Tell me
where you are and what has happened. And how in the world is it
possible for you to radio? Are you all right?"
"Yes, we're all right, Dad," answered Bob, and there was a good deal
of emotion in his voice, too. The big fellow and his father were real
pals. "Don't you worry, Dad," he added. "We're doing well, thank you."
Then he retailed their adventures from the time of crossing the border
into Old Mexico and leaving Tom Bodine at the boundary. There were
many interruptions from his father.
"Thank heaven," said the latter, when learning that Tom Bodine had
followed the boys and joined them. "He's a trustworthy chap, and to
know that he is with you makes me breathe more easily."
When he came to relate the fight in the cave, Bob diplomatically made
little of it. He felt there was nothing to be gained by unnecessarily
harrowing the feelings of his father. The latter's anxiety, however,
was great and he pumped rapid questions at his son which Bob could not
avoid answering. The result was that Mr. Temple gained a fairly
accurate idea of the peril in which the boys had been involved.
"But, Dad," Bob interrupted his parent's horrified exclamations,
"it's all over now. None of us is injured, and we have got back our
airplane.
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