“Thank you, sir,” replied Walter, his eyes beaming with pleasure. “We will all come as early as we can. Good-evening, sir!”
“Stop!” cried out Poll.
“No, thank you, Polly,” said Walter, laughing.
“We haven’t much home-work, Walter,” said Steve, “can we come in and see your electrical apparatus to-night?”
“Yes, do; you come also, Alfred.”
“Thank you, Walter; I should very much like to come.”
Later in the evening the two boys were watching Walter, who had made some mechanical toys, which he worked with his batteries. There were two windmills, a pump, and a small engine. Walter wanted to be an electrical engineer or a chemist. He gave them some shocks with his coil.
“I say, Walter,” exclaimed Steve, “what a lark it would be to put your batteries on to the door-handle, so when the boys tried to open the door they would get a tremendous shock!”
“Yes,” replied Walter; “I have never thought of that. We will take them to-morrow. You can carry one, while I take the other with the coils.”
Then they separated for the night.