boys saw Jimmie at the hilltop being captur

work. Up to now we have been only playing

real work'?" was Ja

iment, and you can plainly see how closely they are watching him.

ient ammunition, fill the tanks of the Eagle with some of this gasoline, get aboard a lot of canned goods and s

t it?" remarked Davi

to know Jimmie very well or you would mean

the alert when we approached? Wouldn't they jolly well shoot us f

Havens, the aviator, in British Columbia by dropping from our aeroplane to that of

never met him. It is not so much his ability I question as it is the possibility of o

tful manner. "We'll have to introduce you to Mr. Ned Nestor, the champion aviator of the Wolf Patrol of New

you were at it?" asked Jack quizzicall

arry with a glance of pride in Ned's direction. "As the Irishman wo

tunts that seem marvelous, but I agree with Dave here that unless our chum has some way

extreme. So great was his faith in Ned's ability that he woul

Russian cache back there in the cellar, and make ourselves scarce

he matter of getting out of Peremysl is concer

nd starting back toward the base of supplies the boys had disc

paring to follow his chum. "What do you ne

soline wouldn't go so bad," stated Ned, picking up one of the

Watch me give an imitation of a Boy Scout carrying water for the e

d could not repress a laugh of merriment and appreciation of the light-hearted manner

the underground cavern they had recently quitted, "there's plenty for us in that storeroom, and all we need to do

ome cartridges," stated Jack, "and it will go pretty hard with a

to be postponed, I'm afraid, until such time as we are more nearly ou

ith a covert wink at Harry, "somebody is always taking the joy out o

usly. "Besides," he added, "it wouldn't be strictly in accor

e things that have happened during the last few days and weeks,

ave the Germans been

ture and treatment of Jimmie sufficien

a right,' and, according to my recollection, number ten of the Boy Scout laws states that a sco

h we all know so well, states that a scout

onsider shooting a German a good turn?"

ing closely upon Jack's heels. "Would sh

Jack. "I can easily understand how some

cavern which they termed their base of supplies, "these poor fellows here are not abl

a Russian soldier lying in a huddled heap u

gazed upon the spec

ns," he said. "And I guess that might in

l war business will get on my nerves directly

Eagle was accomplished without untoward incident. In a very short time the boys had succeeded in placing aboard the air craft sufficient fuel and provisions from the abandoned

ck, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

replied, glancing quickly but carefully

e engine I'll slip back and pick up one of those rifles I saw, f

arted away. Turning t

bloodthirsty as Jimmie himself. But," he

n emergency. This delicate piece of mechanism was located at the carburetor, and was called by Harry the "starting stove." Its office was to warm the gasoline to such an extent t

ciently before Jack returned, carrying a rifle, together with

l 'get out of town,' as that Montana fr

levers, which were in Ned's grasp. Harry fou

tion on the ground. "We're just in time.

licing the town, had discovered the activity of the boys in the vic

instantly. Ned's foot was pressed upon the cut-out lever, and the resultant roar from the engines precluded absolutely the possib

sted. Ned lifted his foot from the cut-out lever, throwing the exhaust from the eng

oment before and the comparative quiet

the fabric which was bearing the boys aloft. Fully able to appreciate superior mecha

riendly nod to Jack. Greatly to his surprise, Jack was not to be seen anywhere in the

e cried. "I don't

response to David's query. For a moment only the boy lost control of the great machi

ourse of their craft toward the open air high above the ruined city. But the lost distance was sufficient to

ing, tearing sound assailed the ears of t

ry with a slight tremble in his voice.

d Ned, shaking hi

lowed instantly by the clang of a bullet