by J. G. Kemp
“Albert Kelvin is my hero,” said Henry from the corner. He was lying on his cot and staring up at the ceiling. “I’ve wanted to find him since… as long as I can remember… and an old newspaper article proves nothing.”
Ben continued to draw. The two boys listened to the drip-drip-dripping sound that came from somewhere in the cave. It was dusk outside. The bats would fly through the cavern soon, in their nightly migration from the tunnel, to catch and eat bugs out in the open air, out on the moonlit island.
beep beep
Ben jumped. “What was that?” he said, startled.
Henry sat upright and looked around, trying to locate the sound. beep beep “It’s coming from over there, by your things!”
Ben dropped his pencil and hurried to his cot, where he had left his backpack and vest.
beep beep
He put his ear down and listened. beep beep “It’s coming from my vest.” He lifted it up and held it in front of him. beep beep He dug around in one pocket, and then another, and then another. “I don’t know what it is,” he said. “It’s not in a pocket.”
beep beep
“Here, let me see,” said Henry. He took the vest from Ben’s hands. beep beep “I think it’s been sewn into the fabric. See, look at these extra stitches, and there’s something in there, you can feel it.”
beep beep
Ben unzipped a pocket on his backpack and pulled out a small pocket knife. beep beep He carefully cut into the vest, around the extra stitches, and removed a small black object.
beep beep
“I know what that is,” exclaimed Henry, “it’s a wireless receiver.” Ben gave him the object and Henry carried it briskly to the computer. beep beep “It should work, even with this old computer. It can’t send messages, but it must have received one.”
Ben looked puzzled. beep beep “Why would that be sewn into my vest? My mom said it was my dad’s old vest.”
Henry plugged the receiver into the computer. The beeping stopped, a tiny green light turned on, and a message appeared on the computer screen…
We know where you are — the RFS
coming in 2017…
Henry Kelvin
and the
Marvelous motor
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Before beginning The Journals of Evergreen Isle book series, author J.G. Kemp taught high school Earth and Space Science, Biology, and Physics, and earned degrees in both educational curriculum and instruction, and visual and performing arts. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with his family, abundant sunshine, a large backyard garden, and the Great Mountain ever calling him home.
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