FORE:As soon as it got under way again and took up its climb, the amphibian, coming to their level, showed its pilot holding up the life preserver, as the flare still settled toward the water. In the glow they recognized the triumphant, smiling millionaire.
FORE:"Cairness never was a squaw-man," corrected Crook.
FORE:The airplane, with a more powerful engine and better flying qualities, could go higher than the amphibian which was both slower and more clumsy. To that argument he added the information that if the binoculars they had first used were still where Dick had put them, in the airplane pocket, they could find the ships ceilingthe highest point to which power would take it and the air could still sustain it at flying speedand from that height, in one look downward discover the truth or falsity of their theory.
THREE:There! The nose is on that steamer. Thats itdont let her swing off that point for awhileand watch that you dont nose downthats right, back a bit on that-there stick, up she comes, stick back to neutral.They compared notes eagerly. Dick and Sandy could hardly forego interrupting one another as they brought their story up to the minute after hearing how Larry had helped to get the pilot to the amphibian, discovering and rescuing the life preserver on the way.
THREE:I thought I sawbut its gone! Larry retorted, lowering his voice also.
