"I will," was the answer.
Through the light from the burning buildings, a spot in a level field was selected for a landing. And down the Italian plane went.
A hasty examination showed little wrong with the motor, and this little was quickly repaired.
But the hope of getting the airship to rise again was frustrated, for just as the raiding party was about to take its place in the machine again, a company of German soldiers came running over the fields, demanding the surrender of the intrepid men of the air. There was nothing else to do—no time to set the craft on fire.
So it fell into the hands of the Germans! Tom, Jack and the others were prisoners!
CHAPTER XXV
THE ESCAPE
"Well, this is tough luck!"
"Tough is no name for it, Jack. It's the worst ever! I don't suppose they'll do a thing to us after what we did to the factories."