Hampton. As matters now stood. Bob and
Jack were to land in the airplane, and while Bob stayed by it, Jack
was to make his way to the room where his father was held prisoner,
free him, and guide him back to the airplane, when they would fly for
the border.
Of course, the plan would not be so easy of execution as it sounded.
To find the ranch and make a safe landing would be a fairly easy task.
The ranch was not more than fifty miles distant by air line, and in
that sparsely habited country there would be no other similar group of
lights to puzzle Bob. Once they had alighted, however, the
difficulties would be encountered.
At first the boys had considered the advisability of waiting until a
late hour to make their attempt. Rebel headquarters then would have
retired for the night, and they would run less danger of encountering
anybody on landing. In that event, however, they soon realized, ranch
and radio station alike would be dark and Bob would have no beacons to
guide him to a landing.
No, there was only one thing to do, and that was to arrive at an early
hour. Moreover, there would be this advantage attached, namely, that
sentries would be lax and that, with many persons coming and going in
and about the ranch, the passage of a familiar figure, such as they
would take Jack to be, would arouse no comment.
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