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Anything else to confer about?" asked Tom. "Because I can see you're
itching to get away, Colin." "Not a thing, as far as I know," came the
reply. "If any fresh idea happens to strike me I'll have it on tap when
you arrive. Are you sure you've got the directions how to get to
Dunkirk, and then how to find my secret hangar on the coast beyond the
town, Tom?" "We'll be ready to skip out just as soon as our official
notice comes to hand," the other assured him. "That's the only thing
bothering me just now," observed Jack. "Any delay there might ruin our
plans at the last minute. As it is, we're not apt to have any too much
time to beat the steamer to New York." "I expect you to show up
to-morrow night, and then we can slip away unnoticed in the dark," said
the lieutenant. "I've kept tabs on the weather conditions, as it's
always been a fad with me; and I'm happy to say there seems to be no
storm in prospect, while the winds are apt to be favorable, coming from
the east, a rare thing these fall days. So-long, boys, and here's
success to our jolly little flight!" After he had left them Jack turned
on his comrade to say: "It seems to be our only chance, and not a long
one at that; but I'm bent on trying it out. Anything to beat Randolph to
the tape, Tom!" CHAPTER XII GRIPPED IN SUSPENSE From that hour on Jack
continued in a fever of suspense. His one thought was of the coming of
the official notification connected with their hoped-for leave. Tom
fancied that his chum did not get much sleep on the following night, the
last both of them hoped they would have to spend in the dugout used as a
billet back of the American front. So another day found them. Jack took
special delight in casting up figures connected with the case. These he
would show to his chum, and make various comments. Tom, realizing how
the other was endeavoring to suck consolation from this proceeding,
encouraged him in it. "By to-night," Jack said, more than once, "it will
be three whole days since the steamer sailed from Havre. I've tried to
find out how fast she is, and then figured that they'd have to slow down
when passing through the barred zone. I reckon it will take her eight or
nine days t