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Coast MountainsThe Coast Mountains range begins just north of Vancouver, British Columbia and stretches along the pacific coast of Canada into South Eastern Alaska.The range is (mostly) covered in dense rain forest. Mount Waddington, at 4,016 metres or 13,176 feet, is the highest peak in the Coast Mountains. Berlin authorities had not wired ahead, and Hal was unable to account
interruption, save for a single stop to replenish gasoline and air.
It was well.html">well along toward evening when Stubbs announced that the Dutch
be comparatively safe.
A foreboding of trouble swept over Hal.
Chester had slept during most of the trip thus far. McKenzie had
flesh wound in the left side. The Canadian had bound this up as well
wound. It was painful, of course, and Chester would naturally be stiff
was no danger of infection.
Now, at Hal's injunction, Stubbs aroused Chester. The lad opened his
we, anyhow?"
"Getting pretty close to the Dutch border," returned McKenzie.
"What'd you want to wake.html">wake me for?" Chester demanded of Stubbs.
"Believe me," said Stubbs, "I didn't want to wake you up. It's usually
up because Hal told me to."
"That's all right.html">right, then," said Chester. "But don't you try to rub it
I'm a cripple, you know."
"Maybe not," said Stubbs. "Here, take this gun.html">gun."
He passed a revolver.html">revolver to Chester.
"What's the idea?" demanded Chester, taking the revolver; "going to
You may need that gun before we get out."
"All right, Stubbs," returned Chester. "Thanks."
Ahead, Hal suddenly made out a large body of men in such position as to
the others.
"If I'm not mistaken," he said quietly, pointing, "just beyond lies the
Germans will not dare to follow us on to neutral ground. At the same
will be a failure, because we shall be interned. What is your advice?"
"Get into Holland first and let matters take their course later," said
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