Page:Bedford-Jones--Boy Scouts of the Air at Cape Peril.djvu/36

 occasion and audience. Grab hold o' that sentiment and swallow it. Hear? "

"Didn't need that to give me backbone," affirmed Jimmy.

"Reckon I can go anywhere Jimmy can," was Legs's conclusion in a feebler tone.

When the group reached the famous Windjammer the lads raised a wild whoop and set to examining her in every detail while her owner held forth on her various excellencies.

"Now," said he as he finished his lecture, "time to be off. Here, put those on," he directed his passengers, fishing out goggles and headgear. "You, Cat, will meet the coast guard in front of the lighthouse about fifteen minutes from now. Don't let the motorcycle jar all the pep out of you. Want some left for the jamboree to-night, hear? "

"Oh, gee!" exclaimed Cat. "What's doing? "

"Oh, just a little roughhouse, with extra choice eats stored in my bird's gizzard there. Smell a rat, do you, Cat?" added Hardy, giving the boy a swift kick as he attempted to peep into the cockpit. "Take your nose out of there.