“Tell them all to come in; lunch is ready.”
The boys entered the house. Paul and Jack telephoned home that they were having lunch with Ken. At the table, in the midst of the meal, Jack almost choked as he thought of something. “Hurry up, fellows,” he whispered. “I’ve just thought of something important.”
“Can’t you at least eat without thinking?” mocked Ken.
“Yes, take it easy,” was Paul’s advice.
“Choke easy, you mean,” corrected Ken.
“Stop all that talk,” spoke up Jack, “and hurry up and finish. I want to get out and talk this thing over.”
As soon as they were through with their meal, the boys retreated to the garage again. “Now what is it?” asked Paul.
“It is something that I thought of just as soon as we got into the cellar,” replied Jack, “but it slipped my mind and I forgot to mention it.”
“Well, what is it?” asked Ken. “Don’t keep us in suspense.”