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They told about what the girls had been doing, and related the particulars of the trouble at Hope Seminary. It was all Tad Sobber's work, they said, and added that Sobber had written that he would not only get the treasure, but also disgrace them all he possibly could. "The rascal!", muttered Dick when he read this. "He ought to be put in prison!"
They gave chase in the biplane, and, after several adventures, located the girls in a lonely mansion in the country, where they were prisoners, in charge of Sobber's aunt The boys at once went for the authorities, and, after something of a fight, the rascals were made prisoners, and the girls were rescued and taken back to the Seminary.
"I'm not saying anything about it." "Look here, Slade, if they were on the steamer we want to know it," came from Tom. "Really?" and the former bully of the Hall put as much of a sneer as possible into the word. "We do, and you have got to tell us." "I don't see why." "You will if you are honest," said Sam. "You know as well as I do that Tad Sobber's uncle is a rascal and ought to be in prison."
But before the man came Sobber went away, driving his horse as fast as he could," "Have you heard from him since?" "Yes. The next day we got an unsigned letter. In it Sobber said that, by hook or by crook, he intended to get possession of the treasure, and for the Rovers to beware," Having told so much, Dora went into all the particulars of Tad Sobber's visit to the Stanhope homestead.
"You are both after something, ain't you?" "Yes," answered Tom. "What?" "I can't tell you that, Slade. It's something quite valuable, though." "Well, I guess Sobber's uncle will get ahead of you." "Perhaps so. What is the name of the tramp steamer he is looking for?" "The Josephine." "Was she to be here?" "They hoped she would be." "Were they going to hire her?" asked Sam. "I suppose so."
"He has; and according to what father says, he is going to make all the trouble possible for the Stanhopes and the Lanings," "That's too bad," said Sam. "I'll read the letter," went on Dick, and proceeded to do so. In part the communication ran as follows: "You wrote that you knew about Sobber's call upon Mrs. Stanhope.
"And I'll be glad to see Crabtree, Sobber, and our other enemies behind the bars. Then they won't be able to bother us any more." "That will he the end of Sobber's efforts to annex the Stanhope fortune," mused Sam. "How hard he did try to get it away from Mrs. Stanhope and the girls!" "I shouldn't have minded that had he used fair methods, Sam," returned the big brother.
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