I am
using a stability device right now on this monoplane. It was
installed by the firm that patented it. You can see how it acts
automatically to steady the machine, no matter how we move about.
And I am almost as safe up in a squally wind as on a calm day."
He took Hugh much higher than he had the others, as the barograph that
was within seeing distance from their seat told the boy, who had
learned how to read its figures.
Half an hour later they came back toward the field again, and descended
to lower currents. The picture Hugh gazed upon as he looked down would
never be forgotten. He could see for miles and miles in every
direction; and how different the country looked from anything he had
ever imagined!
All at once Hugh made a discovery.
"I am almost certain I saw two men hide themselves in that patch of
bushes ahead there," he hastily told the pilot; "and it seemed to me
that they must be the pair of spies who have been giving you so much
trouble. They were creeping toward the camp as if they meant to try
and steal in the back way."
The lieutenant laughed as though pleased.
"Good for you, Hugh," he remarked. "Those sharp eyes of yours let
nothing escape.
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