"Nothing more likely. We'll know to-night. At least we'll know
whether Tod is there--and I guess we'll make a good strong try at
getting him loose."

"How can we do it? What's your plan?"

"Leave it to the Flying Eagle Scouts. I'm not bragging, but we're
one live crew!"




CHAPTER VIII

A VOYAGE IN THE DARK


Still, it was some time after the return of Phil and Jerry from
their unsuccessful sortie into the enemy's country, before a
practical plan occurred to the ten-brain-power plotters. But the
scheme, once its details had been worked out, struck them all as
having a fair chance for success. Briefly, it was this:

Two of the boys--Jerry and Phil were again chosen--were to go down
the river to the bridge and cross over and get the _Big Four_. They
were to come back up the river as quietly as possible, hugging the
opposite shore to a point about two hundred yards below the island,
where the east bank spurred off into a fairly high hill. Here one of
the boys was to leave the boat, as near nine o'clock as possible--it