“I think I shall leave it for you boys to settle among yourselves.”
“But don’t you want to get your car back?” demanded Grant in surprise.
“Indeed I do,” said Mr. Sanders.
“Then,” exclaimed Grant, “I should think you would want to help us find it.”
“It’s possible that I may try some plans of my own,” explained Mr. Sanders, “but meanwhile I am willing for the Go Ahead boys to see what they can do in the way of restoring the car.”
“It’s a strange thing,” said George, “how that car ever could have been taken out of our yard without some of us hearing it. I explained to the boys,” he added laughingly, “that it was such a good car that they couldn’t hear the engine.”
“That may be true,” spoke up Fred, “but we had another explanation.”
“What was that?” inquired Mr. Sanders.
“Why, we said some of the fellows were making so much noise that they might have taken a threshing machine out of the garage and not one of us would have heard it.”
“I don’t mind explaining to you,” said Mr. Sanders, “that I have sent a brief description of the car to several of the nearby cities. My impression is that the automobile hasn’t gone very far from home, but one cannot tell about that. Perhaps we shall get some word from Newark or New York pretty soon.”