"Eighteen dollars."
"I think we'll need three of them!"
Alan laughed.
"And there are a good many other things I think we shall need," went
on Ned, soberly.
"This hot weather is pretty bad on some people," laughed Alan.
"But, by the way, who are 'we?"'
"You and Elmer Grissom and I," answered Ned carelessly.
"And where are we going?" continued Alan, who was not unused to
Ned's joking.
"On a little run in a private car down into New Mexico."
Alan looked at him a moment and then determined to have the joke
out.
"Then what are we going to do?" he asked, still laughing.
"Make a trip through an unexplored mountain region in the best
dirigible balloon ever built."
Alan wondered just where the joke came in. "And then?" he
continued.
"Discover enough hidden treasure of jewels and silver and gold to
make us rich."
"Shall I get you a cabbage leaf and some ice water?" asked Alan.
"Get your father's consent that you can go; that'll be all,"
announced Ned and then, breaking into a laugh, he relieved the
perplexed Alan by explaining what had just taken place.
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