he nodded toward his chum who sat alone in a seat on the other side of the car.
"I wonder what ails him?" Bart remarked.
"I'd like to find out. It certainly is something strange," went on Fenn. What the mystery was will be told in the third volume of this series, to be called, "Frank Roscoe's Secret."
A little later the train drew into the Darewell depot. There was quite a crowd to welcome the boys, for their story was partly known. Mr. Wilding had telegraphed to the families of Ned's chums, that the mystery was solved and the trouble at last ended.
"Did you see any great actors, Fenn?" asked Jennie as she greeted the boys. "Tell me all about them."
"The only actor we saw was John Newton, the 'Marvelous Bird Warbler,'" replied Fenn, "and we left him there. He certainly can whistle."
"Oh, tell us all about it!" begged Alice. "Did you see any accidents?"
"Didn't have time," her brother replied. "But come on home. I want to see the folks."
There we will take leave of the boys and girls, as they trooped up the platform, talking, laughing, and asking and answering scores of questions. Only two in the crowd were rather silent. Frank,
