“You will in a minute.”
“Now I hear it,” the Captain declared a few moments later.
Bob immediately called Jack and told him that the plane was coming.
“Good.” Jack’s voice was full of eagerness. “I’ll tell Captain Brice. He just went out to the plane to get it warmed up and we’ll be all ready when you give the word.”
“Good. You’ll probably get it in about an hour unless he stops for his breakfast.”
The humming of the motor was plainly audible now and all the men were showing their eagerness.
“Let’s you and I get up to the peep hole,” the Captain proposed. “The rest of you stay here and be ready for instant action,” he ordered.
“They’re sending up the smoke signal so I guess they don’t suspect anything,” Bob announced a few minutes later as he peeped out.
“Good.”
“Now we’d better get down in the bushes until he lands,” Bob cautioned. “He comes down right over us and he might see us.”