"Yes, a tramp who was up for robbing a man on the road and a bank
clerk who took some money from the bank."

"None of the crowd we are interested in," said Tom.

"I'm glad of it," returned his older brother. "It is bad enough for
Crabtree to get away. I hope they keep a strict guard over the others
after this."

"Oh, they will, rest assured of that," came from Stanley Browne. "The
head jailer will get a raking over the coals for this, mark my words."

"The Stanhopes and the Lanings will be sorry to learn that Crabtree
got away," said Sam. "I wonder if they aren't searching for him,"
mused Sam.

"Oh, they'll search for all of them," put in Songbird. "I think the
newspaper man said the sheriff had a posse out."

"Too bad!" said Dick, shaking his head gravely. "And just when we felt
sure old Crabtree wouldn't be able to give us any more trouble!"

"It beats the nation, what that man can do!" cried Sam. "Maybe be
hypnotized one of the jailers-- just as he hypnotized Mrs. Stanhope
years ago.

"He'd be equal to it-- if he got the chance," answered Tom; and then
all of the students had to go in to their classes.

To those who have read the previous volumes in this "Rover Boys