"Boys, I just happened to think--"
"'Happened' is right," murmured Jimmy, with a grin.
"Even if Joe does get his dad's car," Herb went on, unmoved, "it's
only a seven passenger, and there will be ten of us, counting the
lame ducks."
"Oh, that'll be all right," said Bob confidently. "We'll hire
a jitney of some sort down at the livery."
Thereupon they all plunged into a lively discussion of plans for
the concert, and so absorbed were they that they found themselves
walking down Main Street before they had any idea that they were
near the town.
As they neared the big stone church on the corner they espied a
familiar figure mounting the steps of the parsonage.
"Hooray!" shouted Bob, starting on a run down the street. "Just
in the nick of time, fellows. There's the doctor himself!"
CHAPTER XX
THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES
Doctor Dale heard their shout and waited with his genial smile till
the four boys came panting up to him.
"We've got a sort of idea, Doctor Dale," explained Bob, stammering in
his eagerness. "And--and we would like to speak to you about it if
you have time."
"I can always spare some for you boys," the doctor assured him
heartily. "Come on in, fellows, and let's hear about this idea.
Something connected with radio, I suppose?"
"Yes, sir," answered Bob, as Doctor Dale opened the parsonage door
and the boys crowded eagerly after him into the cozy study.
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