CHAPTER XII
A GRAND ARRIVAL
"Glad to see you, boys! You're looking prime!"
It was the greeting of Mr. Sanderson, as the Rovers stepped from the train at Ashton. The farmer was waiting at the platform with a two-seated carriage to take them to his farm.
"How are you, Mr. Sanderson!" came from the three, and then all continued in a chorus: "Did the biplane get here?"
"Something got here—two boxes an' several big bundles," answered the farmer. "I had everything carted over to my place."
"Two boxes and four bundles," said Dick.
"Right you are. One of 'em putty heavy, too."
"That was the engine, Mr. Sanderson," vouchsafed Sam.
"Is that so! Well, times are sure changin', an' bymeby the hosses won't be in it no more. So you calkerlate to fly over to the college."
"We do, if we can get the machine into shape,"
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