In this part of the story the Rover Boys are going to learn how cruel their new teacher is. The story takes place at Putnam Hall Gym. Sam, Tom, and Dick are all doing stretching drills.They are all talking about Christmas season. They are waiting for class to end. Finally the bell rings. Then they are all called to The lobby to meet a new student named Tubbs.
After they all get to know each other Sam Starts calling Him by his nickname:Buttertubbs. Then everyone starts teasing him. One of the other students tripped him and he gets really mad. After that he starts accusing Tom. But Tom didn't do it.So he accuses Sam. Sam denies it, but Tubbs doesn't believe him. So Tubbs drags him to the wall and starts hitting him. The third time Tubbs hits Sam he breaks free from him and socks him in the nose as hard as he can.Tubbs screams in pain as his nose starts bleeding.
Then the new teacher comes in and takes them both to his office, and decides to put Tubbs in the stone chamber, and Sam in storage room, both freezing cold. Dick and Tom can't stand it. They both know they'll die. They decide to break them out. After they found the key and got away from the hall they decide to head to the Stanhopes Cottage.
They discovered that Sam caught a bad cold when he was in the cold storage room. Dick went into town to get a doctor. He met his friend Harry in town. He said that Captain Putnam had gotten back to the Hall an hour ago and had sent him to find Dick, Sam, Tom, and Tubbs. He also said that he had fired the bad teacher. He finished up in town and headed back to The Stanhopes Cottage. Sam had gotten a little better but was still coughing.
Dick decided to go back to the hall to talk to Captain Putnam. The Captain told Dick about the fuss the teacher made. The teacher was forced to leave. Dick decided to check on Sam. When he got back Sam was all better. They thanked the Stanhopes and went back to Putnam Hall. The End of part1.
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