late I received a telegram from the Interstate people. It led to
getting to Kewaukee and seeing you. There were no trains."

"Roads too bad for an automobile," put in Hiram.

"And we came in the Baby Racer," concluded Dave.

"What's that?" exclaimed the showman.

"You came all the way from Columbus in a biplane?"

"Yes, sir," nodded Dave.

"A night like last night--"

"We had to, you see," observed Hiram.

"H'm," observed the colonel, with decided admiration in his manner,
"that was a big thing to do. Where is your machine?"

"We landed on a heap of shavings in a city factory yard," explained
Dave. "We left the machine in charge of the watchman."

"And automobiled it out here? Why, say, I had some dealings with
your company."

"I know you did," said Dave.

"I wrote to them for specifications and figures on light biplanes.
They sent outlines that pleased me very much, and I told them so.