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CHAPTER VI

THE TEAR-BOMB ATTACK

It was certainly a thrilling moment for Perk
as he crouched there in his awkward cubicle back
of the pilot and waited for the proper second to
arrive when his accuracy at throwing the bombs
would be tested.

Jack meanwhile had his hands full attending
to his part of the business--it was of course of
ocr>   prime importance thaft they should drop down
fix>   prime importance that they should drop down
as close to the deck of the schooner as possible
so the full effect of the bursting tear-bombs might
be felt by those struggling smugglers and hijackers,
but there was the mast of the cruising
vessel to bear in mind since it towers many feet
in the air.

To strike this spar would entail danger of a
crash, or having their landing-gear torn away,
which would prove a disaster. Consequently
Jack held himself in readiness to once more start
his engine when sufficiently near the object of his
attack.

Perk knew just when their downward velocity
terminated, for not only were they again on a

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