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Two hours later they stopped again at the edge of the Santa Cruz wash, two miles from the Rocking Chair Ranch. It was while they were resaddling that Collins caught sight of a cloud of dust a mile or two away. He unslung his field-glasses, and looked long at the approaching dust-swirl. Presently he handed the binoculars to Leroy.
In the remote suburbs and out on the plain, the Legionaries' binoculars could still see a swarming of white figures; but all the immediate vicinity was now wholly silent, motionless. To and fro the Master swept his glasses, and nodded with satisfaction.
He used a pair of binoculars, first at low-magnification to search as wide an area down-valley as possible, and then at highest power to search the most likely routes. He found a small, bobbing speck beyond a faraway hill crest. It was her head. It went down below the hilltop.
As the Golden Eagle rapidly approached the ancient vessel the boys went nearly wild with excitement. The glasses were constantly trained on her and when Harry, who had kept the binoculars fixed on the vessel's stern, announced in a voice that quivered with suspense: "I can see her name it's Buena Ventura all right," they all broke into a shout. The goal was reached at last then.
That attic was like a scene in some military melodrama, with its tattered roof, its tripod binoculars peering at the enemy, the businesslike officers dusty and unshaven, the field-telegraph operator squatting in one corner, with a receiver strapped to his ear.
In spite of the darkness the binoculars brought out the peculiarities of the aeroplane with considerable distinctness. "Can you make out who are in it?" asked Tom. "No," answered Mr. Jackson. "You try." But Tom had no better luck. There were two persons in the odd machine, which was slowly flying along, moving in a great circle, with the Swift house for its center.
Even then nothing was done for perhaps another ten minutes, and in some cases for half an hour; it varied according to individual requirements. Then when the quarry was located by the man with the binoculars, and the man with the rifle had finished asking a lot of playful questions so as to gain time, the first shots were fired.
Marcy had not neglected to bring his binoculars with him, and finding himself at liberty after the captain went below, he walked forward to take a look at things, being accompanied by a couple of master's mates, one of whom had been second in command of Mr. Watkins's expedition, and answered to the name of Perkins.
Large "brief-bag," most useful for stowing guide-books, flasks, binoculars, biscuits, and such like, that one wants when travelling, and never knows where to put. Our "yellow bag" carried even tea things, and was greatly beloved. Like the leather bottèl in its later stage, "it served to put hinges and odd things in"! Luncheon basket, fitted according to the number of the party.
So they had to content themselves with looking up, some of them searching the sky with binoculars. Everybody was back except Guynemer, when somebody suddenly cried: "Here comes Guynemer!" "Then the Boche is done for." Guynemer, in fact, was coming down upon his prey like lightning, and the instant he was behind and slightly beneath him, he fired.
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