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Rh "That'll be about all, Lanny," said Gordon. "As you're going to attend to the chauffeuring we don't need to know all the secrets. All we want to know is, can it be done?"

"Of course! I'm telling you"

"You're spouting a lot of rot about steam pressure and gauges," interrupted Gordon firmly. "That's your business, not ours. We're only passengers and"

"Leave me out," laughed Dick. "I refuse to ride on anything that Lanny's running, even a street roller."

"There won't any of you ride," said Lanny. "You'll walk. And one of you had better go ahead and carry a lantern in case we meet anything on the way."

"Oh, shucks, it's got a whistle, hasn't it?"

"Maybe, but I'm not going to blow it if it has, you silly idiot!"

"Much obliged! Well, do we do it to-night or do we not?"

"We do. The journey will start at nine sharp."

"Hadn't we better wait until later?" asked Dick. "We don't want to run into the Superintendent of Streets or the fellow you were talking to."

"There's no one out that way at night. There are only four or five houses around there, anyway.