Eddie says he didn’t know how he managed to do it, but he reached out his left hand, and caught the cylinder.
“Sweet heavenly day!” said Ernest weakly, and flopped back in his chair. Eddie found himself near tears.
“You do that again and I will knock the stuffin’ out of you!” he said to Fatty. The hand that held the infernal machine shook.
“What ails everybody?” cried Fatty.
“I will tell you what ails us,” said Eddie savagely, “but I want to know where you got this. Where did you find it, or who gave it to you? Come on! Ern and I have come all the way in his plane to get this. Now you get busy and explain!”
Fatty looked sheepish.
“Well, I didn’t tell where I got it because I didn’t want to be guyed. Remember that day we went out to Camp Knox? Well, when you were all rushing down the hill road after seeing the caves, I thought it would be a good joke on you to sneak back and eat my own lunch.”
“Sneak is the word all right,” said Eddie.
“Well, I had a right to, didn’t I?”
“Of course you had! Go on!” said Ernest.