Say, did you ever see such a place as this? I've
got to wait two hours for a train back to Shopton."
"No you haven't."
"Why not? Have they changed the timetable since I came over
this morning?"
"No, but you can ride back with me. I'm going, and I'll show
you what my new electric car can do."
"Good!" cried the young bank cashier. "You're just in time. I
was wondering how I could kill two hours, but now I'll get in
your new car and--"
"And maybe we'll kill a few chickens, or a dog or two when we
get her speeded up," put in Tom, with a laugh in which Ned
joined.
The two lads, seated in the front part of the auto, were soon
moving down the hard highway. Suddenly Tom pulled a lever and the
steel wind-shield came sliding down from the top case, meeting
the forward battery compartment, and forming a sort of slanting
roof over the heads of the two occupants.
"Here! What's this?" cried Ned.
"We're going to hit it up in a few minutes," replied the young
inventor, "and I want to reduce the wind resistance."
"Oh, I thought maybe we were going through a bombardment. It's
all right, go ahead, don't mind me. I'm game."
There was a celluloid window in the steel wind-shield, and
through this the lads could observe the road ahead of them.
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