"I'm a blockhead, that's just what I am!" cried Hiram. "I don't
know what possessed me that I didn't tell you all about it before."

"See here, Hiram," broke in Dave, "What are you talking about?"

"Why, about Mr. Timmins. You know he here night before last and
left us then?"

"Yes, Hiram, to go to Kewaukee."

"Well, he just didn't go to Kewaukee at all."

"That's no news, for this telegram shows that couldn't have done
so."

"You see, when Mr. Timmins got telling us about the big sale he was
going to make at Kewaukee," continued Hiram, "and how the Star Aero
people were bidders for the same contract, you warned him against
the Dawsons, and the people they are working for!"

"I know I did. That was because the Dawsons are stunting for the
Star people."

"Exactly. Then when I caught Jerry Dawson and Brooks, that precious
chum of his, sneaking around the Aegis hangar, I made up my mind
that they were up to no good. I know what they were snooping around
for, now."

"What was it?"