tube and shoe combined—Sam set to work and cleaned up the roadway, throwing all the glass into the bushes. Then the new tire was pumped up and tested.
"Now we are all right again," said Dick.
"I am glad we had to mend but one," said Tom. He felt pretty dirty from the job, but he was not going to tell the girls.
All entered the touring car again, and Dick turned on the power. He ran slowly at first to test the new tire.
"All O. K.," he announced presently, and then they went spinning along as before. But the "edge" had been taken off the ride, and they did not seem as free-hearted and full of fun as they had been before the mishap.
It was after ten o'clock when the seminary was reached, and the girls found one of the under teachers waiting for them.
"Young ladies, you were told to be in at ten/* said the teacher severely. "It is now half after."
"We had an accident," answered Dora, and told what it was.
"You must not stay away later than the time originally allowed," said the teacher severely. "Remember that after this, please," and then she dismissed the girls.
When the boys got to the garage where the
