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Then Perk began his share of the vicious attack.
He followed out his prearranged programme
with machine-like movements, sending
his first bomb with such cleverness that it struck
close to the stern, for Jack had made his hawk-like
swoop so as to pass completely along the entire
length of the deck--this in order to give his
working pal a better chance to fulfill his assignment.

Even before that missile struck, Perk had instantly
changed the other bomb to his eager right
hand and in a rapid-fire way sent it, too, hurtling
downward, to crash further on close to the bow.

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bowsprit of the anchored rum-runner, with Jack
starting to climb in order to bank and swing
around, so as to complete the job if his first endeavor
lacked in any detail.

Lucky indeed for the two aviators that they
had their goggles on, else they too might have
suffered from the fumes that so quickly spread in
every direction as though fanned by the night
breeze. Perk afterwards admitted that he had
caught a whiff of the penetrating gas despite the
covering helmet and close-fitting goggles but
thanks to the haste with which Jack carried their
ship past, the gas had little or no effect.

The clamor still continued, if anything, redoubled,
for now the element of fear had gripped

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