nt by it. But Russ soon told his brother what
he was going to do, and not only told him, but showed him.

"You see, Laddie," explained Russ, "a water ship sails on the ocean or a
lake 'cause the wind blows on the sail and makes it go."

"Yes," answered Laddie, "I know that."

"Well, 'stead of a water ship, I'm going to make a wind ship that will
go on land. I'll fix the old express wagon up so it will roll along on
wheels."

"Do you mean to have a pony pull it?"

"No. Though we could do it that way, if we wanted to. And maybe we will
if the wind wagon won't work. But I think it will. You see, we'll fasten
a sail to the wagon, and then we'll get in it and the wind will blow on
the sail and blow us along as fast as anything."

"It'll be lots of fun!" exclaimed Laddie.

Russ and Laddie so often made things, or, at least, tried to do so,
that their father and mother never paid much attention to the boys when
they heard them hammering, sawing or battering away, with Russ whistling
one merry tune after another. He always whistled when he made things.
And now he was going to make a wind wagon.

It was not as easy as the boys had thought it would be to get the broken
express wagon so it would run. The wheels were rusty on the axles, and
they squeaked when Russ tried to turn them.

"And they've got to run easy if we want to ride," he said.

However, one of the cowboys saw that the boys were making something, and
when they told him the trouble with the rusty wheels he gave them some
axle grease that he used on the big wagons. After that the wheels spun
around easily.

"Now we'll go fast!" cried Russ.

With a hammer and some nails, which he and Laddie found in the barn,
they nailed the broken express wagon together, for some of the bottom
boards were loose, as well as one of the sides.

But at last, after an hour of hard work, the wagon was in pretty good
shape. It could be pulled about, and it would hold the two boys.

"Now we have to make a mast for the sail," said Russ, "and we must get a
piece of cloth for the sail, and we've got to have some way to guide the
wagon."

"Couldn't I stick my foot out back, and steer that way, same as I do
when I'm coasting downhill in winter?" asked Laddie.

"Nope," Russ answered. "We'll have to steer by the front wheels, same as
an automobile steers. But I can tie a rope to the front wheels, and pull
it whichever way I want to go, just like Jimmie Brackson used to steer
his c