Part 9 (1/2)
”I do love these rides, To aloft ”And this one I really believe is better than any of the rest Though I always think that,” she added, with a slight laugh
”Glad you like it,” To in his voice that caused Mary to look curiously at hi happened? Is Rad's case hopeless?”
”Oh, no, not yet Of course it isn't yet sure that he will ever see again, but, on the other hand, it isn't decided that he can't It's a fifty-fifty proposition”
”But what makes you so serious?”
”Was I?”
”I should say so! You haven't toldthat Mr Damon has said lately”
”Oh, haven't I? Well, let me see now,” and he sent the machine up a little ”Well, the other day he--”
To several valve wheels and levers
”What--what's the asped Mary, but she did not clutch his arm
She knew better than that
”The irl became aware of a cessation of the subdued huer?” she asked
”Not necessarily so,” To, that's all Sit tight! We're going down rather faster than usual, Mary, but we'll coht!”'
CHAPTER VIII
STRANGE TALK
There was a rapid and sudden drop Mary, sitting beside Tom Swift in the speedy aeroplane, watched with fascinated eyes as he quickly juggled with levers and tried different valve wheels The girl, through her goggles, had a vision of a landscape shooting past with the speed of light She glimpsed a brook, and, almost instantly, they had ski tilt to one side, the creaking of wood and the rattle of , and then the machine caht side up, in the as, cut his spark, and, raising his goggles, looked down at Mary at his side
”Scared?” he asked, s broken, To inventor ”At least if it is, the da visible up here But let me help you out Looks as if we'd have to run for it”
”Run?” repeated Mary, while proving that she did not exactly need help, for she was getting out of her seat unaided ”Why? Is it going to catch fire?”
”No But it's going to rain soon--and hard, too, if I'e,” Toet the ain We'll make for that farmhouse and stay there until after the storet shelter there, and perhaps a bit to eat I' to rain!” decided Mary, as Toood we are so near shelter”
To a hasty but accurate observation of the state of his aeroplane The landing wheels had stood the shock well, and nothing appeared to be broken
”We came down rather harder than I wanted to,” remarked Tom, as he crawled out after his inspection of the s than that”