The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure

al car, came to a stop at the far end of the station train shed, and, covered with dust as it was, and almost hidden among hissing engines and baggage and express cars, there seemed little reason

d immediately wheels and brakes were being tes

y had left a young man suddenly appeared, dodging among the cars. He sprang on to the rear step of the Placida, but before he could

d the stranger. "I'm a reporter

new that this way was not open to everyone. He understood the need of secrecy, and politely

d," he then said with dign

nd Alan emerged from the car fo

to see the man in charge of this car. It's importa

oys s

answered Ned. "Wha

k at seeing two youngsters directing a

ing and what you are going to do," he said with a lit

ght. He had met reporters before

even care to say it was a secret. Even that admission, he knew, w

ou left there last evening with a ca

this morning?" asked Ned,

ou know. We have a report that you are on your way to Mare Island,

ed this morning?" repea

be this afternoon," answer

ly, "it would have been in every newspaper in that city and this city this

rick that he had often worked successfully on many an older person. For Bob Russell, easily the brightest and quickest-witted reporter

invented ammunition in that

attitude of doing so," calmly answered Ned

ghed and again ch

mething, just as I'm working on a newspaper. You've got a good story somewhere about y

in which the public would be too much

oad presidents. I'm on. But, say, when this thing breaks I'd like to be in on the yarn. I was lying. I never heard of you before the train pulled in. But you know th

ented a

smiling, "we migh

terrupted the r

stop in the

er looked

ted the impulsive journalist, "and it isn't the navy ya

"but we might be from

ted the reporter again. "How's tha

y?" innocentl

er saw he

shrugging his shoulders.

Ned, "but attending st

e," answered

in on this. Where ever you're going, it looks good to me. When you come

dge of what they were doing and where they were going were his mother and sister, Alan's family, and Major Honeywell and Senor Oje. Not even Elmer Grissom's parents knew where he was bound-it was sufficient for them to know that he was with Ned. Of course the railway people knew