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The message was written out, and Dick waited in the depot for an answer. Quarter of an hour passed slowly and then the telegraph operator came to him. "Sorry, Mr. Rover, but Oak Run doesn't answer. I guess the office is closed for the night." "Try for Spotstown," said Dick, naming another railroad station several miles further from his home. Again came a wait.
"Same story can't get Spotstown, either," said the operator. "Well, I've got to get somebody, somehow," murmured the oldest Rover boy. "I guess you can get New York City, can't you?" he asked, with a faint smile. "Of course." "Then I'll write another message."
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