fascinating, yet in a different way.

Both were kindly, earnest, in love with their new work, and ready to go
anywhere or do anything that would serve the good cause.

As a matter of course, when Erwin excused himself on plea of other
business and the Senator, looking at his watch, found he had an
appointment with Byers, the four young people were left alone. By
couples they strolled through the aerodrome, inspecting this,
commenting on that, while other fliers regarded the boys with more or
less envy.

After a while several specks were seen in the eastern sky that
approached rather more rapidly than was usual with friendly planes at
such time of day. Blaine had his glasses out, while listening to the
comments of the girls on the difficulties they bad in bringing both
boys into that hut and dressing their wounds.

"We had to go for water," said Avella.

"You see we hadn't been there but a day or so. I went, and nearly got
lost among the old shell craters before I got to the spring that was an
awful distance off. It was dark, and so smoky! I was afraid something
might happen while I was away."

"You sure were mighty good to us," remarked Blaine. "What luck! To
come way over here and be saved by two lovely girls right from our own
part of the world. Can you beat it, Buck?"

"Don't want to beat it! Say, you ladies are our own kind of folks.