"What!" exclaimed Chester. "Right into the heart of Austria?"
"And why not?" Hal wanted to know. "We'll be safer there than any place else. Besides, if we go far enough we'll eventually land in Greece or perhaps Servia or Montenegro. They won't be expecting a foe that far from Italian soil. What do you say, Colonel Anderson?"
"I'm with you," was the quiet response. "I believe that is good reasoning."
"My only objection," said Chester, "is that we must get back to Uncle
John, and then to Rome, where mother is."
"True," replied Hal. "But mother would a great deal rather have us safe in Greece or Servia, than dead in Italy."
"Which is more good reasoning," declared Colonel Anderson.
"I guess you are right," replied Chester. "I'm with you then."
"And you, Stubbs?" questioned Hal. "You have a vote on this."
"Oh my, I don't care where you go," was the answer in a weak voice, "just so you let me put my feet on the ground once more. I'm so sick."
"Poor fellow," said Chester, in a low voice, "he's frightened."