Sexton Blake-Aviator by D. H. Parry

Author:D. H. Parry
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

A man in a white linen suit was kneeling there, almost underneath them, gazing intently upwards at the aeroplane through a pair of field-glasses.

The glint of the sun upon the lenses it was that had attracted Sexton Blake’s attention.

The man was a stranger, and he was hidden in the tall grass. They were spied upon, then, The Indians had been right, and he had to bite his lips hard to keep in the words that rushed to his tongue.

The man was on the edge of an opening beyond the stream, an opening that was roughly of triangular form, and the only salient feature by which Blake could mark the spot was a huge cluster of hegonias over-running a fallen tree.

A moment before the aeroplane had seemed to annihilate space, now it seemed to crawl on its way back, and it was an interminable age before it dived three times, and came to rest within a yard of the rails, where strong arms secured it, and the doctor shut off the engines.

"Well, what do you think of it?" cried the enthusiast. "Been a bit too much for a start—eh? You look very white about the gills!"

"It is magnificent!" said Sexton Blake. "My dear Wells, I have never felt anything like it!" And as Delgarno climbed into the machine and examined the engine, he added, in a whisper: "Come into the shed at once; I cannot tell you here without alarming the Frenchman.

At the same time Blake signalled to the colonel, and the three walked away.

When the angle of the petrol-store hid them from view, he turned to his companions.

"Quick, Burleigh! Get your guns ready, and invent a hunting-party," he said. "There’s a spy yonder, and we must take him at all risks!"

THE SIXTH CHAPTER.

Tracking the Spy.

IT was the doctor’s turn to look pale now. "Do you mean to say you saw him when you were up there, and you never opened your mouth?" he exclaimed angrily.

"Steady, old man! You told me on no condition was I to speak. Besides, one must have a megaphone to be heard among that machinery."

"Yes, true," said the inventer. "Great Scott! I’ll take my oath it’s Townley—an assistant I dismissed: for dis-honesty! I know he was in communication with a German firm, and they must have supplied him with money to come out here."

"Now, that’s where I come in," said Blake, smiling. "Not a soul knew you had left England, and as we were on your heels all the way out I can answer for your not being followed. No; if it’s anyone after the secret, they have come up from Para. But here’s the colonel and his nigger-troop, and there’s no time to be lost. You keep cool, and don’t let Delgarno know anything until we return. I’ve an idea it may be the Cayenne people."

"Feel inclined to have another hunt for that happy family, Blake?" said the colonel, in a loud voice. "Or have you had enough adventure for one day?"

"Not at all. I hope to have another fly in the cool of the evening.

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