CHAPTER XV 

AN AUTOMOBILING ADVENTURE 

"What did you run over?" asked Sam. 

"Look for yourself," returned his big brother. "This is an outrage! I wish I could catch the party responsible for it," he added bitterly. 

Dick had stopped the touring car in the midst of a quantity of broken glass bottles. The glass covered the road from side to side, and had evidently been put there on purpose. 

"Say, do you think that chauffeur had anything to do with this?" demanded Tom. 

"Hardly," answered Dick. "If his story about the fire was not true he'd know he'd be found out." 

"Maybe it was done by some country fellow who is running an auto repair shop," suggested Sam. "I've heard of such things being done--when business was dull." 

"Well, we'll have to fix the tire, that is all there is to it," said the oldest Rover. "Might as well get out while we are doing it," he added to the girls. 

"Lucky you stopped when you did," said Tom as he walked around the machine. "If you hadn't we might have had all four tires busted." 

"What a contemptible trick to play," said Dora as she alighted, 

"Can you mend the tire?" asked Nellie as she, too, got out, followed by her sister. 

"Oh, yes, we can mend it--or rather put on another," said Dick. "But we'll examine all the tires first," he added, taking off a lamp for that purpose. 

It was found that each tire had some glass in it, and the bits were picked out with care. While this was going on Dick suddenly swung the lamp around so that its rays struck through the trees and bushes lining the roadway. 
What does he yearn to do?
I wish I could catch the party responsible for it