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{{frabfp242.png}} || eagles of the sky ||

"What next, Boss?" Perk was asking, "mean
to kidnap both o' these guys Jack?"

"It'll make our chances better with one showing
a yellow streak and turning on his employer
for State's evidence," was Jack's quick rejoinder,
the idea being quite to Perk's liking as he
speedily made manifest.

"Jumpin' jimcracks! we c'n tote the pair right
nifty an' I'm meanin' to see that other guy gets
all that's comin' to him, after that nasty
crack on the coco he gimme with them irons.
Say Jack, take a look at my head an' see if it's
sound still--gee whiz! but it felt like the sky'd
gone an' dropped down on me."

ocr>   Jack speedily reasurred him that although
fix>   Jack speedily reassured him that although
there was a lovely lump on the top of his head,
it was nothing very serious. It was understood
that there was not a minute to waste if they were
wise. The Lockheed-Vega might blow in any
time and give them trouble.

"We'll get both the prisoners together and
Perk, you stand guard over them while I taxi
our boat around here so as to save ourselves the
job of moving them along the trail. Is it all
right with you, buddy?"

ocr>   "Sure is." came the ready reply. "I'll start a
fix>   "Sure is," came the ready reply. "I'll start a
little chin with our honorable guest here an'
ocr>   see how he likes the idee o' sittin* up next Mr.
fix>   see how he likes the idee o' sittin' up next Mr.
Philip Ridgeway o' the Treasury Department

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