The Rover Boys in Business

THE ROVER BOYS

IN BUSINESS

OR

THE SEARCH FOR THE MISSING BONDS

BY

ARTHUR M. WINFIELD

(Edward Stratemeyer)

AUTHOR OF THE ROVER BOYS AT SCHOOL, THE
ROVER BOYS ON THE OCEAN, THE PUTNAM HALL SERIES, Etc.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS

Made in the United States of America

"I DON'T SEE HOW THEY GOT INTO THIS SAFE."

The Rover Boys in Business.

Frontispiece (Page 177)

INTRODUCTION

My Dear Boys: This book is a complete story in itself, but forms the nineteenth volume in a line issued under the general title of "The Rover Boys Series for Young Americans."

As I have mentioned in several other volumes, this series was started a number of years ago with the publication of "The Rover Boys at School," "On the Ocean," and "In the Jungle." I am happy to say the books were so well liked that they were followed, year after year, by the publication of "On the Great Lakes," "In Camp," "On Land and Sea," "On the River," "On the Plains," "In Southern Waters," "On the Farm," "On Treasure Isle," "At College," "Down East," "In the Air," "In New York," and finally "In Alaska," where we last met the lads.

During all these adventures the Rover boys have been growing older. Dick is now married and conducting his father's business in New York City and elsewhere. The fun-loving Tom and his sturdy younger brother, Sam, are at Brill College. The particulars are given of a great baseball game; and then Tom and Sam return home, to be startled by a most unusual message from Dick, calling them to New York immediately. Some bonds of great value have mysteriously disappeared, and unless these are recovered the Rover fortune may be seriously impaired. What the boys did under these circumstances, I will leave the pages which follow to disclose.

Once more thanking my host of young readers for the interest they have taken in my books, I remain,

Affectionately and sincerely yours,

Edward Stratemeyer

Contents

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	At the River	1
II.	To the Rescue	14
III.	Something of a Surprise	25
IV.	A Four-hundred-dollar Ring	35
V.	Three Letters	46
VI.	Baseball Talk	57
VII.	The Great Baseball Game	66
VIII.	How the Game Ended	77
IX.	Celebrating the Victory	87
X.	The Fire at Hope	97
XI.	To the Rescue	107
XII.	Tom speaks his Mind	118
XIII.	At the Farm	128
XIV.	A Startling Scene	138
XV.	A Telegram of Importance	146
XVI.	The Moving Picture	156
XVII.	What Dick Had to Tell	165
XVIII.	At the Offices	174
XIX.	The First Clew	182
XX.	Barton Pelter Again	191
XXI.	Days of Anxious Waiting	201
XXII.	The Moving Picture Again	209
XXIII.	On the East Side	217
XXIV.	Andy Royce's Confession	226
XXV.	More Telegrams	235
XXVI.	In Which the Girls Arrive	243
XXVII.	The Mystery of the Safe	251
XXVIII.	Josiah Crabtree Once More	259
XXIX.	The Japanned Box	267
XXX.	Mrs. Tom Rover—Conclusion	278

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