human
I got in all right, Specs explained to the boys,
gpt
But I thought you didn't care about saving Sheffield's car,
human
I don't! Specs flared indignantly.
gpt
But if I hadn't tried to help, I'd have been breaking about half the Scout laws. Just the same, he added a little viciously,
human
I'm going to tell Royal Sheffield that I wish it had been somebody else's car.
gpt
Look here! said Bunny, suddenly piling off.
human
We had better find out about that later train.
gpt
I called up the station, he said.
human
That's what kept me. The team was gone. The second train--the one we thought we were going on--was taken off this week. There isn't another on the schedule that will get us to Belden in time for the baseball game!
gpt
No train!
human
Not a sign of one. Nap had an irritating air of being pleased to act as bearer of bad news.
gpt
And the only possible automobile road on this side of the hills makes it a six-hour trip. That's why the Seftons started at seven this morning.
human
I suppose, suggested Jump, somewhat nettled,
gpt
I suppose you are going to say you're Waterlooed.
human
If you remember--I mean, if you've ever read about that campaign of Napoleon's when he crossed the Alps--
gpt
No, I don't remember it and I never read about it, Bi said bluntly,
human
What's the plan, Nap?
gpt
Just this. Nap hid his disappointment at being cut short.
human
The R. A. & S. railroad runs through Harrison City, and the station is only about a mile from the other side of the lake. I have telephoned all over, and here's what I found out: There's a train over there, leaving Harrison City at 10:50. Of course, the R. A. & S. doesn't run to Belden, but you can get to Deerfield on it, where there is a bus line to Belden, sort of doubling back a ways, you see. If we make that 10:50 train, we'll be at the ball park by two o'clock.
gpt
Good work, Nap; that fixes us. Now, if Roundy can borrow the launch--