I begin to think running a flying machine is a good deal harder than running an auto, or a motor boat." "Yes, I guess it is.

Come on down and let us see how the engine works.
We can do that easily enough, for it's a good deal like the engine of an auto, or a motor boat," went on Tom.
"Where is Sam ?" "He took the auto and went down to the Corners on an errand for Aunt Martha.

He said he'd be back as soon as possible.

He's as crazy to get at the biplane as either of us." The two boys walked to where the biplane had been put together, in a large open wagon shed attached to the rear of the big barn.

The biplane has a stretch from side to side of over thirty feet, and the shed had been cleaned out from end to end to make room for it.