wandered up on to Main Street, a prey to suspense.

Some hours must pass ere they could hope to know the result of their young leader's mission at Porthampton.
All the member of Dick & Co.

are assuredly familiar enough our readers.

These six young Americans, Gridleyites, amateur athletes and high school boys, were first introduced to the reader during their eventful days of early chumship at the Central Grammar School.
Their adventures have been related in detail in the "_Grammar School Boys Series_." How they made their start in athletics, as grammar school boys, and, more important still, how they made their beginnings in character forming, have all been related in that series.

We next came upon Dick & Co.