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I'll be ready to start off inside another ten minutes."

Jack spent most of this time rummaging
ocr>   around in the locker where he kept his own per-sonal
fix>   around in the locker where he kept his own personal
belongings. Perk knew when he got out
that little but valuable hand flashlight, by means
of which they expected to be able to keep on the
winding and narrow trail when heading once
more toward the lonesome coquina shack on the
border of the great inland sea.

"But I'm up in the air when it comes to
knowin' what else he's stuck in his pockets,"
Perk told himself, though somehow he managed
to refrain from asking questions nor did Jack
seem anxious to enter into any explanations.

"We'll leave things here all fixed so as to make
a quick take-off," was what the chief pilot remarked
as they prepared to step ashore and
while he did not see fit to offer any explanation
with regard to just what he had in mind, Perk
felt thrilled to believe there was already some
daring plan taking form in his comrade's wide-awake
brain that might be carried out if only the
conditions seemed favorable, and the weather
proved considerate.

As they walked slowly along Jack kept
frequently snapping his light on and off so that
they could take an instantaneous inventory of
what lay just beyond their feet for the night

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