"What did he go for?" questioned Tom, quickly.
"Oh, it was a private matter."
"About some traction company bonds?" asked Sam, who could not hold back his curiosity.
"Yes. But how do you happen to know about it?" demanded his aunt, in astonishment.
"We found something out to-day, aunty," said Dick. "It's a queer piece of business. Do you know where Uncle Randolph was going?"
"You mean in Carwell?"
"Yes."
"I think to the hotel."
"Hum," mused the eldest of the Rover boys. "Wonder if I can get him on the telephone?" For a telephone line had been put up from Oak Run to the farm.
"Why, Dick, is there anything wrong?" demanded Mrs. Rover, turning pale.