"
"Yes," agreed Jack, "I guess it would. And I begin to see which way
the wind blows. You wish to see Nellie."
"Oh, you make me tired!" exclaimed Tom. "All you can think of is
girls! I tell you I'm doing this for Harry!"
"And I believe you, old top, and what's more, I'm with you from the
word go. It's a crazy scheme and a desperate one, but for that very
reason it may succeed. The only thing is that we may not get
permission to carry it out."
"Oh, I don't intend that anyone shall know what our game is,"
returned Tom. "Of course the authorities would squash it in a
minute. No, we'll have to keep dark about that. All we need is
permission to do a little flying 'on our own,' for a while."
"Suppose they won't let us do that?"
"Oh, I think they will, after what we did yesterday," said Tom.
"Come on, let's get ready to go to Paris."
CHAPTER XIV
WILL THEY SUCCEED?
The scheme evolved, or, perhaps, dreamed of by Tom Raymond in his
anxiety to get some word to the captive Harry Leroy worked well at
the start. When he and Jack asked permission to have half a day off
to make the trip to Paris it was readily granted. Perhaps it was
because of their exploit of the day before, when their sharp eyes
had discovered the camouflaged German battery and brought about its
destruction, or maybe it was because the day was a misty one,+ when
no flying could be done.
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