means of a rope made of a blanket. This broke, and he sustained a
heavy fall, breaking a leg in two places. He was taken to a hospital,
and the doctors there said he would be a cripple for life.

"There is no use in talking, Dad," Dick had said to his father, "you
are not in a fit physical condition to take hold of these business
matters. You had better leave them entirely to me." And to this Mr.
Rover had agreed. Then, as Dick was to leave college and spend most of
his time in New York, it had been decided that he and Dora should get
married. There had followed one of the grandest weddings the village
of Cedarville had ever seen.

The blow on Tom's head proved more serious than was at first
anticipated. Through it the poor lad suddenly lost his mind, and while
in that state he wandered away from Brill College, and went on a long
journey, as related in detail in the volume preceding this, entitled
"The Rover Boys in Alaska."

As their father was too ill to take part in any search for the missing
one, Dick and Sam took up the hunt, and after many thrilling
adventures on the ice and in the snow, managed to locate their brother
and bring him back home.

"And now, Tom, you must take a good long rest," his kindly Aunt Martha
had said, and she had insisted upon it that he be put under the care
of a specialist. Tom had rested for several months, and then,
declaring that he felt as good as ever, had returned to Brill. Sam was
already in the grind, and soon Tom was doing his best to make up for
the time he had lost on his strange trip.