"Then you're going to cook as you travel?" asked Ned.

"Sure!" assented Tom.

"That is you are—or some one else," chuckled Ned.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean that my suspicions are confirmed," went on Ned, with a laugh, and taking care to get beyond Tom's reach before making his next remark. He added: "I know where the first stop will be for this traveling House on Wheels!"

"Where?" asked Tom, unsuspiciously.

"Honeymoon Lane!" yelled Ned, making a leap to escape his chum.

CHAPTER IV

SURPRISING NEWS

After all, Tom Swift had sense enough to take good-naturedly the chaffing to which Ned Newton subjected him.