“Oh, Colonel! If you only would take him up there,” cried Gif, “then I could see him two or three times a day. And I’m sure mother would feel better, too. You know, she thinks a great deal of you and your school.”
“Then we’ll take him to the Hall,” was the prompt reply. “I think we can carry him right up in our automobile, and we’ll ask the doctor to come along so that he can do everything possible for your father after we put him to bed.”
The heavy storm had now let up considerably, although the dark clouds still hovered to the eastward and the rumble of thunder could be heard in the distance. With great care the men and boys, assisted by the chauffeur, managed to get the sufferer into the back of the Colby Hall automobile. There he was made as comfortable as possible on a bedding of straw, sacks, and robes. Then all set out for the school, followed by the doctor, who carried several of the cadets with him, Colonel Colby and Gif riding with the sufferer.
The news of the accident had spread, and quite a number of cadets were on hand to see Mr. Garrison taken from the automobile and placed in the residence occupied by Colonel Colby’s family and some of the professors. But there was no noise or confusion, and the cadets were informed that they must keep away from the place until further orders. In the meanwhile, a trained nurse had been telephoned for, and she soon arrived from Haven Point and took charge under the physician’s directions.
“Gee, you fellows don’t know how thankful I am to you for what you have done,” said Gif earnestly to the Rover boys. He had had a toothache that morning, and consequently had not gone to church with the others. Now the excitement had driven the toothache completely away.
“We are glad we were on hand to help him,” answered Jack.
“Seems to me we’re becoming regular ‘Johnnies on the Spot,’” chuckled Andy. “First when the flying machine went to pieces and now at this auto accident!”
When the doctor finally came away he told Gif that his father would probably be all right in a week or ten days.
“The bruises are just plain bruises and nothing else,” declared the physician. “Of course, his face and his arm will feel mighty sore for a while and it will take time for those cuts and scratches to heal. But so far as I can see there is nothing serious.”