The Boy Scouts at the Panama-Pacific Exposition

Los Angeles inside

when it happened to be closed, that Andy told him he was getting a distinct curve to his cla

say I won't be sorry,"

e of your life with all this traveling, and seei

more'n once because you liked the food first-class, and then wished afterward you had gone slow? Fact is, I just can't sleep while

l true-blood Zu?is, all right. I'm mighty glad, though, we've made up our minds to go back

merica I want to see them with my own eyes. The weather will be a whol

iram, looking unhappy. "I've got an awful lot to do before I turn my face homeward.

all laid out before now in experiments that yo

Hoarding money and discoveries in the realm of science don't go hand in hand. You'll notice that all the big bugs of professors do

er things have happened. Men have become president of these United States, and those who played with

ithout paying any attention to the little slur there

about," said Rob, his face assuming a look

u mean, Rob?" he

p your hand every little while, and feeling to see that your papers are safe ins

o forget it; and so every time it crops up I guess I feel to m

attention. If a person happened to see you do it once and then later on saw the movement repeated,

," muttered the dist

ner pocket. You see, if the parties chanced to be crooked, that would make them figure how they could get

sed the other, apparently more or less impressed with the

es too late to do much good," Rob told him, at which the invento

y saying that, Rob?" he

raid that you've already attracted

in, in this sleeper?" w

ct they're watching us. Both of you have undoubtedly noticed two men who sit back of

like he wanted to open up a talk with me, but I turned to the window

ht my eye," said Hiram. "'Course I nodded ba

he glass at our end of the car, though they didn't suspect me of spying. Every time either of you thought to get up, or

th me to try and steal the product of my brains!" comp

r signs of a paying haul. When they noticed how you kept feeling of your inside pocket they guessed from the signs you must have some

spectors can tell from a person's looks in nine cases out of ten whether he

bout it then, Ro

hat would fill the

n and tell

ty. There you can give me your packet, and I'll fasten it inside my coat, handing over some worthless papers for you

r even if they did happen to rob me they'd be having their pains for

our seat so that you're facing the two men. In that way you can

d Andy; "any time yo

et, and which he had been thinking of discarding for some time. This he could d

n't much care to accompany you. That will serve to divert attention; and as you pass the men turn your eyes the other way. If you can

he undertook! He knew from past experiences that aft

men, he himself gave them a nod in passing, just the salutation one traveler is apt to besto

any suspicion that may have been bred in the minds of th

y. Taking advantage of this chance, Hiram hurriedly unpinned the packet he had guarded so close

he door of the compartment; and as soon as the exchange had been effected he stepped out in order to take a sur

I feel a whole lot easier

d now, Hiram, see that every five minutes or so you keep on feeling your coat as you

, "if they don't it isn't goin' to be fo

altogether safe away from my suitcase, with all that wonderful stuff in it the

e short man was eagerly watching to catch his eyes; but he did not stop to enter into any conve

e the tall man stepped off as if he meant to follow you, but he must have thought better of it, for he turned back befo

then comes the hotel at Los Angeles," said Hiram

you kept on feeling your pocket they would never have suspected that Boy Scouts traveling alone could own any

business to tell the Golden Gate people how Eastern concerns had men buzzing me continually to sell to them. That made them warn me not to take anyone into my confidence while traveling.