The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship
to conceal what was within. Then it was that Peggy first became aware of something she had not
of the Fanning Har
fore Fanning, his look of startled surprise replac
ir of easy familiarity which Peggy disliked so much. "
"and it gives me even more of a
e affected, "I guess you think that I can't make good as well as any one else when I try. Roy wouldn't
are actually buil
guess I'll have to enlarge the plant pretty soon. You see that Roy would have been wiser to sell me that 'plane of
perity. Fanning's conceited, confident air jarred upon her sadly. "But I
nning, eagerly; "you must have come to earth
stinct telling her not to disclose the true object of her
clump of woods round the bend in the road?" asked
I was so close. M
n and Giles
emendously excite
es. Wha
ad pulled him
were a long way from home, that's all. But here comes Gid now. Hey, G
is chin was more bristly than ever, and his shifty blue eyest didn't break sooner. Come on to the forge, mis
age Hester Gibbons came flying down the path, but stopped at a sign from Fanning. The youth dropped further be
suspect anything?" ask
. The existence of the Harding Aeroplane Company has become known rather before I wanted it to, also. However, they may as well know now
both burst into fits of immoderate laughter. Evidently something connecte
blacksmith, and the rod was well repaired. Peggy soon had it adjusted, and was about to clamber into the chassis and start home when a shout from the road made her look up. An autom
eather pocket case above her head and
appened?" she cried, as she c
dear, the most extraordinary, inex
air,'" quoth the slangy Jimsy, "e
nspection. "Well, that's the case that held mamma's jewels. It was returned
jewels were in
ie, it wa
y, "and nobody knows
ne of the servants know anything about the matt
ng in imitation of a famous detective of fiction. "Why on earth should the thief
g at the wallet which had
all mud-stained. It looks as i
t doesn't give us any more to go on than the the
p again," put i
he group was about to break up
kes? No, I see you haven't. Well, he's been
y, impulsively; "that's been
portant signalling station for ships passing up and down the Sound. The position which Jeff Sto
ow staunch aeroplane. It was not until she had vanished with
along, "how I wish that the mystery
passing by the cottage
nning Harding and Gid Gibbons's d
oncentrated upon her. She whisked about, her skirts swinging as she did so. But she did not turn quickly
ed at in such a hurry was a ruby brooch, or at least an imitation of one. S
ed it, it seemed, for
earing jewelry. Her father must
es had not deceived her. It had been a ruby that Hester Gibbons had pulled off and haste
grossing to talk about, and also speculated on several other things. She, however, avoided mentioning her suddenly aroused suspicions to Jimsy. He was so hasty. Inwardly sh