“Well, Captain Anderson,” exclaimed Andy stoutly, “don’t you want me to try it?”
“If Mr. Osborne tests it out and takes you up and shows you how, I think it’ll be all right.”
“There,” urged the boy facing his mother, “are you going to keep your word?”
“Let’s see what Mr. Osborne has to say about it after he has tried it,” pleaded the boy’s mother.
That was all the concession Andy wanted.
At three o’clock the Pelican was completed.
“You have to wait for the wind to go down, don’t you?” asked Captain Anderson. “That’ll be about five o’clock.”
Roy shook his head.
“Some do,” he said, “but with a perfectly-made machine and a powerful engine, I like a fair breeze.” He looked about. “I’m all ready.”