“You think you could hold the fort until I return?” the government agent asked.
Several of the boys grinned and nodded. Tom laughed and muttered, “It’s foolish to ask, I guess, but—”
It was decided that they would pitch camp for the night a short distance above the cave. Ken went with Tom Woods, Bobolink was left behind to keep a watch at the cave while the others returned to camp to get their knapsacks and things. Just as soon as they returned, which was in a little over an hour, William got busy preparing supper for the boys, while the others went about attending to other things. Around the campfire, Nuthin’ said, “Now that this thing is over, what are we going to do next?”
“P-p-plenty of things,” answered Bluff.
“And this thing is not over yet,” added Wallace.
“You expect that guy to return?” queried Nuthin’.
“You can’t tell,” spoke up Paul. “He may or he may not. Most likely he won’t. But then we have quite a bit of work for tomorrow.”
“Do you think we will be able to load all those cases and boxes onto the plane?” asked Bobolink.
They all turned their heads in the direction of the plane but it was too dark for them to see it. Wallace assured them all with the assertion, “Of course it will.”