A Mystery and Cub's "Goat"


Cub hastened to his father and gave him a rapid narrative of events as
they had been received by wireless.

"Well, that's interesting, to say the least," observed Mr. Perry with a
look of curious amusement.

Cub waited a few moments for further comment, but as it was slow coming,
he asked impulsively:

"What are we going to do?"

"What do you think we ought to do?" inquired the man at the wheel,
looking sharply at his son.

"I don't know; I'm stumped," was the boy's reply.

"That's a frank admission. First time I've known you to admit such
absolute defeat. Do you think we'd better turn about and go back home?"

"No," Cub replied with a revival of decision in his tone of voice.

"Well, shall we stop, turn to the right or left, or go ahead?"

There was a slump to indecision again. Cub looked foolish. His father was
making sport of him and he did not know how to answer intelligently. In
desperation, however, he replied: