"Where are you going to get the engine?" asked John.
"And where's the money coming from?" inquired Vincent.
"That's all got to be thought out," replied Bert. "Maybe Cole can make
us an engine. He makes almost anything."
"That's so," came from John.
"Guess I'll have to wait a few years before I can make a fire engine,
though," responded Cole. "But say, I just happened to think of it!
They've got a new chemical engine over to Jamesville."
"I don't see how that helps us," said Bert.
"Don't you? Well, listen. If they've got a new engine, they won't need
their old hand-pumping one."
"Well?"
"Don't you see what I mean? They'll sell the old machine and we can
buy it. It's a good one, and has a fine pump on. All it needs is a
little fixing, and I can do that. What's the matter with buying the
second-hand engine of Jamesville?"
"Nothing's the matter," returned Bert slowly, "except that we haven't
got the money."
CHAPTER V
BUYING THE ENGINE
This announcement served like a dash of cold water to the boys. They
had been quite enthusiastic over Cole's plan, but Bert's words made
them realize that it was one thing to say what they would do, and
another to accomplish it.
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