"It would be imagination," replied Mr. Perry with a keen smile. "But,
say, Cub, don't you think you've grabbed off enough glory for yourself?
Give your friends a chance to win some honors."

"Right you are, dad," returned the boy at the key, rising and removing
the phones from his ears. "Hal, you call half this list and then let Bud
call the rest"

It was well 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 Diagram


As good fortune decreed, Hal found Number One in the new list sitting in
and listening for anything 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."