“Quit it, fellows,” begged Jerry. “You’re getting me all excited. I want to start off on a trip right now!”
“Why don’t we?” asked Bob, quickly.
Jerry, for answer, kicked the lump of clay at his feet.
“I first want to get this business settled,” said the tall lad. “After that I may go off somewhere.”
“Don’t forget us,” urged Ned. “We want to be in it.”
“Oh, we’ll all go together,” Jerry agreed. “It won’t take long to settle the question about this clay, I think. And then we can go off on a trip. What’ll we take—the airship, motor boat or automobile?”
“All three!” cried Bob.
“That’s a little too much of a proposition,” laughed Jerry. “We might cut out the airship, and take turns using the car and this boat. We could send the car on ahead, and after a long cruise pick up the auto at some place, journey as far as we liked in that, and come back to the boat.”
“That sounds good!” cried Ned. “Let’s do it!”
None of the chums realized under what strange circumstances they were soon to take a trip of that sort.