d by the bully. He leaped to his feet and started to run, Noddy taking after him. Andy

u," he said. "

ill

you

I w

our head if y

rd, and as the bully had, more than on

ght to make fun of my

a of you expecting to sail through the air with a machine so heavy it t

ow a lot about airsh

machine heavier than air can't rise unle

wait. When you see me sailing around at t

turedly. "I hope you do fly, No

about the Firefly, Noddy," remarked Andy,

l fix you the first ch

If you attempt to injure Andy for what he said to-day you'll have to reckon with us, and you ca

lks what I can do. You'll wish you had a machine like mine when you see how it w

ered Bob with a smile. "Bu

s looked at him

Then we'll have a race with your Firefly," went on Bob with a cheerful grin. "Ta-ta! Here's your hat, what's your hurry?"

show you," murmured N

ut trolley cars and you'll hear the fare register. But say, fellows, this a

"Let's go and see that pos

ou all that's on it. Besides, the fellow wh

rst?" demanded Jerry. "Pass 'em ov

r to Ned and Jerry, who were soon deeply interested in the

y to tell you a little something about them, where they

est department store in Cresville, and was counted well off. Jerry was the only son of Mrs. Jul

d town of Cresville, not far from Boston, h

of in the first book of this se

es, one of them winning a motor cycle. Later all three acquired those

, engaged in making a collection of curious bugs and animals, they discovered a buried city. They returned home from Mexico across the

g trip on the Atlantic, and from there they went into the strange waters of the Florida everglades. Their experiences there were fully equaled by a trip they next made on the Pacific, searchi

ey had put in a full winter at their books. They had just successfully passed their examinations,

near that lad's house, that Bob came along with the news of th

en Andy Rush was so interested that he forgot to talk, which was the occupati

ed Bob, as he saw Ned and Jerry tho

y's comment. "We've go

st wishing we had something to

ed as soon as I saw that post

t Noddy get ahead of us,

. We can take the one from the auto. It's almost new, and it has six cylinders," for they h

han an engine to make a

commented Ned. "But it's a good

e to think of one for this carnival. However, we can take the show in. We may get some new ideas. Let's see-to-day is

, who knew his pare

wishing we could have some kind of an

ls, of course," adde

like to see t

-Miss Olivia," went on Je

out," and

earful, perhaps, lest Jerry should twit him about Miss Rose Seabury, o

the other of the three motor boys.

dy?" asked Jerry, guessing the

rs bang-bang! up in the air-down to the ground-whoop de deedle-de! over the fence is out-

ool down, or you might crack a cylinder," advised

ys, with their small guest, started from Cresville in their auto. They int