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reckon there might be some chance for him to
pick up a bunch of his mates and swing back
here to do a little bombing on his own account.
Well, we're not hankering to try our own medicine,
not if we know it, and on that account I
think we'd be wise to pull out of this and find a
new refuge--perhaps on some lake back from
the coast where we might pick up something interesting
in our line."

"Je-ru-salem crickets! I kinder guess now
you've got somethin' danglin' back o' them words
old hoss," broke out the newly interested Perk,
showing considerable animation. He was used
to most of Jack's habits and could in many instances
tell that something lay hidden back of
his word--something of a character to promise
great happenings when followed to a finish.

That seemingly casual mention of a freshwater
lake was not made without some deep
meaning--Jack must have been told something
very important by the Government official with
whom he had gone into conference at Tampa
and this was his sly way of starting Perk's wits
to working overtime in the endeavor to figure
things out.

"Wait and see what's in the wind, Perk," said
the head pilot, with a chuckle. "I promise to
let you into all I know or suspect before a great
while passes. Just now I'll own up this scheme

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