Part 16 (1/2)

Our hero focused the across the open space in the wilderness but so high up that there was no danger of our friends being recognized Then the young inventor uttered a cry of astonisher!” he cried ”He's in that airshi+p, and he's got two er, and it's a new biplane Say, maybe that's the ne Mr Whitford wired et ready for action! Andy in a new airshi+p means business, and from the whiteness of the canvas planes, I should say that craft was on its first trip”

CHAPTER XII

WARNED AWAY

”Tom, are you sure it's Andy?”

”Take a look yourself,” replied the young inventor, passing his chum the binoculars

”Bless my bottle of ink!” cried Mr Damon ”Is it possible?”

”Quick, Ned, or you'll lasses on the rapidlyairshi+p, and, a ht, but I don't knoho the nize theood deal better airshi+p than he had before”

”Yes This isn't his old one fixed over I don't believe he ever intended to repair the old one That hiring of Mr Dillon to do that, was only to throw hilasses to Mr Dalimpse of the three occupants of Andy's craft before it passed out of sight over the trees

”I believe you're right,” said Tom to his chum ”And did you notice that there's quite a body, or car, to that craft?”

”Yes, roooods,” coansville, most likely I tell you what it is, Ned I think one of us will have to go there, and see if Mr Whitford has arrived He ht not to have done this first He may think we have not coht, To to be any fun to tralanced at the wilderness that surrounded the little glade where they had been caht as well risk it, and go in the airshi+p Mr Whitford has had tiuess, and Andy will be sure to find out, sooner or later, that we are in the neighborhood I say let's start for Logansville”

Ned and Mr Dareed with this and soon they were prepared to move

”Where will you find Mr Whitford?” asked Ned of his chum, as the Falcon arose in the air

”At the post-office That's where we arranged to meet There is a sort of local custoht over the forest flew Toht housed on top They delayed their start until the other craft had had a chance to get well ahead, and they ell up in the air; there was no sight of the biplane in which Andy had sailed over their heads a short ti to land?” asked Ned, as they came in view of the town

”The best place I can pick out,” answered Tom ”Just on the outskirts of the place, I think I don't want to go down right in the centre, as there'll be such a crowd Yet if Andy has been using his airshi+p here the peopletheansville had been in the habit of having Andy Foger sail over their heads, still they were enough interested in a new craft to crowd around when To houses In a moment the airshi+p was surrounded by a crowd of women and children, and there would probably been a lot of men, but for the fact that they were away at work Tom had come down in a residential section

”Say, that's a beauty!” cried one boy

”Let's see if they'll let us go on!” proposed another

”We're going to have our own troubles,” said Too into town, and leave the rest of you on guard here

Keep everybody off, if you have to string ed electrical wires about the rail”

But there was no need to take this precaution, for, just as the coansville was prepared to storm, and board the Falcon, Koku appeared on deck