Next day Johnny returned to the "House of Magic." He found, however, that much of its charm had gone with the solving of its many mysteries. "Yes. It was television that made it possible for you to see your friend Iggy and the stolen bonds," Felix admitted freely enough. "It is very imperfect at present. The time will come, however, when you will be able to look in upon wrongdoers from some spot miles away, and perhaps," he added with a chuckle, "we will be able to look right through walls of cement, stone or steel. Who dares say we won't? "I suppose," he went on a moment later, "you'd like to know what we were about in that balloon when the long one and the short one, who beyond doubt were Iggy and one of his pals, cut us loose in that balloon. We were about to talk down a beam of light. Shortly after that I made the acquaintance of Newton Mills. He told me he had been working on that. We arranged to complete the experiment from the Sky Ride tower. He swore me to secrecy--so you see I couldn't well take you in on it." "Well," yawned Johnny, "looks as if it were going to be a trifle dull around here for a time." "Might be and might not," the inventor's son grinned. "Father is working on some marvelous things. Don't go far from here without leaving your address. We may need you." "I'll keep in touch," Johnny agreed. Unfortunately the peace and good will the brave Captain spoke of over the Christmas feast in his old home does not yet exist. The world is still at war with itself. Because of this we are likely to have more to tell our young adventurers in the near future. If this proves true, you will find it recorded in a book called _Wings of Mystery_. * * * * * * Transcriber's note: --Copyright notice provided as in the original printed text--this e-text is public domain in the country of publication. --Obvious typographical errors were corrected without comment. --Variant spellings and dialect were left unchanged.