"Gee, I knew that show was going to be great," remarked Bob happily, as they were returning home on the train. "But I didn't have any idea that it was going to be such a whale."
"It was a pippin," agreed Joe, as he snuggled back still further in his seat.
Jimmy sighed gustily.
"What's the matter, Doughnuts?" asked Bob.
"I was just pitying," replied Jimmy, "the poor boobs who didn't see it."
"And that's no joke!" said Joe. "Seeing all those things is going to be a big help toward winning those prizes."
"Who said I was joking?" retorted Jimmy. "I wasn't. That show was the dandiest thing I ever saw."
CHAPTER XXII
THE STOLEN SET
Meanwhile, Bob, Joe and Jimmy were working like beavers on their prize sets, and were making great progress. Mr. Ferberton's offer had aroused great interest in the town, and several other boys were working for the coveted prizes. The knowledge of this only spurred the radio boys to greater efforts, and they began to acquire a deeper insight into the mysteries of radio work with every day that passed. They began to talk so learnedly of condensers and detectors that Herb wished more than once that he had started to make a set of his own, and he was at last driven in self defense to study up on the subject so as not to be left too far behind.