"
"He just came in."
"We don't allow skylarking around here. You make yourself scarce," and
the superintendent waved Tom away.
"I want to have that fellow arrested--that is why he ran away from
me."
"Oh, that's a different thing. Go find him, if you can."
The superintendent stepped aside and Tom entered the building. But the
delay had cost him dear, for in the meanwhile Tad Sobber had made good
his escape by running back to the next street. Tom looked around for
over quarter of an hour and then gave up the chase.
"It's too bad, but it can't be helped," he mused. "I may as well go
back to the park and wait for Dick and Sam. I hope they caught that
Cuffer."
While Tom was talking to Sobber the other Rover boys had followed
Cuffer to the elevated railroad station. A train was just coming in
and Cuffer bounded up the steps two at a time, with the boys not far
behind.
"Stop that man!" cried Dick, to the crowd coming from the train. But
before anybody would or could act, Cuffer had slipped past the man at
the ticket box and was trying to board one of the cars. Dick essayed
to follow, but the ticket box guard stopped him.
"Not to fast, young fellow. Where's your ticket?"
"I must catch that man--he is wanted by the police," answered Dick.
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