Part 19 (1/2)
”It was the slers, without a doubt,” declared Mr Whitford ”You can't get away fro spot, and I will communicate with you there”
”But they are on the watch,” objected Ned ”They'll see where we go, and follow us The next ti the lantern”
”And if they do,” spoke Tolers, for it would take ht But I have a plan”
”What is it?” asked the governht to-day,” went on the young inventor, ”and sail over quite an area I'll pick out a good place to land, and we'll make our camp there instead of here Then I'll coht showing There's no ood eyes if they can follow ht, and they won't do that for fear of giving theo to the spot we have previously picked out, and drop down to it There we can hide and I don't believe they can trace us”
”But how can you find in the darkness, the spot you pick out in daylight?” Mr Whitford wanted to know
”I'll arrange sohts, in a certain for place,” said Tom ”I'll fix them with a clockwork switch, that will illue battery In that way I'll haveplace all marked out, and, as it can only be seen froround, they won't notice the incandescents”
”But if they are in their airshi+p they will,” said Mr Damon
”Of course that's possible,” adhts I don't believe they will knohat they ine they'll come around here in their airshi+p when they know that we're in the neighborhood, and when the spy who endeavored to dae my lantern reports that he didn't succeed They'll know that we are likely to be after theuess that's a good plan”
It was one they adopted, and, soon after Mr Whitford's visit the airshi+p arose, with hireat circles and sweeps, now on high and again, barely ski this time a lookout was kept for any other aircraft, but none was seen
”If they are spying on us, which is probably the case,” said To I think I'll fly low over Mr Foger's house, and see if Andy has his airshi+p there We'll give hi this, however, To in the woods, and had arranged sohts enclosed a square, in the centre of which the Falcon was to drop down
Of course it was necessary to descend to do this, to arrange the storage battery and the clock switch Then, so as to throw their enes in several other places, though they did nothing,there as a sort of ”bluff”
as Ned called it
”They'll have their own troubles if they investigate every place we stopped at,” remarked Tom, ”and, even if they do hit on the one we have selected for our cahts in the trees, for they're well hidden”
This work done, they flew back toward Logansville, and sailed over Andy's house
”There he is, on the roof, working at his airshi+p!” exclai distance, and, surely enough, there was the bully, tinkering away at his craft Toh down to speak to him, and, as the Falcon produced no noise, it was not difficult to make their voices heard
”hello, Andy!” called Tom, as he swept slowly overhead
Andy looked up, but only scowled
”Nice day; isn't it?” put in Ned
”You get on away fro, by flying over my house, and I could have you arrested for it Keep away”
”All right,” agreed To over our shi+p, Andy We also hts with,” he added
Andy started, but did not reply, though Toht he saw an expression of fear come over the bully's face