A thin split through one of the panels, but that was all. Jack jumped over to the model.
"What are you going to do?" asked Mont, perplexed.
"Cut our way out," was the reply.
Taking a small screwdriver from his pocket, the young machinist loosened one of the sharp knives of the miniature planer. As he did so there came a scream from beyond the road.
Jack was again back to the door. How rapidly the chips flew! Hurrah! he had made a hole through!
He put in his finger.
"Can you reach the bolt?" asked the young man anxiously.
"Not quite!"
Again the chips flew. The hole grew larger.
"Here, Mont, try your hand. It's smaller than mine."