“Before I close, let me say that if the Radio Boys of Clintonia are listening in, I am sending my regards and will soon call upon them again.”
CHAPTER V
THE WONDERFUL SCIENCE
The effect of this closing sentence on the Radio Boys was electric. They had been engrossed in the subject of the talk, and the personal twist that came at the end took them utterly by surprise. Bob jumped as though he had been shot, and Jimmy nearly fell off his chair.
“Well! what do you think of that?” exclaimed Joe, as soon as he got his breath.
“Wasn’t that dandy of the old scout?” sputtered Herb, not yet recovered from his surprise.
“Talking to hundreds of thousands and yet taking time to send a special message to us!” remarked Bob, with deep gratification.
“Radio Boys of Clintonia!” chuckled Jimmy. “Guess we’re some pumpkins, say, what?”
“How I wish we could answer back and tell him what we thought of his address,” observed Joe regretfully.
“You’ll have a chance to do that when you see him face to face,” Bob reminded him. “You remember that he said he’d call on us soon.”
“Can’t be too soon to suit me,” declared Herb emphatically.