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difficulty, wondering while so doing whether he
and Jack might not be making history, for he
suspected that never before in the annals of
aviation had an amphibian plane been afforded
a chance to take a prize of war in such an original
fashion as bombarding the enemy crew with
tear-gas bombs and causing them to flee in mad
haste.

It was an exultant Perk who stood erect on the
deck and waved his flying helmet with the proud
air of a neophyte hunter planting his foot on the
body of his first slain lion or tiger.

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