"Right you are!" returned his brother. "Girls, what shall it be?"

Instead of replying, Nellie started up an old favorite at the college,
sung to the tune of "Camping on the Old Camp Ground." Instantly all of
the others joined in.

"Some song!" exclaimed Tom, after the first verse had come to an end.
"Now then, altogether!" and he waved his hand like a band leader. The
voices of the young people arose sweetly on the evening air, but
hardly had they sung two lines of the second verse, when there came an
unexpected interruption.

Bang! The sound came from below them. Then the touring car suddenly
swerved to the side of the road. Almost as quickly Songbird threw out
the clutch and applied both brakes. They came to a standstill in the
middle of the roadway.

"Oh, Tom! what's the matter?" gasped Nellie "I don't know, but I'm
afraid it's a blowout," was the serious reply.

CHAPTER IX

CELEBRATING THE VICTORY,

"Oh, what luck!"

"And just when we wanted to make time, too!"

"I hope it doesn't take us long to put on another tire!"