Chicago AKRON, OHIO New York
Made in U. S. A.
Copyright, 1921
By
The Saalfield Publishing Co.
CHAPTER I
THE IRON BOX
Two members of any staff, even though they are only boys, cannot disappear as though the earth had swallowed them without a suspicion of foul play.
In the office above the chamber which had witnessed the stirring events narrated in “The Boy Scout Firefighters,” in which both Beany and Porky Potter had been actors, there had been great anxiety. When General Pershing received the report, he at once sent couriers and scouts to every station where the boys might have gone. The sentries one and all declared that the boys had not been seen outside of the building. This resulted in a combing out of every cranny that could possibly hold a boy alive or dead.
The hours dragged on. There was a continual passing to and fro for hours until at last there seemed to be absolutely nothing more to do until morning. The tired staff threw themselves into the office chairs, while the General, at the typewriter, commenced a letter. Out of respect to him, there was a complete silence in the room.
On and on clicked the typewriter while the waiting men dozed or smoked or thought of home.