Transcriber's Note:
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation in the originaldocument have been preserved.
By L. P. WYMAN, Ph.D.
Dean of Pennsylvania Military College
Author of
"The Golden Boys at the Fortress," "The Golden Boysin the Maine Woods," "The Golden Boys with theLumber Jacks," "The Golden Boys on theRiver Drive."
A. L. BURT COMPANY
PublishersNew York
THE
GOLDEN BOYS SERIES
A Series of Stories for Boys 12 to 16 Years of Age
By L. P. WYMAN, Ph.D.
Dean of the Pennsylvania Military College
Copyright, 1922
By A. L. BURT COMPANY
THE GOLDEN BOYS AND THEIR NEW ELECTRIC CELL
Made in "U. S. A."
THE GOLDEN BOYS AND
THEIR NEW ELECTRIC CELL
"Say, Jack, do you have any idea that this thingis going to work?"
"I don't know, Bob, the theory is all right, buthow it will work out in practice is a cat of anothercolor; one thing is sure, though, and that is if itdon't work we are out of the running in the race,for the new boat the Jenkins boys have just bought,will run circles round the Sprite."
"Well, we'll soon know, for it's about ready totest."
This conversation took place one afternoon in thelatter part of July in the basement of a house inSkowhegan, Maine. The room was fitted up as acombined workshop and laboratory, and a singleglance would indicate that the two boys were by nomeans novices, for it contained many expensiveand intricate pieces of machinery.4
Jack and Bob Golden, 15 and 17 years old respectively,were sons of a rich manufacturer, whohad made a large part of his fortune through his owninventions. Mr. Golden was an indulgent fatherand seeing that his inventive genius had descendedto his sons, had fitted up a modern machine shopand laboratory for them and had supplied them liberallywith money for experiments. He had by nomeans been disappointed in the results, for