The Motor Boys After a Fortune

n. As for the horses, he could do nothing with them, since, as he said, to pull on the unbroken rein would only be to send t

truck-owner, giving a glance over

from the effort he was making. Ned and Jerry,

al, just ahead!"

ut the horses had not slackened their speed. Just where the canal came to an end, the highway c

n the truck, or, in their fright, they would plunge, boat, wagon and

p!" yelled the tr

lans for a fine summer outing partly spoil

the middle of the highway, and a little distance ahead of the

's the pr

in a low voice. "Nothing can stop these animals now, until t

on. That was evident. There seemed to be something in the road that

n a chorus from th

dgrass seemed to be aware of the approa

handled butterfly net, and staring at the a

e way!" yelled

In one hand he held his broad-brimmed hat, w

e the thunder of the wagon wheels. "Stop! Stop

t you can't make these horses stop by just in

t the runaways. Now he was almost under their

is long-handled net across the eyes of the other. Then, nimbly leaping to one side, the professor caught the bro

he still held, and thus, with the professor on one side, being dragged along, and the driver saw

stop!" cried Jerry, as he noticed a s

Add to this that the road was level, and that the truck was heavily loaded, and it can easily be seen that the horses, tired as they were from their run, did not need much more to stop them. They came down

hand to the professor. "I've caught some runaways in my time,

"but I must confess I wasn't thinking of that at the time.

you want t

t, but he jumped under a stone, and I was afraid if the horses came along they might step on the stone, and crush the insect or run a wheel over him. Tha

ad, carefully raised it, and mad

ou little beauty! You're worth at least fiftee

d then he and his men made the slipping boat secure, to hold until they could cover the short

le, as he placed the insect in one of the cases he always carried. "I doubt if

en the boys, having expressed their appreciation of what the profess

the Dartaway into the water again was speedily accomplished, and, having paid the men, and called the profe

it's with us almost from

er there, one spell," added Jerry.

l have to make a cup of coffee, and

r Ned nor Jerry laug

tying up nights along shore of the river into which the canal opened, th

we don't have to wait," remarked Ned one even

to-morrow," spoke Jerry. "We

ng to do with the

ll have to spend at least a day here, trying out the auto, and laying in

specimens he had caught, and it was nearly midnight when he turned in. The boys

denly in bed, for he heard someone moving stealthily about on t

cried the tal

would turn on the electric lights which were operated by a storage battery. As