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Rh cutlets, peas, potatoes, and sliced tomatoes, and also coffee and chocolate pudding, and each enjoyed all that was set before him.

"Have you any particular chum at Oak Hall?" asked Dave, during the meal.

"I think a good deal of Phil Lawrence. He's a big fellow, and considered the head of the school, although he is rather quiet. He's a fine scholar, Phil is, and one of the best baseball players you ever met. There are a whole lot of others I like pretty well, too. I'll introduce you when we get to the Hall."

As soon as the meal was finished, the senator's son paid the bill, and then the two returned to the police station. Jackson, the policeman, had come back, and he announced that positively nothing whatever could be learned of the escaped criminal.

It was only a short while after this that a carriage drawn by a pair of spirited horses dashed up to the station house, and a man alighted. It was the same individual Dave had seen in front of the white house which had been robbed.

"That's my father," said Roger.

Senator Morr came in quickly, and wanted to know all about what had taken place, and the chief told him as much as he knew.

"This is the boy who spotted the rascal, father," said Roger, pointing to Dave. "His name is