human
Now for the home town! the last mentioned told his companions.
gpt
And as near as I can figure it out there's not a ghost of a chance that Cousin Randolph could have arrived before me.
human
For that matter I'm sure the French steamer must be still far out at sea, with a day or two's journey ahead of her,
gpt
Then it's my game, provided we don't run across some U. S. army authorities who'd want to know our names and hold us for investigation, which would knock everything flat.
human
We're going to try to avoid all that bother, Beverly assured him.
gpt
It isn't going to make us feel very proud of our achievement, since we have to hide our light under a bushel; but for one I don't regret it. No matter if we have to be punished for desertion, our motive was honorable; and they never will be able to deny us the credit of having made the longest flight on record in a heavier-than-air machine.
human
All the same, urged Tom,
gpt
I'd rather keep quiet about that stunt, for the present at least. I want to go back and finish the work over there. If the Huns are going to be driven to the Rhine we ought to be doing our duty by Uncle Sam; which we couldn't if shut up in the Government penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, awaiting trial as deserters.
human
Here's a plain trail that may lead us out of this region of scrub oaks, and to some farmer's place!