And as for the danger--well, we'll have to take what comes," and
he told her something of the proposed quest.
"Oh, it sounds--sounds scary!" Mary exclaimed, when she had
heard of Mr. Jenks' experience. Do be careful, Tom!"
"I will," he promised, and, somehow he was glad that she had
cautioned him thus--and in such tones as she had used. For Mary
Nestor was a girl that any young chap would have been glad to
have manifest an interest in him.
"Well, I guess I'll have to say good-by," spoke Tom, at length.
"We expect to start in a couple of days, and I may not get
another chance to see you."
"Oh, I--I hope you come back safely," faltered Mary, and then
she held out her hand, and Tom--well, it's none of our affair
what Tom did after that, except to say that he hurried out,
fairly jumped into his monoplane, and completed the trip home.
As the Red Cloud has been fully described in the volume
entitled "Tom Swift and His Airship," we will not go into details
about it now. Sufficient to say that it was a combination of a
biplane and dirigible balloon. It could be used either as one or
the other, and the gas-bag feature was of value when the wind was
too great to allow the use of the planes, or when the motive
power, for some reason stopped. In that event the airship could
remain suspended far above the clouds if necessary.
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