human
Well, laughed Mr. Perry;
gpt
You've hit the nail on the head, but I venture to say you can't explain why mathematics and imagination can put a mystery to rout.
human
It's too much highbrow for me, he said.
gpt
And I bet it's too much highbrow for Cub.
human
Well, let's quit the highbrow field and get down to business, suggested Mr. Perry.
gpt
If we're able to put this thing through along mathematical lines, I bet you boys will have enough imagination to tell me why mathematics and imagination can put any mystery on earth to rout.
human
I'm goin' to get busy with the spark gap,
gpt
You've got a big thing ahead of you, boys, announced the owner of the Catwhisker.
human
I venture to say there are some big surprises in store for you. For instance, you're likely to find the newspapers of the United States and Canada giving considerable space to this affair.
gpt
How are they going to get hold of it?
human
There's where you're short of imagination, my boy. How many amateurs do you suppose were listening in and got the messages between you and those two radio contestants?
gpt
I bet there were a hundred if there was one,
human
And were they interested?
gpt
Were they? exclaimed Cub.
human
Every last one of 'em was wild with curiosity.
gpt
And did they talk about it to anybody?
human
They didn't talk about anything else,
gpt
And didn't you suppose some of those amateurs know some newspaper reporters?
human
We fellows all know several reporters,
gpt
All right, said Mr. Perry, significantly.
human
Now, all I have to say to you boys is, watch the headlines whenever you get near a news stand.
gpt
You've got to hand it to my father for one thing, Cub declared as he seated himself near the radio table and hoisted his feet thereupon.
human
He sure has some imagination.
gpt
And some mathematics, too, the way he subtracts mist from mystery every time our brains get lost in a fog, Hal added, with a self-appreciative
human
Do you know, I don't feel nearly so mystified as I did before that talk with your father began,
gpt
It's the mathematics and imagination getting their work in,
human
It sounds funny, and yet, I can't help feeling there's something to it,
gpt
Well, said Cub, bringing his feet down from the table with enough noise to rivet a conclusion;
human
Cub's got his goat back,