CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
[Introduction]iii
I[The Snowball Fight]1
II[Something About the Rover Boys]14
III[What Happened to Songbird]25
IV[The Chase]35
V[At the Railroad Station]46
VI[At the Sanderson Home]57
VII[Sam and Grace]67
VIII[Something About Blackie Crowden]78
IX[In Which Tom Arrives]90
X[The Feast]100
XI[Tom Frees His Mind]111
XII[Old Grisley Comes to Terms]121
XIII[Sam on the Road]133
XIV[Days of Waiting]143
XV[Baseball Talk]154
XVI[The Opening of the Ball Game]166
XVII[How the Game Ended]176
XVIII[Good-Bye to Brill]187
XIX[Getting Ready for the Tour]201

XX[A Moment of Peril]211
XXI[News of Blackie Crowden]221
XXII[On the Trail]232
XXIII[Back at Ashton]242
XXIV[At the Festival]252
XXV[A Call for Assistance]262
XXVI[Sam Frees His Mind]272
XXVII[A Telegram from New York]282
XXVIII[Cloudburst and Flood]292
XXIX[The Rescue on the River]304
XXX[Mrs. Sam Rover—Conclusion]314

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[THE ARRIVAL AT THE BARLOW FARMHOUSE.]
[A BLUE-COATED POLICEMAN SHOOK HIS CLUB AT THE BOYS.]
[THE BOARD SUDDENLY TIPPED AND DOWN WENT WILLIAM PHILANDER.]
[SAM MADE A WILD LEAP INTO THE AIR AND PULLED DOWN THE BALL.]

THE ROVER BOYS ON A TOUR