Henry tore do

m his home he pa

" the latter called out,

enry shouted over his shoulder,

te!" called

t to get the patrol toget

at top speed. "What's up?" he asked enviously, as he overtook Henry and r

government," panted Henry,

e his companion said never a word, but ran mutely beside him, his eyes fastened incr

enry. "Just got a tele

on. "Gee whiz!" he said again. "I wis

sorry that he had said what he had. "Maybe

pped abruptly and turned in at the open gate. He mounted

rs. Brown?" he asked

Mrs. Brown. "You'll fi

he b

s, as usual," said Mrs. Brown. "But

" said Henry. "The wireless patr

s. Brown, in astonishment. "W

enry, and his voice plain

t." Mrs. Brown was at

to come and that he would himself be with them in New York, the serious look vanished from Mrs. Brown's face. "That's all right, then," she said. "If Dr.

sympathy. She remembered that she had once been young herself. Presently the racket up-stairs subsided. Then came the clatter of noisy and eager feet on

d been employed during the school vacation. But Henry thought it would be well to secure permission fr

he wireless patrol to come to New York," said Henry, diplomatically

at are you going to do in New York," sh

s service. I think they want us to listen in and pick up low-length messages that t

was silent a moment in thought. "W

ock Friday afternoon. That means we should have

play and all work. And Roy has done nothing but play all summer. He has been at that camp of yours

er had been sick and unable to work for some weeks, and Henry knew that t

ry. "And I hope that you will let him go because Captain Hardy wants only certai

ys," was the reply, and Mrs. M

y might not be allowed to go. When Mrs. Mercer suddenly appeared again and announced briefly that Roy could go,

objection on the part of his parents, and the three boys

as no apparent chance of an early opening, for the epidemic was then at its worst. There was no obstacle now in the way of the four boys. Roy got his employer's per

a trip to the nation's metropolis. Their common experience in running down the dynamiters at the Elk City reservoir gave these boys the certainty that both adventure and danger lay ahead of their four lucky fellows. But could they have known how truly thrilling and adventurous were the days ahead of th

hand. So the stay-at-homes loyally crushed down their feeling of envy and united in a hearty send-off for their fellows. Every member of the patrol was at the railroad station Friday morning to bi