The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06

do in similar case Frank iuc,gcd that
he had gone out to replenish his supply
of hickory. good hickory sv,tcd was
Mr.. Jackets favorite persuader along
the Tath of teform
Frank heard movement at tho loor.
Evidently II was not the returning
teacler. for the door stayed close. but
some ole wSa trying to get In. Frank
went To- the door and asked wnom It
right he. A voice through the keyt"lc
answered:
"It's Gregory Gordon"
what do you want, Greggy?" asked
Frank
Had Greggy come back to relieve hie
conscience of its guilty burden and
confess? Not exactly!
IL left a package in my desk and I
want il in a hurry" explained Greggy.
IL can't open the door, but I'll drop
it out the window" answered Frank,
obligingly
Il don't know about that It's lot
of those mushy, big chocolate creams
in a paper bag. and if | should muff. t.
a the candy'lI be all squashed up" OBJ
jected Greggy obviously through the
keyhole.
Frank thought moment.
I'VE fix that all right he called
back. 'Ill tie 'em to the Peace
maker and fly her through the window.
They'll arrive as safe as though I'd
handed em to your
Greggy assented ioyfully to this
luton of the grave problem and rushed
downstairs into the yard to be ready to
receive his aerial candy cargo, while
Frank dashed into the cloakroom and
proceeded to make the Peacemaker
ready for -her second trial trip
He tied the bag of candy firmly in
the middle of the lower plane close to
the engine" but not close enough to
interfere with her workings. Then
~ - I'D
wide after which he wound up the
propeller drums and tipped the for
ward, flexible planes downward
Frank was now all ready save for
one thing. He had to account for Mr.
Hackett. Mr. Hackett had gone up
the road, according to Greggy, to cut
that switch, and was likely to return
any minute. Finally he came in sight
with a couple of ominous looking
shickories" under his arm. FRANK
lodged back from the window out of
view and remained so until he felt
sure that Mr. Hackett had actually
entered the building.
But it was nip and tuck! He could
hear him pounding along up the stairs
with his heavy tread before he shouted
to Greggy to stand by" Then he let
go the propellers and launched the
aeroplane out of the window. The
Peacemakers second trial trip had
begun!
The tipped planes forced her down
ward in long graceful sweep, so
steady and perfect that Frank yelled
from pure delight at watching it. Some
of the other pupils, who still happened
to be in the playground, gave loud
cheer and ran forward to help Greggy
catch it. Frank had the satisfaction
of seeing Greggy grasp the Peacemak-
er in his arms and unite the package.
rrxt.- a,,Ixr .aA <xynp 1xn1
to perfection; his claims as an aero
plane builder had been vindicated be-
fore his "home people"--and now let
old Hackett get busy with his hickory
as quickly as he wanted to- Frank
was supremely Indifferent Both the
public demonstrations had been tri-
umphant-even if the Peacemaker had
set him at war with the educational
world"
But old Hackett's movements were
always hard to figure on. So that was
how Frank went whistling down the
road half an hour later, still minus the
expected corporal correction" Old
Hackett must have had a streak of
justice in him somewhere, for he curt
ly informed Frank that he intended
to- give "the young sneak who was
hiding another day to come forward
and save Frank. In this decision, he
said he was influenced by the fact
that Frank had never lied to him.
Frank hunted up Greggy to regain
the Peacemaker. He told him what
Mr.. Hackett had done Greggy, who
had looked anything but happy at
Franks approach, was silent a mo-
ment then he blurted out:
Frank. / did 1t! / flew the Peace
maker and got you into all this trou-
BILE just because / wanted to show off
to Clara. / expected to give her that
candy. but forgot TO bring it out when
school closed. She never waited for
me, and / thought IL would be good
excuse to call on her with it,
80 that was why / got you to help
me out. with the second flight. Say,
you were so decent and obliging it