“But the other machine fell!” Ben added. “When she went into the hole the driver wasn’t attending to his business, so she twisted sideways and turned turtle a hundred feet from the ground. We’re going over there now to see if the man is dead.”
“This ends my after-dark journeys in the air!” declared Carl.
“There’s no sense in it!” added Ben.
DuBois, the Englishman, now came stumbling through the darkness and paused in the circle of light made by the electrics. He was still shivering with cold, although the Ann had not mounted to a high level.
“What’s the bloody trouble?” he asked.
“You’re right about the trouble being a bloody one!” Jimmie replied. “The man we were chasing wrecked his machine.”
DuBois looked the Louise over critically.
“This one fell, too, don’t you know,” he said.
“Oh, we always come down like that!” declared Jimmie.
The Englishman stood leaning against the Louise when the boys left for the wrecked machine. It was all new to him, but he seemed to be taking in the situation slowly.