From: Barber <sub...@gi...> - 2009-12-26 22:46:16
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Rned that he didn't mind the bills at all. So here I am, and when I heard you were coming--well, I was certainly tickled! So I sneaked in here as soon as the bell rang for lights out, and first I knew I was asleep." "From the way you were snoring, I should say first thing you knew you were awake," laughed Frank. "Guess I will beat it now," said Horace. "There is no school to-morrow--just the organization of classes, and we can go down to the hangars and see my plane. You ought to see those dinky little hangars! Not much like the big government ones. There are only three planes. Mine and one belonging to the school, and one that belongs to a fellow from Toronto. It is a peach, and he thinks he can beat me in a race. We are going to try it out some day if we can ever get up without an instructor. They are awful strict here. I will have a deuce of a time if they catch me in here." "I should think you had better fade away then," said Frank uneasily. "We don't any of us want to get in wrong." "Well, I am glad you have come, fellows," whispered Jardin, tiptoeing to the door. "Put out that flash, Bill! You don't want to tell everybody what we are doing. See you in the morning. Goodnight!". He slipped out, and the boys silently crept back into their beds. "That beats all!" exclaimed Bill after a long pause when he decided by Frank's breathing that he was still awake. "I surely thought we were quit of that chap." "You always have it in for him, haven't you?" said Frank. "You are a funny one. Always cracking up that Indian orderly of yours as such a peach and a straight fellow, and forever knocking a first-class good sport like Jardin." "I didn't mean to knock Horace," said Bill, "but he does seem--well, I don't know just what!" "I guess that's about it," sneered Frank. "Just about it! You don't k |