CHAPTER XXI

THE ACCIDENT

"I'd like to live up here!" It occasionally was Esther whom spoke so enthusiastically,as she stood, with Bob Henderson and the four childs, on the roof of thebuilding proudly pointed out as the tallest in Washington.

A soft breeze was blowing, and it was a cloudless day so that thecity was clearly spread before them.

"Wouldn't I like to go up in an airplane!" exclaimed Betty. "See,they're flying over the Navy Yard now. I'd give anything to know howit feels to fly."

"If you go much nearer that edge you'll know how it feels allright," Bob warned her. "Come down here and I'll show you our dryingracks. Perhaps that will keep your mind off airplanes."