“Well, it all came out right,” said Jerry. “I’m going to ride the machine home.”
And he did without further mishap, stopping and starting the motor without trouble, now that the wire was off.
[CHAPTER XI.]
MACHINES FOR BOB AND NED.
That night two very earnest lads implored two fathers to purchase motor-cycles for them. As Bob and Ned were both sons of well-to-do parents the matter was not much one of cost.
“To tell you the truth,” said Mr. Baker to Bob. “I’m a little afraid of those machines. They are dangerous.”
“I’ll be careful,” pleaded Bob.
“I know, but that’s what every one says at first,” objected Mr. Baker.
At the same time the same sort of a conversation was going on in the Slade household.