But they were not youths who gave up
easily.
"May we keep this note?" asked Tom, as he and Jack got ready to
depart. Having fallen on the camp of the escadrille with which they
were formerly quartered, it was, strictly speaking, the property of
the airmen there. But having been told how much the sister of the
prisoner would appreciate it, the commanding officer gave permission
for Tom and Jack to take the glove and note with them.
"Let us know if you rescue him, Comrades!" called the Frenchmen to
the two lads, as they started back for their own camp.
"We will," was the answer.
Nellie Leroy's joy in the news that her brother was alive was
tempered by the fact that he was a German prisoner.
"But we're going to get him!" declared Tom even though he realized,
as he said it, that it with almost a forlorn hope.
"You are so good," murmured the girl.
Jack and Tom spent a few happy hours in Paris, with Nellie and
Bessie--the last of their leave--and then, bidding the girls and
Mrs. Gleason farewell, they reported back to the American aerodrome,
where the young airmen were cordially welcomed.
There they found much to do, and events followed one another so
rapidly at this stage of the World War that Tom and Jack, after
their return, had little time for anything but flying and teaching
others what they knew of air work. They had no opportunity to do
anything toward the rescue of Harry Leroy; and, indeed, they were at
a loss how to proceed.
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