These are, however, not the only reasons which have led to a running platen for planing machines, although they are the most important.What might happen next? Sitting on a chair in a corner of the room I began to consider my position. For the moment it was not agreeable, but by and by those officers might find time to look at my papers. The only thing I bothered about was a map marked with the places where, according to the latest news, the German and French armies were. I kept it in an inside coat-pocket, and it might be found if they should search me."Our hostess has gone to rob a bank," the gentlemanly youth suggested.The term planing should properly be applied only to machines that produce planes or flat surfaces, but the technical use of the term includes all cutting performed in right lines, or by what may be called a straight movement of tools.At once the hydroplane was manned and sent away, the yacht took up its own course, and Mr. Everdailto give him his own claimed titlepointed the airplanes nose for his estate. Sandy occupied the time of the flight by trying to piece together the strangely mixed jig-saw bits of their puzzleor was it only one puzzle?