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Sara Ware Bassett

WALTER AND THE WIRELESS CHAPTER I HIS HIGHNESS

PAUL AND THE PRINTING PRESS By SARA WARE BASSETT With





"K Y W Chicago, Illinois. Stand by fifteen minutes
for——." frontispiece See page 208



The Invention Series

WALTER AND

THE WIRELESS

BY

SARA WARE BASSETT

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY

WILLIAM F. STECHER

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BOSTON

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY

1923

Copyright, 1923,
By Little, Brown, and Company.
All rights reserved
Published March, 1923



Printed in the United States of America

To

PAUL MARBLE

AND HIS COLLIE BOBS,

THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY

DEDICATED


CONTENTS

Chapter   Page
I His Highness 1
II The New Job 17
III What Worried Mrs. King 36
IV Walter Makes His Bow To His Employer 50
V The Conquest of Achilles 64
VI His Highness in a New Role 75
VII The Pursuit of Lola 92
VIII A Blunder and What Came of It 104
IX More Clues 116
X Bob 127
XI The Decision 138
XII Lessons 147
XIII Information from a New Source 162
XIV Bob As Pedagogue 169
XV Tidings 183
XVI Miracles 197
XVII The Laws of the Air 210
XVIII The Net Tightens 228
XIX Walter Steps into the Breach 238
XX The Return of the Wanderers 248




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"KYW Chicago, Illinois. Stand by fifteen minutes for——" Frontispiece
  page
The two boys would discuss boats, fishing and kindred interests 76
You will get all the wireless coming to you, that's all. Take it from me 154
Clearly and evenly the message ticked itself off. Then there was silence 240




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