for permission to visit Cedarville, to buy some things Sam and Tom needed. They took with them Songbird and Hans, and went on foot, the weather being ideal for walking. Just before leaving they saw Sobber and Pell hurry away, also in the direction of the town.
"I wonder where they are going?" mused Dick.
"Sobber is going to take a run by steamboat to Ithaca," answered Songbird. "I heard him speak to Captain Putnam about it."
"Is Pell going along?"
"I don't think so."
The three Rover boys and their friends were soon on the way. They felt in the best of spirits, and Powell could not resist the temptation to break out into his usual doggerel:
"I love to roam o'er hill and dale,
In calm or storm or windy gale,
I love the valley and the hill,
The brooklet and the running rill,
I love the broad and placid lake"
"Where we can swim or take a skate,"
finished Tom, and then went on:
"And just remember, of the rest,
I love old Putnam Hall the best!"
"That last sentiment hits me," said Fred. "Tell you what, fellows, no place like our school."
