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the heavens as well as they could be covered
when he was so surrounded by those strange mangrove
islands and discovering no sign of any
cruising, spying crate, he bade Perk goodbye and
taxied in the direction of the open gulf, which
he knew lay due west.

Perk answered his signal ere the amphibian
turned a bend in the tortuous channel and saw
Jack vanish from view; nor could he long detect
any sound to indicate the presence of an airship
since cautious Jack had again made use of that
wonderful "silencer" which they had found so
useful while conducting their search during the
preceding night. Then the appointed guardian
of the captured contraband sloop turned his attention
to matters which had to do with his making
the tied-up craft as thoroughly invisible from
the upper air as he knew how.

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