Hal worked rapidly; and at last he gave an exclamation of satisfaction.
"Find it?" asked Chester.
"Yes; I'll have it fixed in a quarter of an hour."
"If we're not away from here in five minutes we're likely to be dead," said Stubbs, plaintively.
"Don't croak, Stubbs," said Chester. "We've done a good day's work and you should be proud to have a hand in it."
"Should I?" said Stubbs. "Well, all right, if you say so; but I would be a whole lot more proud if I could get back and tell somebody about it."
"A man deserves no particular credit for doing his duty," said
Chester, quietly.
"Maybe not," agreed Stubbs. "But I haven't done mine yet."
"Why—"
"My duty," said Stubbs, "is to get back to some place where I can send an account of this feat to the New York Gazette. Believe me, it will be some scoop."