But do the best
you can. Take Koku and Eradicate with you. They can't do any good
here."
"Do you mean to say you're going to give up and let this burn?"
"Not a bit of it, Ned. But I have another plan I want to try.
Lively now! The wind's changing, and it's blowing over toward my
aerial warship shed. If that catches--"
Tom shook his head protestingly, and Ned set off on the run,
calling to the colored man and the giant to get out another line
of hose.
"I wonder what Tom is going to do?" mused Ned, as he neared the
big shed he and the others had left on the alarm of fire.
Tom, himself, seemed in no doubt as to his procedure With one
look at the blazing red shed, as if to form an opinion as to how
much longer it could burn without getting entirely beyond
control, Tom set off on a run toward another large structure.
Ned, glancing toward his chum, observed:
"The dirigible shed! I wonder what his game is? Surely that
can't be in danger--it's too far off!"
Ned was right as to the last statement. The shed, where was
housed a great dirigible balloon Tom had made, but which he
seldom used of late, was sufficiently removed from the zone of
fire to be out of danger.
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