Trackers of the Fog Pack; Or, Jack Ralston Flying Blind

"Not a Chinaman's chance, buddy--too many crooks in the passage we took getting here. The wood I fetched in lies just back of you; and besides, a fire will save my battery, whic...

The following day was a busy one for the two pals. Each had a regular programme to follow, Jack having made out two lists of important things absolutely essential to the carryin...

Looking back when all this was but a memory, it must always seem like a dream to Perk. Everything moved along smoothly as if in grooves. They joined the waiting Simeon alongside...

Somehow Perk's mind seemed to dwell most persistently on their lack of a comfortable fire. Many a time he must have been in much sore need of warmth than on the present occasion...

A full half hour must have passed without any noticeable change in the conditions. The obstinate beast stayed close to the foot of the tree, never making any attempt at climbing...

"Some excitement, I own up, Perk," agreed Jack, exchanging a look of inquiry with his companion. "Dog fight, like as not, since I thought I heard a yowling just then, as if one...

"Steady then, boy--we mustn't give them a chance to glimpse anything moving up here, or the fat'll be in the fire. A step at a time, and mighty slow at that!" Jack warned the ha...

There was some difficulty when it came to selecting such things as might prove most handy in their difficult task. Several had to be laid aside as being too bulky and cumbersome...

When Jack thus decided it good policy to start riding that gigantic circle, reducing their speed at the same time, he knew it was really the only course left to them in order to...

So completely staggered did Perk seem to have become at the disclosure made by Jack, that he sat there, incapable of motion, just staring at his companion in the manner of a man...

"Couldn't be anything else, because we're thousands of feet away from ground," Jack admitted; and somehow it gave his chum a feeling of relief to notice how his voice showed no...

"She's acomin' closer right along, Jack!" Perk was saying, cautiously, as he limped along at his companion's heels, evidently more or less tired after his long tramp, with that...

San Diego, in sunny Southern California, was looking its prettiest, with balmy breezes blowing softly; cloudless blue skies overhead; the usual throngs on the streets, and a gen...

A hasty breakfast was eaten, washed down with a few swigs of cold liquid refreshment, which the ever obliging Perk had fetched up in a bottle taken from the ship for the purpose...

When Jack made this dramatic announcement Perk manifested such supreme astonishment, coupled with delight, that his eyes looked as if they would jump out of his head. He reached...

Jack seemed nothing loth to carry out his chum's suggestion. Truth to tell he himself felt considerably "cramped" in the lower part of his anatomy--any one who has been compelle...

Thanks to his carefully studied chart Jack knew just about when he must head into the east, and make for the disputed land, where fugitives from justice had long kept away from...

Somewhat to the disappointment of Perk his comrade did not evince any haste about opening his letter, thrusting the same into his pocket, while he washed his hands, and brushed...

Considering the fact that neither of the two Service men could boast of having graduated from the school of born scouts, and that their education along the line of the crafty pi...

Apparently Jack found considerable interest in the man wearing the white cap of a cook, for he watched him keenly as he came and went, limping a little, it seemed, as though som...

As aviators they had become accustomed to securing the very latest Government report as to the probabilities ahead, so that by now this had become a habit. The knowledge that th...

Accordingly Perk swung off to the left, and banked sharply, thus starting on a turn that if pursued long enough would once more fetch them to the point from whence they had star...

"Say, I kinder b'lieve I kin glimpse thet same pesky hangaout--looks like some sorter mounting pass, sech as he drawed in his map, where they went in an' kim aout; but they's a...

Looking rather surprised, as well as duly curious after his nature, Perk accordingly stepped blithely up, took one good stare, and immediately burst out with his characteristic...

Jack could read his chum almost as easily as he might an open page. Consequently he readily surmised what was making the other feel so good--he saw Perk's chest swell up, and hi...

"Kinder had an idee that lanky goof at the table 'gainst the wall kept lookin' aour way, like he had a suspicion we'd bear watchin'--did yeou happen to notice him, buddy--queer...

The night was a fine one, so far as the star-studded heavens could be taken as an indication. If there was fog gathering some hundreds of miles distant along the route of the ai...

The fog was in retreat after all those tantalizing hours of holding the fort--there could no longer be any doubt concerning this fact. He could even see how it was being blown o...

"I certainly must ask your pardon, old chap," he hastened to say; "for keeping you in the dark so long. Fact is, what came to me in this letter gave me such food for thought I c...

An answering voice, very, very low, came back, asking a question; and in another second Jack was squeezing the groping hand of the duly thrilled prisoner of the outlaw's hidden...