"We'll do it all right," announced Dick. "I haven't speeded the
motor yet. I've been warming it up. I'll show you what she can
do!"
He opened wider the gasoline throttle of the engine, and advanced
the timer. Instantly the boat shot ahead, as the motor ran at twice
the number of revolutions.
"That's something like!" cried Paul admiringly.
"She sure has got speed," murmured Innis.
On they sped, talking of the girls, of their plans for the summer,
and the coming examinations.
"Hark! What's that?" suddenly asked Paul, holding up his hand for
silence.
They were made aware of a curious, humming, throbbing sound.
"Some speed boat," ventured Dick.
"None in sight," objected Paul, with a glance up and down the river,
which at this point ran in a straight stretch for two miles or more.
"You could see a boat if you could hear it as plainly as that."
"It's getting louder," announced Innis.
Indeed the sound was now more plainly to be heard.
Paul gave a quick glance upward.
"Look, fellows!" he exclaimed. "An airship!"
The sound was right over their heads now, and as all three looked
up they saw, soaring over them, a large biplane, containing three
figures. It was low enough for the forms to be distinguished
clearly.
"Some airship!" cried Dick, admiringly.
"And making time, too," remarked Innis.
Aircraft were no novelties to the cadets. In fact part of the
instruction at Kentfield included wireless, and the theoretical use
of aeroplanes in war.
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