"I
wonder if I can help?"
He was about to hurry in to offer his services when he heard
Tom laugh, and then he knew it was all right. He heard his chum
say:
"I'll be right over and get you. Just where are you?"
Then followed a period of listening on the part of Tom, to be
broken by the words:
"All right, I'll be right with you. Lucky I have my Air Scout
with me. You aren't afraid to ride in that, are you? No, that's
good! I'll be right over. Ned is here with me, and I'll have him
telephone to your father and mother."
With that Tom hung up the receiver and joined his chum.
"Mary had a slight automobile accident about five miles from
here," Tom told his chum. "Some green driver ran into her and
dished one of her wheels. No one hurt, but she hasn't a spare
wheel and can't navigate. She called me up at the house, not
wishing to alarm her father, and Mrs. Baggert told her you and I
had come down to the dock, so she reached me here. I'll go in the
small aeroplane and get her. Luckily I left it here the last time
I made a trip.
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