“Oh!” sighed several of the boys.
They felt the wind taken out of their sails and their possessing such a machine remained a dream.
They lingered around the fire a while longer. Somebody remarked that it was time to turn in for the night. Addressing the agent, Paul asked, “Mr. Woods, do you think we ought to keep guard all through the night?”
“What do you think?”
“My opinion is that we should. We can designate now who is to be on the first, second, third shift and so on and change guard every hour.”
“I don’t think it’s really necessary. I am pretty certain that that pilot won’t return or any other member of the gang. But—” he mused, “Of course,” he added, “we could do it just to be on the safe side.”
“I think we should,” spoke up Jack.
“How about it, fellows? Are you all agreed that we keep watch?”
“Yes, of course,” agreed Bobolink.
“S-s-sure,” stuttered Bluff.