“I thought you would like to come,” said Bill. “Get fixed and come along to the house for lunch. Gee, it is a pity we live so close to each other. If you lived in the Highlands, now, or out on the River road, or out at West Point, we could have some fun. I tell you what we can do, we can pick up Ernest Beezley at the Aviation Field at Camp Knox. Won’t he be surprised?”
“Aw, Frank will give it away first time they meet,” said Eddie in a disgusted tone. “Frank doesn’t have any sense of the importance of things. But we will get a lot of fun out of it. Wouldn’t it be great if we could overhear some plots against the government or something of the sort, and break them up, and get in all the papers? 'Wonderful detective work done by two of our Louisville boys.’ That sort of thing, you know.”
“It will more likely be 'Arrest of two of our Louisville boys who have been balling things up with their wireless plant,’” said Bill. “All I want out of this thing is some fun.”
“Of course!” said Eddie hastily. “That’s all. Well, let’s get out of this.” He went up the stairs two steps at a time, brushed his hair, hastily gave his countenance what he called a wash, threw his slicker over his shoulders, and was ready.
Luncheon at the Wolfes’ was a technical affair. Frank, who knew a lot about a great many things, was asked countless questions about wireless and patiently explained all he knew.
The trip down town was all too long. Frank’s little flivver coughed and sputtered and had as many symptoms as it knew, just to be contrary, Bill declared.
But at last they were there, and a little later they were on their way home with everything needed to install a first-class medium-radius wireless. They had everything.
In the rear of Bill’s house was a shed, so-called. It was a two-story affair that had evidently been built for servants’ quarters. There was a second floor, and there, Frank decided, was the place for their receivers.
The two boys went to cleaning with a will. Eddie, with a weather-eye on the clouds, hoped fervently for more rain as he scrubbed and sloshed water over the floor, while Bill cleaned windows. Frank, promising to help them whenever they were ready, went into the house.
As they worked, an idea suddenly occurred to Bill.