igible balloons before they should be put away in the tents or sheds. Th

ould not help hearing what you were talking about, and I

der of airships

very fine motor ship, something like that one with planes attached to the gas bag, b

it?" ask

me in Mid

xclaimed Ned. "We're from Cresville,"

ted in airships?

s answer. "We would like t

my name-Rupe

your model here to e

ffered to, but they said they only wanted re

in fly," spoke

rship, built on up-to-date ideas, even if it was only a model, they wouldn't admit. If I could have shown it perhaps I could have

Jerry quietly. "How much would i

boys could rais

s can raise!" exclaimed Andy Rush

ssford

the sights you've seen at this car

rest in a valuable gold mine, and we have considerable mone

imed the man, a hopeful l

er since I heard of this carnival. I don't know how my c

th you!" crie

ship, Jerry

f we fall we'll come d

sn't relish a fall from t

ly in earnest?" as

ur plans seem feasible, though I admit we don't know much about such things, we will furnish

," said Mr. Glassford. "For five thousand dollars I can bu

he plans and model

I'll bring them to Cr

ok them over, and my mother will likely take an interest in them. So if you c

ber of balloons, but this is my first attempt at a dirigible one. I know I can succeed, however,

nthusiastically. "Me for the motor ship. Autom

come to Cresville in about a week, bringing his p

remarked Jerry as the group of young people moved away from the vic

ests are on the p

n the grounds, and then Ned treated the crowd to ice cream. After that it was time for

with some feelings of regre

ner. There were also aeroplane races and contests, and, though these heavier-than-air machines were rather limited in their flights, some of them did remarkably w

e following day, and motored back to Cresville, having

dy after his Firefly tried to

machine away from the grounds," repl

an airship," remarked Ned. "Wait unti

ddy," was Bob's opinion.

"The more I see and hear of these air machines the more uncertain I think they are. A

d. "We'll fly, all right. I wish we had it

" replied Jerry. "Still, I wish, t