Part 4 (1/2)

As the boys were co store, where they had eaten their ice cream in the forht of athem

”It's Mr Dillon, the carpenterin the Foger house, Tom!” exclaimed his chuoing to ask hi inside the old mansion” Ned was soon in conversation with hier house,” admitted the carpenter, who had done sohty queer repairs, too

So I never did before If Andy wasn't there to tell me what he wanted done I wouldn't knohat to do”

”Is Andy there yet?” asked To in the old house All alone too, except now and then, he has a chuet their ownup a surprise and doesn't want any of the boys to see hi,” and the carpenter scratched his head reflectively

”What are you doing?” asked Ned boldly

”Fixing up Andy's old airshi+p that was once busted,” was the unexpected answer, ”and after I get that done, if I ever do, he wants me to make a platform for it on the roof of the house, where he can start it swooping through the air Mighty queer repairs, I call 'e, boys,” and the carpenter passed on

CHAPTER IV

SEARCHING FOR SMUGGLERS

”Well, of all things!”

”Who in the world would think such a thing?”

”Andy going to start out with his airshi+p again!”

”And going to sail it off the roof of his house!”

These were the alternate expressions that ca at each other after the startling inforiven them by Mr Dillon, the carpenter

”Do you really think hewhich they watched the retreating figure of the carpenter ”Maybe he was fooling us”

”No, Mr Dillon seldom jokes,” replied Ned, ”and when he does, you can always tell He goes to our church, and I knoouldn't deliberately tell an untruth Oh Andy's up to so around here the way he has been, instead of being ho after hi, he would hardly hire a uess he just wants to keep out of the way of everybody but his own particular cronies But I wonder what he is up to, anyhow; getting his airshi+p in shape again?”

”Give it up, unless there's an aeroto try a race again”

Tom shook his head

”I'd have heard about any aviationto the national association, and they send out circulars whenever there are to be races None are on for this season No, Andy has soame”