Part 9 (1/2)
”You mean problem,” reminded Mr Perry with a smile
”Well, maybe,--I won't dispute your word since your idea has proved so brilliant thus far--but I can't see the raphy?”
”Well, yes; it took us froe,” Cub adraphy in that”
”Reures,” said the operator's father ”Keep that into you before we're through with this affair”
”How does the discovery of raphy or mathely ”You don't mean that fellow is really your cousin?”
”I surely do, if he's Alvin Baker You know my folks used to live in Canada And don't you reo with his father and e, but I didn't know he had a wireless set, and I suppose he didn't know I had one”
”Well, it , anyway,” said Cub ”But let's not waste any ain”
He called the other Canadian amateur on his list of three and learned from him that many wireless boys had followed the course of the rescue boat with their receiving outfits Froot the calls of four of these interested boys Then he called the third on his original list, but all the inforive was that anewspaper carried a colue about the Thousand Island Crusoe and the rescue boat frorierness
”I shouldn't be a bit surprised to find that the associated Press has chartered a boat and is following us,” declared Mr Perry
”Would that be ination,” replied Mr Perry with a keen sh glory for yourself?
Give your friends a chance to win soht you are, dad,” returned the boy at the key, rising and re the phones from his ears ”Hal, you call half this list and then let Bud call the rest”
It ell for the sake of a distribution of honors that this course was taken, for a thrilling surprise was in store for them in response to the next call
CHAPTER IX
The Radio Diagraood fortune decreed, Hal found Nu interesting in the ether It required only a few short sentences to acquaint this amateur with the object of the Catwhisker's search
”I can tell you just how to find those fellows,” he replied ”I listened-in to the best line of detective work on that subject you ever heard of Sherlock Holmes isn't in it there”
”Hooray!” shouted Bud, as he finished jotting down the last sentence
”There are three amateurs, one in Clayton, NY, one in Rockport and one in Gananoque, Ontario, who have radio coether to locate the fellow on the island,” continued the inforenerosity ”I will give you their calls--”
Thespark, which could not be ignored Sender Nue
”I will save you the trouble,” read the dots and dashes evidently addressed to the operator he had just ”crowded out,” ”I am at Rockport and am one of the three radio coht now”
Hal threw over the aerial switch and flashed the one word ”Shoot!” Then he swung back again and all three boys listened eagerly
”Have you a good ion?” inquired the loop aerial operator