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Secretly he was quite proud of the students' success with the Dartaway, as it had advertised Brill College not a little. "Possibly we won't be able to get back until to-morrow," said Tom. "We may be detained, or it may storm "Take your time on the trip. Only be careful that you have no accidents." "We'll try to be careful," answered Dick, with a grim smile.
"Let's go down to the freight once here and see Mr. Hitter," suggested Ned. "He can tell us what to do. The poor Dartaway! Smashed!" "And in a land wreck, too!" put in Jerry. "It wouldn't be so bad if she had gone down on the Atlantic, chasing after a whale, or in pursuit of a shark " "Or with the flag flying, out in a storm, with Salt Water Sam," interrupted Ned.
He pointed to one of the tracks in the yards and there, on a flat car, the boys beheld the wreck of the biplane. A small crowd of curious men and boys surrounded the remains of the Dartaway. "What yer going to do with her, Jimmy?" asked a man in the crowd, of a burly individual on the flat car. "I guess the railroad is going to sell her," replied the section boss.
The letter was answered, and the young aviator came on the next day, going first to inspect the remains of the Dartaway and then coming up to the college. "Pretty well smashed," said he, to the Rover boys. "About all that is good is the motor and fittings." "But that engine is a dandy," said Tom. "How much do you want for the outfit as it stands?" "I don't know," answered Dick.
Augustine to Cresville. Or, rather, they saw it safely boxed at the freight station in St. Augustine, and came on up north, trusting that the Dartaway would arrive in due season, and in good condition. They had been home a week now, and as there was no news of their boat, Jerry had become rather anxious and had written to the railroad officials in St. Augustine.
"And these other young gentlemen are all right, of course," went on the doctor, smoothly. His manner was such that the boys were disgusted. Evidently he had come to smooth matters over, so that they would not put in a claim for personal injuries. And the lawyer had come to ward off a claim for the loss of the Dartaway.
"Well, I never!" gasped Doctor Slamper, falling back against a center table. "Why, my dear young men, I think " "And the Dartaway is gone our dear old flying machine!" groaned Tom. "The machine we hoped to fly in to Washington, to the next inauguration. Why, don't you know that the planes of that machine were covered with the autographs of most of the big men of this country?
If we have to sue we'll put in our claim for personal injuries as well and maybe for time lost from our studies." "But fifteen hundred dollars! I er I can't see it," and the lawyer began to pace the floor. "Maybe we had better sue," suggested Sam. "We might get the full amount of our loss three thousand for the Dartaway and some for our injuries."
Hitter had had several rides in the Dartaway for he had done the boys many favors and they wished to return them, so he was given a chance to get intimately acquainted with the speedy craft. Taking the boys into his office, Mr. Hitter instructed them how to write a letter to the claim department of the Florida Coast Railway, demanding damages for the smashing of the boat.
"I'll introduce you boys to him." Neither Ned nor Bob looked very pleased at the prospect of meeting a youth who might be a rival in entertaining the girls, but there was no help for it. On came the Ripper, and, as she approached, the motor boys could not help admiring her. The craft was powerful and swift, much more so than the Dartaway had been.
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