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nce any haste about opening his letter, thrusting the same int

d as it's long past our usual time for lunch I move we drop ar

ment he quite forgot his recent curiosity to know what was in the letter, the receipt of which had caused Jack to

past," he observed with a shake of his head; "an' suddenly have the same

friend, Cool Slim Garrabrant, eh, Pe

er so long, alaughin' at Uncle Sam's slick boys, an' sendin' 'em all sorts o' tauntin' notes; so in the end the Chief he come down o

ast, Perk, you w

in was placed in aour hands. Nobody but them as knew haow to handle an airship could a fetched home the bacon in that case; 'cause Slim he knowed how to get his long-green

sometimes patronized when close by; "but both of us would do well to try and forget our share in that haul-it's old stuff by no

lim good an' heavy-give him a long sentence, so 'at he'll have to serve behind the walls o' tha

at aloof from all others, and on this account usually chosen for such meals as they took there; as they sometimes discussed their secret work while eating it was

ars ahead. Say, d'ye know I been readin' a heap 'bout a smart guy they say calls hisself King Cole-seems like he got a h

ch fact I had a hunch you might be wishing the Chief'd turn over the

y thinkin' box-why, onct I even dreamed we'd cornered him with his gay crowd, an' was commencin' to exc

d as he sea

e, and saying it was a shame to

s retiring, as though already knowing they would call should they require further service. This af

st mountain ranges in the hull country o' the Rockies-called the secret settlement Happy Valley; which I opine sound

his crowd, I read, was believed to be reckoned the scum of the earth, who were wanted for nearly every crime going-murderers, bank cashiers who'd

im-that he still wished from the bottom of his heart they were commissioned to undertake

ou gotter bump up agin the better I like it-cain't be too tough for a hill-billy like me-that's what they calls the boys daown in the Ozarks, where I put in near

h to a duck-I'm going to press you to really start in doing the job, Perk; it will make a book well worth reading, if only half of all the

ave to keep my promise; but it'll seem to me like a heap o' blarney an' boastin'. My loose ton

gh suddenly remembering the mysterious letter thrust under the door of their room, and bearin

nd proceeded to cut the end of the envel

on of his chum, he smiled slightly, as though very well

Jack's face, as if he hoped to read the answer to the riddle there, a thing that had never as yet come within the

be gone over; however he appeared as if he had picked up certain intelligence of such a drastic cha

ould stand the awful

ere's news come 'long that's agoin' to start us off agin follerin' the air trails on the heels o' some