Luckily they did not have a great distance to go. The boys, who were
staggering under their loads, could not have kept it up much longer,
and all of the little party rejoiced when the air pilot announced
that they were now within sight of their destination.
Presently they heard voices ahead. Then came a sudden whirr of
machinery.
"My associate, Lieutenant Green, is going to take a little spin for
some reason or other," their escort told them. "You see, we can
reconnoiter the ground wonderfully from several hundred feet altitude;
so that we have on several occasions indulged in a flight just in
order to scout the land. We discovered your presence some time
yesterday, and were at first greatly puzzled on account of your
khaki suits. We even tried to figure out how a trio of soldiers
belonging to the Home Guard could be camping out in that way. To
tell the truth, it was not until I stood by and listened to you
talking about that hole in the forest, that I grasped the true state
of affairs."
When a large aeroplane built after the monoplane model swiftly arose
and went spinning off, Bud stared as though his whole heart was in
his gaze. He even dropped the burden he had on his back and rubbed
his eyes, as if to make sure it could not be a dream.
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