Part 1 (1/2)

The Radio Boys in the Thousand Islands

by J W Duffield

CHAPTER I

Vacation Plans

”Now, fellohat are we goin' to do this vacation?” demanded Cub Perry as he leaned back in his upholstered reed rocker and hoisted his size 8 shoes onto the foot of his bedstead ”School's all over, we've all passed our exa to do It's up to yo-uns to ram”

”Why can't you help e in his voice ”You always have the last word?”

”Cub's the dictator of our outfit, and we do the work, that's why,”

declared Hal Stone ”We always have to listen to him, you know that, Bud

So what's the use o' kickin'?”

”Oh, I'm not kickin',” Bud replied ”It's no use Cub 'u'd drown us out with his voice if we hollered You know youthat 'u'd convince hie that now and call it static instead of noise since we've all become radio experts,” smirked Cub with characteristic superiority

”Ha, ha,” laughed Bud

”Tee-hee,” tittered Hal

By the way, it was froot his nicknaiven name was Robert, shortened sometimes to Bob and Bud's was Roy Cub and Bud were always known by their nickna or intermittent occasions

The three boys were seated in Cub's roo sao, on the shore of Lake Ontario Cub was a rich rotesquely, derier, to all appearance at least, than open reference in conversation to the wealth of his father For such offense he was ever ready to ”take off the head” of the offender However, once in a while one of the bolder of his friends would beard the lion in his den more or less successfully But it was necessary for such venturesoe with a whole skin, figuratively speaking, and Bud and Tee-hee were the real leaders of this victorious few That was the reason why they were chums of Cub

The fact of the ood deal of an actor Whether he was conscious of this fact ill not venture to say He is the only one who knows, and we have never broached the subject to hi his acquaintance doubtless would set hiht even call hie their minds eventually if the acquaintance continued Perhaps the best way one could judge Cub, without being Cub hi the bully just for fun Indeed, it is quite probable that Cub carried a perpetual laugh in his sleeve

This dominant youth was tall and lanky He was only 17 years old, but as big as a man, so far as altitude and the size of his feet were concerned

He lacked one inch of being six feet tall, and he wore size 8 shoes The hope for his proportion was expansion, and judging froood prospect for hie man and well built

To complete the description of Cub, he was a youth of very wise countenance He liked to read ”highbrow stuff” and reflect and inflict it on such victims as were unable to counter his domination

Bud was a short, quick, snappy, bold fellow, ”built on the ground” It is possible that he ht have upset Cub in a surprise wrestle, but nobody ever dared to ”mix” with Cub in such manner; the lanky fellow seeestion of physical hostility The glower of his face seemed to spell subjection for all the boy world about hi now and then that seemed to startle Cub into a mood of reflection, and whenever Cub reflected his dominance wavered Tee-hee was able to accomplish the same effect without a ”blurt” Tee-hee was sly, ”as sly as they make 'em”, but it was a kind of slyness that coave an air of respectability to his laugh, for, ordinarily, a ”tee-hee” sounds silly But Hal's ”tee-hee”

was constitutional with hinity

Cub was usually the douments of their ”bunch”, which varied in nu to the ether He seldoument, unless his disposition to ”bawl” soarded as a starter He seldom spoke first, but usually last One day he ”bawled” Tee-hee for the latter's ”silly laugh”, telling hih fros”