"Seems to me I can smell something queer like burnt powder," Bud
presently remarked. "Do meteors explode when they hit the earth,
Hugh?" And would they send out a rank odor like that?"
"I don't happen to be up in the doings of meteors, Bud," answered
the other, "but I should think it might be something like that.
We'll all take a look after breakfast, and see what we can find.
Perhaps it may surprise us. This seems to be a general all-around
surprise party for the lot of us. We were taken aback to find
Ralph here in the old shack; he had his surprise when he watched
those two men carry on so queerly; then we had the shock last
night of hearing thunder and seeing lightning when the sky was
clear; after that, the fellow looking in at the window startled
us. You were a little surprised your self, I reckon, Bud, at
your success in trying out your stability device as applied to
aeroplanes. And now comes the discovery that one of the air craft
is skimming around here nightly, doing some stunt that we can't
understand yet."
"We ought to call this Camp Surprise, then," announced Ralph.
"That's what," echoed Bud.
"Now let us go in again," suggested Hugh. "It seems as if the
fireworks might be all over for this particular night.
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