“I think I can see a way to get across that gap,” he cried.
“Climb across on the stringpiece, I suppose?” replied Bart sarcastically. “I thought of that some time ago; we can easily do that, but we’ve got to have the auto. It’s got all the supplies in it.”
“No, my plan is to go across, auto and all,” rejoined Lathrop.
“What! Take the auto across that gap?”
“Yes.”
“Say, this is no time for fooling, Lathrop,” remonstrated Billy Barnes.
“I’m not fooling. I mean it. Did you ever go to the circus?”
“Well, of all the fool questions. Yes, I’ve been to the circus, but what has that got to do with this situation?”
“A whole lot.”
“For instance?”