"Otherwise I'd proceed to the farmhouse at once in a flying machine." The romance of this seemed to strike him strongly for an interval.
Then, mercifully, he repeated his intention of tramping.
"And then ?" said Garry.
"Then," said Kenny with the utmost optimism, "I'll pick up his trail at the farmhouse and from there I'll travel night and day until I overtake him." "And then ?" "The lad will come home with me." "And then ?" "Good God, Garry," thundered Kenny, "I never knew anybody with such an 'And then ?' sort of mind as you seem to have.

There's an 'And then ?' doubt after every glorious climax.

He'll be home.

That's sufficient." "What about the scrapbook ?" "I've already sent it." Garry glanced hopelessly at the melee on the floor.
"I suppose," he said coldly, "that you plan to go sagging along the highway with a suit case in each hand and a bag or two on your back ?" "I plan," retorted Kenny, "to depart from here with one suit case which will eventually become a knapsack.

The problem now is entirely one of elimination.