“Ain’t he noble?” demanded Herb, grinning, as the boys crowded into Bob’s room.
CHAPTER VIII
NEAR DISASTER
Several days later while the radio boys were experimenting with their big set and talking over their interesting meeting with the Forest Service ranger, Herb displayed an immense horseshoe magnet.
“Look what he’s got for luck,” chortled Jimmy. “The superstitious nut!”
“Superstitious nothing!” snorted Herb. “If I’d wanted it for luck I wouldn’t have got a magnet, would I? Any old common horseshoe would have done for luck.”
“Well, what’s the big idea?” asked Bob, looking up from the audion tube he was experimenting with. “Or is there any?” he added, with a grin.
“You bet your life there is!” returned Herb. “It’s got to do with that very audion tube you’re fussing with.”