CHAPTER I
AN AUTOMOBILE RIDE
"Everybody ready?"
"Yes, Dave; let her go!" cried Phil Lawrence.
"How about you folks in the other auto?" queried Dave Porter, as he let off the hand brake and advanced the spark and lever of the machine he was about to run.
"We are all ready," responded Roger Morr.
"Been ready for an hour," added Ben Basswood, who sat beside Roger.
"Oh, Ben, not quite as long as that!" burst out Laura Porter, who was one of...
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