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Updated: July 28, 2025
For some reason it was quite evident they had been forgotten. There was an interval of almost complete silence; then came a sudden explosion of orders. Half a dozen motorcycles sprang into crackling life; there was the unmistakable din of a powerful aeroplane engine, which, with no muffler, is noisy enough to wake the dead. Then came the whirring of its propeller.
"You'll begin to believe it when we send off for our motorcycles, and map out the summer campaign," laughed Max. "Glory be! that makes me thrill all over. If it does come to pass, won't we be the luckiest crowd that ever came down the pike?" assented Bandy-legs. "Oh! I'd hardly say that," remarked the other. "We've worked for all we've got so far.
Rickshaws, pedestrians, bullock carts, horsemen, and heavily burdened porters are passing constantly back and forth, almost always in the middle of the street. Bicycles, one or two motorcycles, and a couple of automobiles are occasionally to be seen. The aspect of the town suggests the activity of a new frontier place where everybody is busy.
But then there was a roaring of motorcycles racing across the field with a black car trailing them. The car pulled up beside the fog wagon, then sped swiftly to where Joe was coming out of wild rage and sinking into sick, black depression. He'd been responsible for the pilot gyros and their safe arrival. What had happened wasn't his fault, but it was not his job merely to remain blameless.
The two young collegians hurried to a room attached to the gymnasium, where bicycles, motorcycles, and other things were kept. Soon the motorcycle was brought out and Paul gave it a brief inspection. "All right," he announced. "I thought it would be." "Then I'm off," answered Dick, and pushing the machine along the path towards the road, he hopped into the seat and turned on the power.
While I was trying to make up my mind by testing the package for its weight, the shopkeeper assured me that I would be able to handcarry the glass to Ashok's shop, which is what I finally did. I started out. In the beginning, it was no problem. However, the package grew heavier and heavier as I trudged up the road to Ashok's shop with rickshaws, taxis and motorcycles honking away on all sides.
Janet found it curious that Lise should display such vindictiveness toward Mr. Wiley, who was more sinned against than sinning. She was moved to inquire after his welfare. "He's got one of them red motorcycles," said Lise. "He was gay with it too when we was waiting for the boulevard trolley he opened her up and went right between Charlie and me. I had to laugh.
"But how did you get here?" asked Frank. "When we got out of the old temple," Ned replied, "we had no motorcycles to go on with, so we came back to hunt up more. There was little use in going on by any way other than the one mapped out for us. "The scamp we almost captured had been kind enough to tell us that you boys were in trouble and perhaps that had something to do with our coming back."
But, even while he was doing so, he was planning to escape from custody. Dick's surprise and concern when he found the cache empty and deserted, with papers and motorcycles alike gone, may be imagined. For a moment he thought he must be mistaken, that, after all, he had come to the wrong place. But a quick search of the ground with his flashlight showed him that he had come to the right spot.
No one was abroad to get in his way, and he forgot utterly that there might be need for caution, until, as he went through a fair sized town, he suddenly saw three policemen, two of whom were also mounted on motorcycles, waiting for him. They waved their arms, crying out to him to stop, and, seeing that he was trapped, he did stop. "Let me by," he cried, angrily. "I'm on government service!"
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