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End exclusively on his own ability to overcome the difficulty. To get at the seat of trouble necessitated considerable disarrangement of the motor's parts. This consumed more or less time, and the minutes passing were jealously given up by the impatient Jack. But the boys worked fast, and finally all had been accomplished. Tom tested the engine, and pronounced himself satisfied, while Jack looked over the field ahead of them. "It's going to take us to Dunkirk without any further trouble, I give you my word for it, Jack," he said. "How long have we been here?" "Just one hour, lacking three minutes," came the prompt reply. "Then I'm safe," laughed Tom; "for I said within the hour. Come, pile aboard and we'll be off. Sure you examined the ground ahead, and saw to it we'd hit no bumps that might give us trouble?" "It's all right there, Tom; could hardly be better. But be sure you don't change from a straight course, because there's a nasty shell-hole, about ten feet deep, to the left. If we struck that--good-night!" "I notice you marked it with that pole, Jack, and I'll swing clear, you can depend on that." They had no difficulty in making a successful ascent. |