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"You have the same offices that Pelter, Japson & Company had, I perceive," he continued, allowing his eyes to rove around. "Yes, Mr. Crabtree," answered Dick. "By the way, do you know where Mr. Pelter is just now?" "You said you wanted to see me about some particular business," said the former teacher. "perhaps we had better get at that first." "Well, I might as well admit, Mr.
Pelter and Japson let out yells of alarm, and both tried to back away, into the next room. But Dick was too quick for them and barred their progress. "Let me go!" yelled Pelter, and tried to hurl Dick to one side. Then Japson struck out with his fist, but the oldest Rover boy dodged. "So that's your game, is it?" cried Dan Baxter, as he saw the attack. "Two can play at that!"
"I reckon Captain Rodney will know how to throw 'em off the scent," returned Crabtree. "We were lucky to find that automobile at the tavern," went on Pelter. Some more talk followed and then Japson exclaimed: "Why can't we make Rover sign those papers now? Maybe we can scare him into it." "We might try," answered his partner, slowly.
"All right, but let us know in the morning by telephone how he is, Doctor," returned Tom; and then the Rover boys and the hotel man went below. "Can you tell us anything about this Barton Pelter?" questioned Sam, of the proprietor. "I know very little about him, excepting that he is registered as from Brooklyn, and that he came here three days ago.
He went to New York City, and disappeared, and his three sons went at once on the hunt for him. The brokers were Pelter, Japson & Company, and it was not long before Dick and his brothers discovered that Pelter and Japson were in league with Josiah Crabtree. In the end the boys found out what had become of their parent, and they managed to bring the brokers to terms.
Both listened with interest, and said they would make a hunt for Pelter and Japson. "They may go back to New York," said Dick. "If they do, telephone down there to have them arrested." And he gave the address of the brokers' offices. It was about half an hour later when Doctor Martin, and elderly physician, arrived. Dick escorted him at once to where Tom lay, still in a semi-conscious state.
"After a while Pelter and Japson came to me and said they must come up the river that a sister of the crazy man lived up here, and they must visit her before they went down the coast. I was suspicious, but what could I do? I had chartered my vessel and I had my money, so I obeyed orders. Then we came up here as fast as we could. The steam tug was dismissed, and we came ashore to this place.
Both Pelter and Japson have offered to turn over to us the entire contents of their offices in Wall Street, along with their lease. I don't think the outfit is worth the fifteen hundred dollars, but when you can't get all that is coming to you, the next best thing is to take what you can get.
But, during a struggle, poor Tom was hit on the head by a wooden footstool thrown by Pelter, and knocked unconscious. Josiah Crabtree tried to escape from a garret window by means of a rope made of a blanket. This broke, and he sustained a heavy fall, breaking a leg in two places. He was taken to a hospital, and the doctors there said he would be a cripple for life.
"But, I think it might have been better if he had come out of it scott free, and the auto had gone to pieces." "We ought to call on him, Sam," returned Tom. "I would like to find out whether or not he is related to Jesse Pelter." "Oh, don't bother about that to-day. Let your, mind rest on the game and the girls," and Sam grinned faintly. The run to the seminary did not take long.
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