At first Jack had
been frankly skeptical, and he said as much to his chum.
"You'll never get over the place where Harry is held a prisoner,"
declared Jack. "And, if you do, and start to dropping packages,
they'll never land within a mile of the place you intend, and
Harry'll have the joy of seeing some fat German eat his chocolate
cake."
"Well, maybe," Tom had agreed, "But I'm going to try."
To this end they had secured the best map possible of the ground in
and around the prison camp. Its location they knew from the dropped
glove of the aviator, which contained a note telling about Leroy.
It was not uncommon for Germany to disclose to her enemies the names
of prisons where certain of the Allies were confined, and this was
also done by England and France. The prison camps were located far
enough behind the defense lines to make it impossible for them to,
be reached in the course of ordinary fighting.
Then, too, the airmen of Germany seemed a step above her other
fighters in that they were more chivalrous. So Tom and Jack felt
reasonably certain as to Leroy's whereabouts. Of course it was
possible that he had been moved since the note was written, but on
this point they would have to take a chance.
To this end they had provided themselves not only with the best maps
obtainable showing the character of the ground and the nature of the
defenses around the prison, where Harry and other Allied men were
held, but inquiries had also been made by those in authority, at the
request of Tom and Jack, of German prisoners, and from them had come
information of value about the place.
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