It was not of very
large size, and the little engine which was to drive it really
weighed as much as the rest of the thing; but Bud declared that it
would answer all his purposes, and prove whether he had been wasting
his time and spending money uselessly of late or not.
Once the breakfast had been disposed of, Bud was trembling with
eagerness to get started. He could not understand why the others
should delay so, when time was slipping away.
Presently they left the cabin, closing the door behind them. All of
the blankets, as well as their food supplies, had been left inside,
and they did not want any wandering wild animal like a 'coon or a fox
to make way with the latter during their absence at the proving
grounds. It was this same caution that urged Hugh to cover up the
aperture through which they had obtained fresh air during the night
just past, and which went by the name of a window.
The open field which Bud had once before mentioned as the very place
for the trial spins with his aeroplane model was not very far distant.
The man who had originally started to make a farm away up here had
diligently cut down trees for a space of several acres. He had also
grubbed the ground so thoroughly that it had remained clear all these
years, save for an annual crop of grass, now withered and dead.
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