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The mysterious air voyager had by now disappeared
entirely, although they might still have
caught the throbbing of his madly working
motor had it not been for their own engine kicking
up so much racket, Jack not being inclined
to make use of the capable silencer just then.

Perk had made up his mind that the unknown
aviator, even if other than Oscar Gleeb, was
undoubtedly working the same profitable line of
business as the pilot of the Curtiss-Robin ship.
So, too, Perk considered it worth while to try
and figure out the exact course of the high flyer
as he was probably making directly for his intended
goal and this knowledge was likely to
prove useful to them later on.

This he was able to accomplish. Working
mental problems come easily to one who has
played the part of a navigator aboard a modern
galleon of the clouds.

"Huh!" grunted Perk after figuring out his
problem twice and both times reaching the same
conclusion, "the guy's really striking in to
mighty near the same point Jack's meanin' to
make and mebee now our lines might cross if we
both kept on goin' long enough."

He studied this matter for some time, wondering
if Jack also realized the fact and had kept
silent about it for good and sufficient reasons.

It afforded the ambitious Perk considerable

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