"
"We'll put that crowd out of business some way, you see if we don't,"
said Buck to Carl Lutz.
"I'd like to do it, all right, but I don't see just how we're going
to manage it," replied Lutz. "If Bob Layton can lick you, he can lick
any of our bunch, so we don't want to get into trouble with them
until we've got a sure thing."
Buck agreed heartily with this unsportsmanlike attitude, but had more
confidence in fortune.
"Don't worry about that," he said. "We'll get our chance all right!
And then won't we rub it into Bob Layton and his crowd!" and his face
wore even a more ugly and sinister look than usual.
For the next few days the boys' radio set was in much demand. Of
course all their immediate relatives had to listen in, as it is
called, and they also invited many of their friends, both boys and
girls, to try it.
"Oh, it's too wonderful for anything," declared Joe's sister Rose.
"To think of getting all that music from such a distance!"
"Yes, and that splendid sermon Sunday afternoon!" exclaimed Mrs.
Plummer. "I declare, if Dr. Dale doesn't look out they'll make it
so nobody will have to go to meeting any more."
"I've certainly got to hand it to you boys," was Doctor Atwood's
comment. "I didn't think you could really do it. This radio business
is going to change everything.
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