You can guess the rest."
"Then let's go somewhere else," suggested Mr. Damon.
"It would be the same anywhere in Europe," replied Ivan Petrofsky.
"There are spies in all the large centres."
"Well, I've got to go to Paris, or some large city to get the parts I
need," said Tom. "Unfortunately I didn't bring any along for the dynamo
and magneto, as I should have done, and I can't get the necessary pieces
in a small town. I'll have to depend on some big machine shop. But we
might land in some little-frequented place, and I could go in to town
alone."
"That might answer," spoke the Russian, and it was decided to try that.
Meanwhile it was somewhat doubtful whether they would reach France, for
they were dependent on the wind. But it seemed to be blowing steadily in
the desired direction, and Tom noted with satisfaction that their
progress was comparatively fast. He tried to repair the broken machinery
but found that he could not, though he spent much of the night over it.
"Hurrah!" cried Ned when morning came, and he had taken an observation.
"There's some kind of land over there."
The wind freshened while they were at breakfast and using more gas so as
to raise them higher Tom directed the course of his airship as best he
could. He wanted to get high enough so that if they passed over a city
they would not be observed.
Pages:
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101