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Updated: April 30, 2025
Like all cars which have been spending a considerable time in secluded inaction, it did not start readily. At each application of Billie's foot on the self-starter, it emitted a tinny and reproachful sound and then seemed to go to sleep again. Eventually, however, the engines began to revolve and the machine moved reluctantly out into the drive. "The battery must be run down," said Billie.
The self-starter hummed as it spun the flywheel, but nothing whatever was elicited save a profane phrase from Foster and a growl from Mert. Bud sat back flaccid, his whole body owning defeat. "Well, that means a tow in to the nearest shop," he stated, after a minute of dismal silence. "She's dead as a doornail." Mert sat back in his corner of the seat, muttering into his collar.
Billie meanwhile, with Bream trotting docilely at her heels, had reached the garage and started the car. Like all cars which have been spending a considerable time in secluded inaction, it did not start readily. At each application of Billie's foot on the self-starter, it emitted a tinny and reproachful sound and then seemed to go to sleep again.
The two men passed down the stairs, through the sitting-room, out on to the lawn by a door left unfastened, and round the house to the shed. Together they pushed the car down the slight incline of the drive. Granet mounted into the driving-seat and pressed the self-starter. Collins took the place by his side. "Remember," Granet whispered, "we heard something and I met you in the hall. Sit tight."
"The thing to do," said Ned Newton confidently, "is to identify the man who robbed you tonight as soon as possible and then, if he hangs around Shopton, to mark well anybody he associates with." "Perhaps they will not bother me any more," said Tom, rather carelessly. "And perhaps they will," grumbled Mr. Damon. "Bless my self-starter! they may try something mean again this very night.
"The second fellow was watching the first, without the question of a doubt. While the deputy slowly rose to his feet this other chap started to follow the man who had broken into the house. But at that moment there was the sudden sound of a self-starter in a car, then the purr of a motor and the clatter of gears. Number one spun off in the darkness of the road as pretty as you please.
Then if she won't go we'll have to make up our minds to stay here all night or walk to the next garage." Accordingly the girls got in and Mollie pressed the self-starter. To her great surprise, the engine purred a response, and as she shifted her gears the car moved slowly forward. "Oh, goodie, we're going," cried Amy, and the faces of the other girls showed relief.
John clambered up into the frail body of the machine and Kara followed. "This is a self-starter," he said, "one of the newest models of monoplanes." He clicked over a lever and with a roar the big three-bladed tractor screw spun. The aeroplane moved forward with a jerk, ran with increasing gait for a hundred yards, and then suddenly the jerky progress ceased.
"Just wait until I get on my togs." She had a leather suit, as had Tom, and they were soon in the machine, which, being equipped with a self-starter, did not need the services of a mechanician to whirl the propellers. "Oh, isn't it glorious!" said Mary, as she sat at Tom's side.
Then if she won't go we'll have to make up our minds to stay here all night or walk to the next garage." Accordingly the girls got in and Mollie pressed the self-starter. To her great surprise, the engine purred a response, and as she shifted her gears the car moved slowly forward. "Oh, goodie, we're going," cried Amy, and the faces of the other girls showed relief.
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