"Scoop?"
"Yes. I mean no other paper will have the facts as I have them."
"All right, Stubbs," said Chester. "I hope you get your scoop."
"I'm going to get it," said Stubbs, excitedly, "if I have to walk over the body of the Kaiser himself to do it."
"That's the way to talk," said Chester. "Confidence is the greatest asset in the world."
"It's not confidence," said Stubbs. "I've just got to do it. Why, if my boss knew I had something like this in my hands and I didn't get it to him I'd lose my job."
Chester made no reply to this; instead, he bent over Hal who was still tinkering with the engine of the aeroplane.
"How are you making it?" he asked.
"I don't seem to be able to fix it," returned Hal. "Say! you two fellows walk away a bit and keep an eye open for possible enemies. We don't want to be caught off our guard here."
Chester and Stubbs did as Hal directed, though the latter mumbled to himself as he took his position some distance away.