tom. "Next time hit lower!" s hout s Sam .

And the Major l aughs at these boyish prank s good natured l y. "Haw, haw. " l-IA!'TER VI-T1-1E FEED

"Let's throw a feed, Dick," says Tom.

"S ur e thing, it 's not allowed so let 's do it," cries the fun-loving Sam.

"We can h ave pop and cakes, and the goody-goodies which mamma ha sent us."

So after taps the boys have a great feed in their spaciou su it e, inviting the whole sc hool , including the Lieutenant in c har ge of the building.

Dan Baxter tells some masters of the proposed spread, and as he and hi s cronies wait for the masters to arrive, they li sten with watering mouths to the " h, goodies," and muffled g uffa ws issuing from the room, but the masters fai l to arrive so the bully's plan was trampled under foot.

CllAPTER VII-GOJNG HOME

At la st the time co me s for the great vacation. Down the streets of Howe parades the battalion, with the Rover boys perched hi gh upon the s hou ld ers of the cadet co rp s.

"We ll , !om, I guess we're pretty goo d l" says chc modest Dick.

"Oh yes, we certainly ha ve lT ," says the fun - lo ving Sam, as he kick D. n Baxter in the mouth .

Once more on the train the boys 1·cnew their pranks w hi ch consist of ripping up scats, breaking up windows, and oh, just having load s of good, clean fun, much to the amusement of the other passengers.

T1rn END

NAME

Aldendifer

Baldwin

Earber Bates

Boyer

Carver

Clark, J.

Deligianni s

Dixon Edwards

Gillis

Graver

Hotten sen

Jenkins, F. Lehman

Lett

McKenz ie

Merton

Neville Old Paine

Putne y Renz

Ross, D. Stand art

Stewart , C

Summer s

Tredick

Warren

White, L. Williams