CHAPTER I 

SOMETHING ABOUT THE ROVER BOYS 

"Luff up a little, Sam, or the _Spray_ will run on the rocks." 

"All right, Dick. I haven't got sailing down quite as fine as you yet. How far do you suppose we are from Albany?" 

"Not over eight or nine miles. If this wind holds out we'll make that city by six o'clock. I'll tell you what, sailing on the Hudson suits me first-rate." 

"And it suits me, too," put in Tom Rover, addressing both of his brothers. "I like it ten times better than staying on Uncle Randolph's farm." 

"But I can't say that I like it better than life at Putnam Hall," smiled Sam Rover, as he threw over the tiller of the little yacht. "I'm quite anxious to meet Captain Putnam and Fred, Frank, and Larry again." 

"Oh, so am I," answered Tom Rover. "But an outing on the Hudson is just the best of a vacation. By the way, I wonder if all of our old friends will be back?" 

"Most of them will be." 

"And our enemies?" 

"Dan Baxter won't come back," answered Dick seriously. "He ran away to Chicago with two hundred dollars belonging to his father, and I guess that's the end of him--so far as Putnam Hall and we are concerned. What a bully he was!" 

"I feel it in my bones, Dick, that we'll meet Dan Baxter again," came from Sam Rover. 

"Don't you remember that in that note he left when he ran away he said he would take pains to get square with us some day?" 

Answer the following questions:
1. How far were the men from Albany?
2. By what time were they to get there?
3. If what holds?
4. What river were they sailing on?
5. Were the men on the ship siblings?
6. On whose farm had Tom stayed on?
7. What hall did Sam like a lot?
8. Sam was looking forward to meeting how many people?
9. Did one of the men have a title?
10. Who?
11. Who were the other three men?
12. Who did Dick say would not return?
13. Where did he flee to?
14. With how much money?
15. Whose money was it?
16. Did Sam think they would encounter Dan again?
17. What did Dan leave before he left?
18. What did he say in it?
19. What is the title of this chapter?
20. And the number of it?

Numbered answers:
1. eight or nine miles
2. by six o'clock
3. The wind
4. Hudson
5. yes
6. Uncle Randolph
7. Putnam Hall
8. Four
9. yes
10. Putnam
11. Fred, Frank, and Larry
12. Dan Baxter
13. Chicago
14. two hundred dollars
15. his fathers
16. Yes
17. A note
18. he said he would take pains
19. SOMETHING ABOUT THE ROVER BOYS
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