The lads waited for Professor Zepplin to speak.
"Tell Mr. Simms what you have in mind," he urged.
"We had thought of going over the old Custer trail," spoke up
Walter.
"Where, down in the Black Hills?"
"No, not so far down as that. We should like to go over the trail he followed and visit the scene of his last battle and get a little mountain trip as well——"
"Are there any mountains around here?" asked Stacy innocently.
Mr. Simms laughed, in which he was joined by the boys.
"My lad, there's not much else up here. You'll find all the mountains you want and some that you will not want——"
"Any Indians?" asked Chunky.
"State's full of them."