Radio Boys Loyalty; Or, Bill Brown Listens In
id broadcasting stati
And if we don't get at it once in a whi
nt to shout int
. Hooper to listen in. They're the chaps that are responsible for our getting into the Tech an
about hazing?" asked Gus, but a
of glasses the fourth and most of his clothes the fifth. His dad has a lot of dough, so he
l carry one, too, but I think you'll be exempt. If I'm
en't got money to spend on ruined duds just to gratify a lot of chumps.
us, and turned again to wa
lton Technical School, which they were rapidly approaching and from which they held high hopes of gaining much knowledge. The institution, despite its modest
long these lines. They had installed a small water-power plant and an electric lighting system for the Hooper estate, and had also won greater credit for constructing high-class radio receivers through which they had heard a no less personage than Thomas A. Edison speak
early everyone. His friends referred to him as the school genius; and such he had proved to be on more than one occasion. Though compelled by a twisted leg to use a crutch and to abstain from
n for physical prowess impelled him to adopt as his best chum Gus Grier, who had much in common with h
ship whose rare quality has made notable history. Sometimes their classmates called the boys David and Jonathan, or Damon and Pythias; sometimes, the head and body, the former referring to Bill and the latter, with no less admiration, to Gus because
as: "We'll do our best," and then: "Well, we won, but it was no cinch"-in deference to the efforts of a beaten opponent. All this wa
re climbing into a taxi bound for the school; in half an hour they were facing the great buildings wh