This was done.  Dick, who returned to camp with Dr. Bentley just before daylight, did not see Tag released, but heard of it.

Proof came in rapidly after that to satisfy Mr. Page that “Tag Mosher” was his son Egbert.  Best of all, even young Egbert himself was convinced.

Young Page underwent a speedy and complete reformation.  Later he went to school to prepare for college.  In time Egbert promises to be a strong man in his community and a force for good.  Old Bill Mosher died soon after leaving jail.

Mr. Page tried hard to make Dick & Co. accept the offered reward of three thousand dollars, but neither the boys nor their parents would listen to any such transaction.  Dick & Co. had done their duty in manly fashion, and that was reward enough.

Dr. Bentley’s party broke camp a few days later.  Dick & Co., however, remained for several weeks, training hard, putting on tan and muscle and fitting themselves to compete for places on the famous Gridley High School eleven in the coming fall.

Just what happened to our boys in the school year that followed will be found fully and thrillingly explained in the third volume of the “High School Boys Series,” which is published under the title, “The High School Left End; Or, Dick & Co.  Grilling on the Football Gridiron.”

The further vacation doings of these splendid American boys will be found in the next volume of this “High School Boys’ Vacation Series.”  The book is published under the title, “The High School Boys’ Fishing Trip; Or, Dick & Co. in the Wilderness.”  Our readers will find it a story full of rousing incident, persistent adventure, delightful humor and absorbing human interest.