Constant rubbing up against it makes a man callous, just as working
with the hands hardens the palms."
"They seem to be heading back now," observed Ralph.
"Yes, my colleague has accomplished the object of his little flight,
which was partly to practice that turn and partly to look for any signs
of spies in the forest below. We're always thinking of interlopers,
you see, though up to the time you gave me that information concerning
the two men, I hadn't seen a trace of any watchers around. They must
have kept pretty well under cover all the time."
"And might have continued to do so, only that our coming bothered them,"
Ralph commented. "They didn't know what to make of us. We seemed to
be only boys, and yet we dressed like Uncle Sam's soldiers; and then
there was Bud trying out his aeroplane model. That must have stirred
them up some. Perhaps they thought, after all, that we might be the
ones from whom they could steal an idea well worth while."
"I wouldn't be surprised in the least," said Lieutenant Fosdick. "And
at any rate we're under heavy obligations to you boys for bringing this
important information about the spies. I'll try to make your stay here
interesting to you, in return.
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