"Have you got a model built yet ?" "I know about a whole lot of things I don't go blabbing round to everybody about," responded the elder lad, with a sneer, "and as for having a model built, I'm going to get right to work on one at once.
It'll be a model of a Bleriot monoplane, and a large one, too.

I notice that there is nothing said in the rules about the size of the machines." Soon after this the three chums left the newspaper office together.
"Say," remarked Paul, in a rather worried tone, "I don't believe that there is anything said about the size of the models.

Bill may build a great big one and beat us all out." "I suppose that the big machines would be handicapped according to their power and speed," rejoined Frank.

"However, don't you worry about that.

I don't believe that Jack Curtiss knows enough about the subject to build an aeroplane in a week, and anyhow, I think it's all empty bluff on his part." "I hope so," replied Paul, as they reached his front gate.