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Then, on making one of his habitual observations of the upper air, he discovered a moving speck that he soon decided must be a plane heading in his direction. At first Perk fancied it must be Jack on his way back, but later on he realized the air craft bore a great resemblance to the Curtiss-Robin boat which they had figured belonged to the Hun pilot, Oscar Gleeb. "Je-ru-salem crickets!"
For that matter we could cover the deck the same way, since it'll be from the air most likely the danger is bound to come through Oscar Gleeb, the German ex-war pilot." "Sounds good to me, buddy!" snapped Perk, grinning. "I'll swing around overhead, and have my eye peeled for any sign of trouble," continued Jack, "and also keep tabs on you while on the trip south.
If the leading figure, piloting the craft, was actually Oscar Gleeb, onetime noted Hun ace over in the Argonne, it might be Perk, with his past war history rising up to thrill him afresh, may have found himself half expecting to hear a terrific explosion close by on the shore as the German flier let drop some sort of bomb, with the idea of striking their concealed bus which his keen eyes might have detected despite their wonderful camouflage.
I wonder now could he have been that Oscar Gleeb we been hearin' so much about since comin' down here, got an idea he might abeen, ain't you, Boss?" "Just as like as not," Jack told him. "Huh!
Just the same Oscar Gleeb might think it good policy to make sure of his ground by spraying the boat's deck with a round or two of searching missiles before attempting to board it. Whatever way the cat was going to jump, Perk knew the issue was bound to be joined before many more seconds slipped past, and he held himself ready.
What's it mean, Perk was he kicking up a mess around here?" "You said it, partner, an' his name was sure Oscar Oscar Gleeb, 'cause he got mad as hops when I asked him, an' told me that wasn't any o' my business. But we sure did have a nice hot spell, Oscar'n me."
"Jest wanted to exchange a few words with you, if you're Oscar Gleeb, an' it's true that you was a live-wire over there in France an' the Argonne say, is that all to the good, Mister Pilot?" The other did not answer immediately.
Perk had made up his mind that the unknown aviator, even if other than Oscar Gleeb, was undoubtedly working the same profitable line of business as the pilot of the Curtiss-Robin ship.
"Me, I'm jest awonderin'?" continued Perk, "whether it could a'happened that this same Oscar Gleeb an' me ever hit it up and had an air duel tryin' to strafe each other when flyin' across No-Man's-Land over there. Kinder like to meet up with him so we could run over our scraps an' see if one o' us sent t'other down in a blazin' coffin. It'd be funny if it turned out that way."
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