And we can carry in our balloon just
exactly 693.6 pounds more than we figured."
"I thought so," laughed Ned. "It came to me in a dream, I guess.
But you don't need to feel badly. You say I'm the boss, yet I never
thought of it. You see, the trouble is that all the balloon
ascensions ordinarily are made from the large cities of America or
Europe. Who ever thought of ascending a mountain to get a start?
But since we have done so we must figure accordingly."
"And what is the first thing you are going to add?" asked Alan.
"First thing?" exclaimed Ned. "First and last and in the middle,
gasoline. We may find water in the mountains and we might even find
food, but we're not going to find gasoline. Now we'll do part of
our work whether Elmer meets us or fails."
The incident showed the essential difference between Ned's mind and
Alan's. Alan was careful, precise, and adept in detail. Ned had
the "dreams" and inspirations of an inventor.
CHAPTER XI
A DISGUISE PENETRATED
The boys, in spite of their broken slumbers, all turned out promptly
at four o'clock the next morning.
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