For suddenly the other airship swooped toward Dick's craft, in what
was clearly a savage attack. Straight at the Abaris, using all her
speed, came Uncle Ezra's airship.
CHAPTER XXXI
THE WRECK
"What do they mean?"
"What's their game, anyhow?"
"They'll ram us if they don't look out!"
"Maybe they've lost control of her!"
"Dick, if that's your uncle, tell him to watch where he's going!"
Thus cried those aboard the aircraft of the young millionaire as
they watched the oncoming of the rival craft. She was certainly
coming straight at them. It was intentional, too, for Mr. Vardon,
who was at the wheel of the Abaris, quickly changed her course when
he saw what was about to happen, and the other pilot could have had
plenty of room to pass in the air.
Instead he altered his direction so as to coincide with that of
Dick's craft.
"They must be crazy!"
"If they'll hit us we'll go to smash, even if she is a lighter
machine than ours!"
Thus cried Paul and Innis as they stood beside Dick.
"It's my Uncle Ezra, all right," murmured the wealthy youth. "I
can recognize him now, in spite of his helmet and goggles. But what
in the world is he up to, anyhow? He can't really mean to ram us,
but it does look so."
The two airships were now but a short distance apart, and in spite
of what Mr. Vardon could do, a collision seemed inevitable. The
fact of the matter was that the Larabee, being smaller and lighter,
answered more readily to her rudders than did the Abaris.
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