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At last all was ready. The motor was started, and we pushed the plane out into
the surf. A moment later, and she was skimming seaward. Gently she rose from
the surface of the water, executed a wide spiral as she mounted rapidly, circled
once far above us and then disappeared over the crest of the cliffs. We all stood
silent and expectant, our eyes glued upon the towering summit above us. Hollis,
who was now in command, consulted his wrist-watch at frequent intervals.
"
Gad," exclaimed Short, "we ought to be hearing from him pretty soon!"
Hollis laughed nervously. "He's been gone only ten minutes," he announced.
Seems like an hour," snapped Short. "What's that? Did you hear that? He's
"
firing! It's the machine-gun! Oh, Lord; and here we are as helpless as a lot of old
ladies ten thousand miles away! We can't do a thing. We don't know what's
happening. Why didn't he let one of us go with him?"
Yes, it was the machine-gun. We would hear it distinctly for at least a minute.
Then came silence. That was two weeks ago. We have had no sign nor signal
from Tom Billings since.
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