“Fergit it,” said Mike. “We had it comin’. Anyway, that was a long time ago. Leave us go after her. We’ll bring her out, Cap’n. Honest, we will.”
“Sure we will,” Tony seconded.
There was a strange new light in the Captain’s eye and a huskiness in his voice as he said, “All right, boys. In you go! And may you come back.”
CHAPTER XIV
A DESPERATE VENTURE
Mike and Tony had been gone a half hour when Jeanne came up to the small dock next to the entrance to the trail. Plumdum was at her heels.
“Cap-Captain Frey!” she exclaimed as she met the fire fighter on the trail, “did my friend, Flor-Florence come this way?”
“I’m afraid she did.”
“Is she in danger?” Jeanne tried to read his face.
“I am afraid she is. However, two boys went in after her. They may find her.”
“But if they don’t?”