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The Boy Scout Aviators by George Durston
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out for this driver. I think he'll take us straight to Ealing
now. When we get to the barracks you stay in the cab -- we'll
pretend we may have to go back with him."

"I see," said Dick, thrilling with the excitement of this first
taste of real war.

Harry was right. The driver's purpose in making such a long
detour, whatever it was, had been accomplished. And now he
plainly did his best to make up for lost time. He drove fast and
well, and in a comparatively short time both the scouts could see
that they were on the right track.

"You watch one side. I'll take the other," said Harry. "We've
got to be able to find our way back to that house."

This watchfulness confirmed Harry's suspicions concerning the
driver, because he made two or three circuits that could have no
other purpose than to make it hard to follow his course.

At Ealing he and Dick carried out their plan exactly. Dick stayed
with the cab, outside the wall; Harry hurried in. And five
minutes after Harry had gone inside a file of soldiers, coming
around from another gate, surrounded the cab and arrested the
driver.




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