We don't want to go up and get wrecked." "Oh, the _Dartaway_ won't get wrecked--not with that powerful engine." Dick hesitated.

He did not like that strong breeze in the least.

Yet he was just as anxious as his brothers to visit the seminary and meet the girls, and let them see the biplane.

And there was something even more important on his mind.
"Oh, come ahead, and take a chance!" cried Tom.

"We'll get through somehow!" "Just what I say," declared Sam.
"Who is to run the machine ?" asked the big brother.
"I'll run her, if you want me to," answered Tom, promptly.
"Oh, I was only thinking of the honor, Tom.