"
Hugh immediately turned to the army man and expressed his pleasure.
"I've often hoped to have a chance to go up," he said, "but hardly
thought it would happen so soon. And we'll all be only too glad
to accept your invitation."
"I should say so," added Ralph.
Bud did not say a single word, and turning to ascertain why, the
officer found a smile of the "kind that won't come off" spreading
all the way across his face. It was evident that Bud was too happy
for words. He had long dreamed of spinning through the upper
currents in one of those bustling airships that are becoming more
common every day; but, like Hugh, he had not expected the golden
opportunity to be sprung upon him so soon.
As they walked along, the officer once more started to question them
regarding the two strange men who seemed to be hanging about without
any known business to keep them up in this unsettled region.
"I think you said that one of them looked in through the window of
your shack night before last, and then fled when you let him see
that he had been discovered?" he remarked to Hugh.
"Yes, and we made sure that he had been there by examining the soil
under the window. It is a part of a scout's education, you know,
sir, looking for signs.
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