e brake!"

e power!" sh

d overturned in the road. He was unhitching his horses, and j

stant he applied his emergency brake and shut off the power. His car came

ght, to make a move to stop the auto he was st

" yelled Ned again

st. The red car shot to one side, out into a ditch along the road. It skidde

r straight ahead. Then another turn of th

ty after as daring a bit of steering as ever a boy undertook. Then he shut off the power and applied th

shave!" came from Jerry,

r for comfort!" w

uld say, his rapid fire of words

ersman. "I was afraid to stop too suddenly, and I figured we ju

as become of the man in the green car?" sp

k past the load of hay. The farmer was rapidly walk

He's killed!

rass. As they reached the place they saw a man attired in an automobile suit, with big goggles

gh the pile and come out o

ned Bob. "We beat you," he

us. You're a plucky lad. I don't mind being beaten by

t ahead," returned Jerry, willing to concede som

his body. Then he took off his goggles and lo

ling into a feather bed to land in that hay-pile the way I did. That's

apparently satisfied that no injury had

m behind the hay. "Is he dead?" And then he seemed to r

reen car. "Well," he went on, "I must be going. Ar

sville," answered Bob. "We pr

he boys, finding they could not help the farmer in his trouble, got in their machine and, promising to send he

Jerry, as the auto sped along. "I

't we?"

ad a chance to get a car," put in Chunk

e-cowboys in chase-rattlesnakes and horned toads-sandy deserts-In

g at a time, Andy. Haven't we ha

rious tones. "Here we have a car that we could cross the continent in. Let's

r," said Jerry. "What

But wouldn't we have to wait until next spring? It's fall, a

ff to the sout

ugh," agr

ct to their respective parents. So insistent were they that it was not long before a general council was arranged. Mrs. Ho

much of an undertak

ade, and Mrs. Hopkins nodded to

the boys did not know enough about automobiles, they would lose their way and break down far from he

re you make a final decision?" asked J

rry got his hat and hurried from Mr. Baker's house

in five minutes

asked M

at the Athletic Club, who was quite a friend of the boys, and who h

are going to take?" asked Mr. Wakefield, a few minutes lat

to take," corrected Mr. Slade, with a laugh.

him and his chums," replied the instructor. "He said ther

er parents were willing the boys should have a good t

ke a trip away out West in

ordinary conditions are concerned," said Mr. Wakefield. "Of course, there will be some few troubles, but none that cannot be ove

ught to let the boys

instructor, with purposed delibera

b, forgetting that

o go and get him,"

as far as Chicago. If you decide to let the boys go, they could acco

ase let us go

chimed in Je

re gravely considering the matter. During it the bo

er, "I'm willing, if

as well say yes,"

o do is to agree with the majority

, and he began to do an impromptu

g," said Ned, "and we'll s

that?" asked Mr.

ight air sou

Fire!