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boundary line and snatch their victim out of an
extinct volcano crater that had once been the
ocr>   fort of the fierce Yaqui Indian tribe,* will think
fix>   fort of the fierce Yaqui Indian tribe,[1] will think
it a rather far cry for the Sky Detectives to be
detailed to active duty some thousands of miles
distant, and in the extreme southeastern corner
of the republic.

So it always must be with the famous Secret
Service men--their motto, like that of our present
day Boy Scouts, is "Be Prepared"; for day
and night they must hold themselves in readiness
to start to the other side of the world if necessary--China,
ocr>   Japan, India, the Philippines per-haps--detailed
fix>   Japan, India, the Philippines perhaps--detailed
to fetch back some notorious
malefactor wanted by Uncle Sam, and information
of whose presence in distant lands has
reached Headquarters.

As a rule it was Perk's duty to see that their
flying ship was well stocked with all necessary
supplies, from liquid fuel and lubricating oil
down to such food stores as they would require,
even if forced to remain for days, or a week,
without connections along the line of groceries
and commissary stuff.

Perk himself was an odd mixture of New
England and Canuck blood, one branch of his
family living in Maine, while the other resided
across the border. Hence Perk sometimes chose

ocr>   See "_The Sky Detectives_; or _Hoin Jack Raltton Got His Man_ ."
fix>   [Footnote 1: See "_The Sky Detectives_; or _How Jack Ralston Got His Man_."]

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