"I know some other people who are indulging in pleasure cars also."
"Who is that?"
"Well, Blakely has one, a fine little car he calls a 'runabout.'"
"He never said anything about it. Then he brought one over for John, and another for the Professor, but you must keep quiet; they are not to know anything about it."
"Then there are two more machines down there that have queer names on them, because the fellows[p. 200] themselves are peculiar, and are awfully civilized," said Sutoto, with a faint attempt at a smile.
Harry laid down the wrench and turned to Sutoto. "What are the names?" he asked, for the first time interested.
"On one it says 'Mayfield,' and 'Crandall' on the other." And Sutoto said this without cracking a smile, or indicating that he really knew who the names applied to.
Probably, no one on the island, at least among the natives, really knew the boys by any other designation than George and Harry. The surnames were of no use. Sutoto was simply "Sutoto," and no more, and so with Uraso and Muro.
The Professor and the old Chief heard the hilarity, and were soon out of the house, and although the boys and Sutoto tried to push the machine behind the garage, they were too late for the Professor's quick eye.
He laughed when he saw the commotion. "It is all right; if I were not so old, I would get one myself."