Then there was a low knock
on the panel, and a voice called low and urgently:
"Mr. Hampton. Mr. Hampton. This is Bob."
CHAPTER XXIX
THREE CHEERS FOR THE RADIO BOYS
Mr. Hampton unlocked and opened the door, and greeted the big fellow
as warmly as he had his own son.
"Where's Jack?" asked Bob. "Did they capture him?"
Jack, who was peeping from behind the four-poster, sprang into the
room, and slapped his chum resoundingly on the back.
"Thought you were to stick by the airplane," he said, with mock
severity.
Bob swung around, the worried look vanishing from his face.
"Hurray," he said. "So they didn't get you after all? When I saw you
punch that fellow I thought your goose was cooked."
"Saw me punch him? Why, where were you?"
"Oh, I had followed you," said Bob. Then he explained.
"Then when the attack began," he added, "I flew around overhead until
I saw my chance to return and land. I wasn't going to leave without
you. Presently, the government troops were beaten at the north. That
was only a feint on their part, anyhow, I believe, to engage the
attention of the rebels. For at once, heavy shooting broke out farther
down the valley. Sounded like the main body was attacking there.
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