"
"What did he say?" asked Herb.
"Oh, he just predicted that we'd never get it working, and as I didn't
feel like arguing with him, I started on. I hadn't gone far though
when that little sneak, Terry, yelled after me: 'Hey, Atwood, don't
forget that all that goes up must come down.' The others snickered,
and I had half a mind to go back and make him tell me what he meant.
But then I thought he wasn't worth bothering with, and I went on home.
What do you suppose he meant, anyway?"
Bob thought a moment before replying.
"You say you told him that we had our aerial up?" he asked,
at length.
"Yes, I did tell him that."
"Well, it would be just like them to try to pull down our wires, if
they thought they could get away with it. Maybe that's what Terry
meant about 'all that goes up must come down.' What do you think?"
"Say!" exclaimed Joe, leaping to his feet, "I'll bet that was just
what he meant, the little sneak. But he'd never have nerve enough
to try anything like that himself."
"Maybe not. But I think Buck Looker might," said Bob. "If he does,
I only hope I'll have the luck to catch him at it."
"Those fellows need a good licking, and it's up to us to give it to
them," said Herb indignantly. "I'm game to do my share any time."
"Oh, well, it may have been just some nonsense of Terry's.
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