"Just so. Glad to know you. My name is Fogg—Belright Fogg. This is Doctor Slamper. We represent the railroad company, Mr. Rover. The doctor came along to see if you had been hurt."
"I got this," answered Dick, with a quiet smile, and pointed to the lump on his forehead.
"Ah, yes, I see," put in Doctor Slamper. "Not very serious, I take it."
"Oh, it didn't kill me."
"Ha! ha! Good joke, Mr. Rover! Feel pretty good otherwise, eh?"
"Oh, I'm able to sit up."
"And these other young gentlemen are all right, of course," went on the doctor, smoothly.
His manner was such that the boys were disgusted. Evidently he had come to smooth matters over, so that they would not put in a claim for personal injuries. And the lawyer had come to ward off a claim for the loss of the Dartaway.
"No, I'm not all right, Doctor—far from it," cried Tom, before the others could say another word. And then the fun-loving Rover went on: "My knee is sprained, and my back twisted, and I have a pain in one of my right teeth, and my brothers both got their arms wrenched, and one got his left big toe out of joint, and none of us can see extra good, and I think my big brother's right ear is out of order, and my digestion is not what it should be, and I fear——"
"Stop! stop!" interrupted the doctor, in amazement. "Do you mean to say——"