“No, he isn’t!” declared Ned, who had just come in from the secretary’s office.
“Why not?” demanded Jerry.
“Oh he and Bill got huffy at something, or else they are afraid, and they have withdrawn their entry. The secretary said Noddy was going to take his machine and leave.”
“Small loss,” commented Bob.
There were not so many entrants in the trial for a record elevation as there had been in the hundred miles race, but there were enough to make it interesting. Our heroes got a good start and began the upward spiral climb, going higher and higher, well in advance of all the others.
They were making good speed, though the Wright biplane was creeping up on them, when there sounded on ominous snapping sound from the motor room.
“What’s that?” cried Jerry, who was in the pilot house.
“I’ll see,” offered Ned.
He came back with a rueful countenance.
“Well,” asked Jerry.