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hands were raised would be willing to stay all by
himself in such a lonesome place unless it seemed
unavoidable. One or both of those aids must be
somewhere around.

Just the same he could see no other room connected
with the stone building--it was always
possible, however, that there might be another
shack--perhaps a crude palmetto-leaf hut, such
as the poor whites in the backwoods lived in,
somewhere not far away that served them for a
shelter when it rained or a bustling Norther
came howling down from the regions of snow
and ice and zero temperatures.

Jack had about reached this conclusion when
he discovered a figure, covered with a fancy
Navajo blanket, on a cot in a corner of the place--yes,
there was a head on a sofa pillow such
as would be more in place over at the beautiful
Miami estate than here in such a desolate
region.

Somehow he quickly assumed this must be the
shorter party--which would go to prove the
other fellow might have accompanied the pilot
of the departed airship.

When he had decided this to his entire satisfaction,
Jack was able to figure on certain matters.
It undoubtedly meant that he and Perk
would have just two pitted against them in case

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