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this exchange of hot fire and was pulling out, or
else that in his crafty German way he was meaning
some sort of flank attack in hopes of carrying
the fort.

Faster and faster was the taxiing airship rushing
through the water and Perk continued to
hold his fire, realizing that the fight was over.

"Go to it, Oscar old hoss!" he burst out, as he
grasped this clinching finish of the strange engagement
with the rival gunmen separating after
a hot exchange of compliments, each apparently
able to move off under his own steam, "Beat it
for all you're worth while the goin' is good.
There, he's lifted his crate in one big pull an' I
kinder guess he ain't hurt much either, else he
couldn't show so much steam. Wall, here Perk's
been left in possession, after all that bluff he put
up. But it sure was a dandy jig while it lasted."

At that Perk began to laugh as though the true
perspective had flashed before his eyes for then,
and later on, too, he was ready to declare that a
more ridiculous as well as unprofitable battle had
never been waged between two rival pilots of the
upper air lanes.

ocr>   Now the fleeing ship had mounted to a lair
fix>   Now the fleeing ship had mounted to a fair
ceiling and was rushing off in a roaring zoom
but Perk noticed his late foe was heading due
east as though bent on picking out an entirely
different direction from the one he had used

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