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OFF IN THE AIRSHIP
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"I guess we've given those spies the slip," remarked Ned, as they rose from the ground calling good-byes to the friends they left behind.
"I hope so," agreed Tom, but could he have seen two men, of sinister looks, peering at the slowly-moving airship from the shelter of a grove of trees, not far off, he might have changed his opinion, and so would Ned.
Then, as the airship gathered momentum, it fairly sprang into the air, and a moment later, the big propellers began revolving. They were off on their long voyage to find the lost platinum mine, and rescue the exile of Siberia.
