There was
provision for manufacturing the gas on board.
The Red Cloud was fitted up to accommodate about ten persons,
though it was seldom that this number was carried. Two persons
could successfully operate the machinery. There were sleeping
berths, and in the main cabin a sitting-room, a dining-room, and
a kitchen. There was also the motor compartment, and a steering
tower, from which the engines could be controlled.
It was in this craft that the seekers after the diamond makers
proposed undertaking the trip. Mr. Damon came on from his home in
Waterfield about two days before the date set to leave, and Mr.
Jenks, had, three days before this, taken up his abode at the
Swift home. Mr. Parker, as has been stated, was already there,
and he had put in his time making a number of scientific
observations, though he had made no more predictions.
Nothing more had been seen of the mysterious man who had warned
Tom, and the young inventor and Mr. Jenks began to hope that they
had thrown their enemies off the track.
"Though I don't imagine they'll give up altogether," said Mr.
Jenks. "They're too desperate for that. We'll have trouble with
them yet."
"Well, it can't be helped," decided Tom. "We'll try and be
ready for it, when it comes," and then, dismissing the matter
from his mind, he busied himself about the airship.
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