Part 7 (2/2)
”Then if you leave at noon, you should be in Baguio at dinnertio noill need a hundred pesos That is for a deposit on the truck”
Tony opened his billfold ”Let's see That's fifty dollars Is Ael sht, everywhere I will get a truck and then colad to have you with us,” Rick said
Scotty and Tony echoed his reel tucked the pesos into his wallet and hurried out
”Good deal,” Scotty said ”He's a lot of man Notice those shoulders?
And his hands show he's used to work I like him”
Rick and Tony did, too, and said so ”I feel better about hi off alone with our stuff,” Rick said
”Except for the SS,” Scotty added, referring to the earth scanner ”You heard what he said about the road to Baguio? That's a delicate gadget and we don't want it banged around too reed ”Suppose we take it with us in the plane?”
”Good idea” Scotty rose ”Tony, we'll go on to the airport and ive me plenty of time” The scientist hesitated ”I know you'll take care of yourselves Remember that we have a sniper after us
Not to ao with no palate Incidentally, I suspect that our friend Angel has a little Igorot or Ifugao blood Did you notice that he resembles the American Indian?”
”I did,” Rick said ”Would it be unusual for hiorot blood?”
”Not particularly There is soans Also, Angel may have soh cheekbones and rather flat face He doesn't have the Mongoloid eye fold which gives the appearance of slant eyes, but thatMany Filipinos with Chinese blood lack it”
”What are the Filipinos, anyway?” Scotty asked as they walked to the door
”Originally, the Filipinos were of ale with the Chinese and the Spanish, and now, particularly around Manila, _mestizos_, which is what persons of mixed race are called, are very common”
Tony hailed a taxi at the door and the boys went to their room Rick had put a thread across the bottom of the casementIt was not disturbed, nor was the chair he had carefully placed so that anyone cohtly There had been no prowlers while they were at breakfast
The boys opened the case containing the earth scanner and lifted out the leather carrying cases which contained the electronic controls and a tube They carried the cases down to the lobby and took a cab to the airport
The ride was pleasant, since the way to the airport was along Dewey Boulevard, which edged Manila Bay Far across the bay they could see the American Naval Station at Cavite And to the north was Mariveles Mountain on Bataan Peninsula
Here and there the sail of a banca dotted the broater In the bancas--outrigger canoes--were fisherhway branched away from the bay finally, and a short time later they arrived at the modern airport, once the Aon was as they had left it, apparently undisturbed But they were not taking anything for granted Rick and Scotty checked the plane over literally inch by inch, searching for signs of ta struts, a shadow fell across the doorway
He looked up to see an A him