Hal was deep in his work when his attention was attracted by a sudden cry
of alarm from Stubbs.
"Germans!" cried the little man, and without stopping to look again, he
dashed toward Hal.
At almost the same moment Chester saw a force of the enemy advancing
toward him. He, too, uttered a cry of alarm and dashed toward the place
where Hal still bent over the aeroplane.
Stubbs danced up and down and chanted excitedly:
"Hurry up, Hal! Hurry up! Here they come!"
"Shut up, Stubbs!" exclaimed Hal, straining all his energies to fix the
break in the plane. "I'll have it in a minute."
"A minute will be too late!" cried Stubbs.
"Be still, Stubbs!" said Chester, quietly. "Give Hal a chance. There is
still time to run if it's necessary."
And at that moment Hal sprang to his feet.
"Fixed!" he cried joyfully. "Climb in here, quickly!"
The others needed no urging and soon all were in their places. It was now
that Hal thanked his stars that the plane was one of the few that could
rise from the ground.
Slowly the large army plane gathered headway as he moved along the
ground. Hal increased the speed slowly in spite of the close proximity,
for he realized that too great haste might spell disaster, and he wished
to test the engine carefully before soaring into the air.
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