Part 7 (2/2)

”Cub, you're the highbrow of our bunch,” said Hal after soet aith that stuff,” Cub protested, but, solimmer of satisfaction at the ”compliment” shone in his countenance

”No, I won't, either,” Hal insisted ”It's true This thing is too ot to settle it for us”

Cub ”swelled up” a little with i in a ca a habit of his to rest his feet on soher than his head, if possible, whenever seated Noever, there seemed to be a dehtened up his back, and said:

”Well”--speaking slowly--”I don't want to get in bad withto prove I know ument would be that all of life is not arither to defend his belief in things nified his approval in similar manner

”Yes, that isn't bad at all,” adlad to have stimulated his son's mind into action ”But if we can't explain this affair with mathematics, maybe we can explain it by some other element of human education”

”What, for instance?” asked Cub ”Not by readin', 'ritin', or 'rithmetic”

”No, we'll exclude the three R's for the present, although all of theure in our work before it is finished”

”Well,” --”

”Why didn't you stop with geography?” asked his father

”Geography!” exclaimed Bud ”How can you use that to explain a raphy is involved,” Mr Perry replied ”In this case it seeraphy is a very important eleraphy of the Thousand Islands in order to solve this so-calledto get at the bottoest that if it is to be solved by any systematic process, the first eleraphy and a little arithet busy with your wireless outfit and see what you can find out”

The three boys gazed curiously at Cub's father and then at one another in a puzzled h hint?” asked Mr Perry ”I don't want to do the work myself--in fact, I couldn't if I wished to, for I can't send a wireless e; but if I could, I know exactly what I'd do”

”We ht send a broadcast to all other aested

”How could they help us?” asked Bud skeptically

”I'm sure I can't tell you,” replied Mr Perry ”But you have a dandy field to work on All you need is a little iin to do a little head-work, and before you know it you'll have a lead to work on

And let s in this world, which, working together, can knock aelse in the world that I know of”

”I bet I knohat they are,” Cub volunteered, eagerly

”Matheination,” almost shouted Hal in a wild scramble of mind to beat Cub with the answer

The latter cast a wrathful glance at the saucy youth who had broken in ahead of him