“They must have come in from the other side,” he concluded as he kept his eyes fixed on the cabin.
In a few minutes he saw the door open and the man whom he knew as Big Tiny stepped out, followed by Pierre. For some moments the two men stood at the door talking earnestly together. Bob noticed that not once did they look upward.
“Evidently they’re not expecting the flyer today,” he thought.
He watched until the men went back into the house and then hastened to report to the Captain.
“Good,” the Captain declared and all the men were greatly pleased to know that there was the prospect of speedy action.
“How many of them are there?”
“I only saw two but I imagine the rest of them are not far off.”
“Now I suppose that airship will show up before long.”
“Probably but I hardly think he will come today,” and Bob explained his reason for thinking as he did. “When you see them come out of the cabin and look all around every few minutes you can know that they’re expecting him.”
“Well, I don’t think there will be any need of keeping a watch all the time now,” the Captain said. “You see there’s nothing we can do till he comes and in this clear air I imagine we can hear him about as soon as we could see him.”