broom. Joe Fox wanted to go over to the Rover farm, to have it
out with Tom and Sam, but somehow he could not pluck up the
courage to make the move.





CHAPTER XI

FUN AT PUTNAM HALL


"Back to Putnam Hall at last!"

"Yes, boys, back at last! Hurrah for the dear old school, and
all the boys in it!"

Peleg Snuggers, the general utility man of the Hall, had just
brought the boys up from Cedarville, to which place they had
journeyed from Ithaca on the regular afternoon boat running up
Cayuga Lake. With the Rovers had come Fred Garrison, Larry
Colby, and several others of their old school chums.

(For the doings of the Putnam Hall students previous to the
arrival at that institution of the Rover boys, see The Putnam
Hall Series, the first volume of which is entitled, "The Putnam
Hall Cadets." -- PUBLISHERS)

"Glad to welcome you back, boys!" exclaimed Captain Victor