"We are providing amusement for a pretty big audience, below there,"
thought Archie. "I suppose that the closer they come to us with
those shells the better sport it is for those who are watching us."
He laughed quietly at the thought. He was as cool as possible that
day. In fact, he was unusually cool, for oftentimes the salvo of
bursting "Archies" all about him would make his nerves tighten a
bit. That morning he was at his best. He felt a calm confidence
in his machine that made flying her a real pleasure. It even added
spice to the flight to know they had to pass so dangerous a locality
before reaching the area which was their objective. Over that area
his observer was to hover sufficiently long to be able, on returning,
to concoct a reliable and intelligible summary of what had come within
his line of vision.
Carleton was soon busy with his glasses. A group of cars on a siding
near a station were carefully counted. A line of horse transport on
a country road was given considerable attention.
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