"Very well, then," the Assistant Secretary of State replied. "The continued peace of the world may hinge upon your success. There must be no failure. You will guard these papers with your lives. I hand them to you in the presence of the members of the Cabinet. Deliver these at Paris."
CHAPTER IX Off to Europe
Accustomed as they were to excitement and thrills, it was with an exuberance which they could not entirely submerge or control that Big Jack, Don and Andy Flures repeated their instructions to Fred Bentner.
"We return at once to Halifax," Jack continued, "replenish oil and petrol, mount a machine gun which already has been ordered there for us by wireless, and which will be secretly put into the hangar, so that no one will begin gossiping, and then we're off."
"Weather permitting, of course," suggested Fred.
"The international crisis is not being affected by the weather," Jack answered. "Only an impossible brand will prevent our getting away just as soon as we are ready. This is not to be a test flight under the most favorable conditions, but under whatever weather happens to prevail, once we get under way."
"Whew!" ejaculated Fred. "This isn't to be any play or sporting contest."