"Whoa, there, Jack! Whoa, Sally! Don't you know enough to stop?"

Such were some of the cries which rang out. Peleg Snuggers grasped
the lines and pulled with might and main. But then came an awful
bump, and away flew the driver into a bush along the roadside, and
the reins fell to the horses heels, scaring them worse than ever,

"We are in for it!" gasped Tom. "I don't see how we are going to
stop them now."

"The bridge! The bridge across the gully!" screamed another cadet,
in terror-stricken tones. "They were mending it this morning.
Supposing they haven't the new planking down?"

"There is the bridge!" burst out another, pointing ahead. "Oh,
Heavens, boys, we are lost!"

All strained their eyes ahead to see what he meant, and then every
face grew pale. The bridge was torn up completely, not a single
plank of the flooring remained.





CHAPTER II

SOMETHING ABOUT THE ROVER BOYS