"I don't believe you'll be needed—now," answered Dick.
"It's all right, Murphy," put in Jimmy Budley, quickly. "We had a misunderstanding over orders, that's all."
"This young man told me a flying machine had been stolen," said Murphy, and nodded towards Stanley.
"It was a misunderstanding. I wasn't to blame." The section boss turned to Dick. "I'll get a freight engine to run the car with the machine down to Ashton inside of an hour."
"Very well," answered Dick. "And be careful that the biplane isn't damaged in unloading."
"She ain't much but kindlin' wood now," and the section boss smiled a trifle.
"Well, the engine is all right—and that's the valuable part of her," returned Dick. "I'll look for her at Ashton in an hour."
"Want to ride down on the flat car with her?"
"I'll see about that."
The matter was talked over, and in the end it was agreed that Dick and Sam should ride on the flat car, while Tom went with Stanley and Jack Mason in the automobile. Then the section boss went off to get the freight engine to haul the flat car.