"I'll tell you. I'll step out of the tent. The first guard in sight will order me to get back inside. I'll protest. Then he'll put me in. When he lets loose of me, you whack him over the head with that chair, and be careful how you do it."
"Yes, but the other guards?"
"I guess we can work that all right. I have noticed that no two of the guards are in front of the tent at the same time—they are walking around all the time. When you have disposed of the first man, we'll work the same trick on the other."
"And then what?"
"Why then," said Chester simply, "we'll put on their uniforms and walk out of here."
"By Jove!" ejaculated the colonel. "Now I wonder—"
He broke off and for some moments was lost in thought. Then he got quietly to his feet, determination written upon his strong features.
"It may work," he said. "We'll try it. But we'll have to move quickly and silently; and we shall have to don the uniforms almost in a single jump."
"All right," said Chester. "Ready?"
"All ready," replied the colonel with a nod.