The Mystery at Putnam Hall

Book Excerpt: ...side road."Can't you stop them, Andy?" asked Jack Ruddy."I don't see how," was the answer from the youth on the front seat. "I can't get hold of the lines.""We must stop 'em somehow!" cried Fred Century. "Otherwise we'll have a smash-up, sure!""Whoa! whoa!" yelled half a dozen, but these cries only served to scare the team more, and away they shot along the country road, sending the carryall swaying from side to side."Look! look!" yelled Andy, suddenly. "The regular road is shut off! They are repairing it!"The boys gazed ahead and saw that some wooden horses and planking had been placed across the highway. This side of the barrier some bars had been taken from a fence, so that those using the road might drive around, through an orchard belonging to a farmer named Darrison."We are going to strike those planks!" cried Dale Blackmore."Maybe the team will try to jump them!" came from Fred."If they do, they'll smash the carryall sure!" answer...