"It will be
safer."
CHAPTER XXI
A TUG OF WAR
When the Rover boys reached the vicinity of the Staton cottage they
found Alice and Helen in the dooryard, watching for them.
"Mamma says you must come in," said Alice. "She wishes to see you."
"And papa wants to see you, too," added Helen.
"Thank you, we won't mind resting a bit," answered Dick. "The sun is
rather hot."
They were soon seated on the broad porch, and here Mrs. Staton and her
husband were introduced. They proved to be nice people, and both
thanked the boys warmly for what they had done on the road.
"I've told Isaac Klem about that bull," said Mr. Staton. "Some day
he'll do a whole lot of damage."
"We are going to keep a good lookout for him in the future," put in
Alice. "I don't wish to be scared out of my wits again."
Before the boys left Mrs. Staton insisted on treating each to a piece
of apple pie and a glass of milk.
"What did I tell you about pie?" whispered Tom. "Say, but it's all
right, isn't it?"
"Yes, indeed!" whispered Sam.
The girls had a set of croquet on the lawn and asked the boys to play,
but they had to decline for want of time.
All had moved to the rear of the cottage, under a wide-spreading tree,
when Dick chanced to look toward the roadway and uttered an
exclamation:
"Here come the other fellows now!"
"Yes, and look at the packages they are carrying," added Sam.
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