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XVI. Ingratitude of Chance Avery 113 XVII. A Friend in Need 118 XVIII. On the Road to Karnac Lake 126 XIX. An Exciting Run 135 XX. On the Endurance Test 145 XXI. The First Ten Hours 156 XXII. Underhand Work 167 XXIII. Queer Actions of No. 41 177 XXIV. An Obstacle Race 189 XXV. The Car and the Cup 197

“Say, fellows! Look at what’s coming!”

“Oh, my eyes! See him wabble! Why, he’ll be over the wall into the river, machine and all, if he doesn’t watch out.”

“Say, Dan, did you ever see a fellow run a car as bad as Maxey? If we didn’t know better we’d think he had a fit,” declared Billy Speedwell, who sat with his brother, and several of their chums, on a high, grassy bank overlooking the Colasha River and above the road, a mile or two below Riverdale.

“He certainly does make a mess of it,” admitted the older Speedwell lad, gazing down the road, as were his friends, at a drab-painted automobile which was approaching them.

They were five