"Good bye!" came back faintly from the homestead.
Then a turn of the road shut out the house from view. Once again the Rover boys were off for college. Little did they dream of the strange adventures in store for them.
CHAPTER XII
A GRAND ARRIVAL
"Glad to see you, boys! You're looking prime!"
It was the greeting of Mr. Sanderson, as the Rovers stepped from the train at Ashton. The farmer was waiting at the platform with a two-seated carriage to take them to his farm.
"How are you, Mr. Sanderson!" came from the three, and then all continued in a chorus: "Did the biplane get here?"
"Something got here—two boxes an' several big bundles," answered the farmer. "I had everything carted over to my place."