"Don't you get impudent, young fellow!"
"He is not impudent," said Dick. "Your machines are all right—we didn't hurt them in the least. But I can tell you one thing," he proceeded earnestly. "We don't propose to pay for the hire of the chauffeurs."
"That's the talk," broke in Fred. "Pay him for the use of the cars only."
"You'll pay the whole bill!" growled the automobile owner.
"Not a cent more than the hire of the two cars," said Tom
The man began to storm, and threatened to have them locked up for running the cars without a license. But in the end he accepted the money Dick offered him.
"Maybe you haven't heard the end of this," he muttered.
"If you make trouble, perhaps I'll do the same," answered Dick, and then he and the others went aboard the yacht, where a late supper awaited them. Mr. Rover had heard of the unreliable chauffeurs and he was even more indignant than his sons.
"I don't think that owner will show himself again," he said. "If he does I'll take care of him." The man was never heard of; and that ended the affair.
"We had a splendid time anyway," declared Grace, and the other girls agreed with her.