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Tom heard the rifles of his friends crack. He saw, through the torn door curtain, the flashes of fire. Then came a blue glare, and Tom knew that Mr. Durban was using the electric weapon. By these intermittent gleams Tom managed to see sufficiently to thrust Mr. and Mrs. Illingway ahead of him. Tomba was at their side. The yells inside the hut were almost deafening.
Illingway," spoke Ned quietly, for he now recognized the missionary, though he wondered what she and her husband were doing so far from the Dark Continent. "Oh, I know you you're Ned Newton Tom's chum! Oh, I am so glad! Where is Tom?" "In the pilot house. He'll be here in a moment." Tom came in at that juncture, having set the automatic steering geer to take the ship on her homeward course.
"I don't know," answered Tom simply, "but whatever they are we've got to be on the lookout for them when we get to the gold city, and that's where I'm going, head-hunters or no head-hunters!" It may well be imagined that the cable warning sent by Mr. Illingway caused our friends considerable anxiety. Coming as it did, almost at the last minute, so brief giving no particulars it was very ominous.
Illingway could not find out, was much liked by the Africans. He taught them many things, doctored them when they were sick, and they finally adopted him into the tribe." "It seems that he tried to make them better, and wanted them to become Christians, but they clung to their own beliefs until he died.
He had to lean up against the side of the cabin for support. "Mrs. Illingway!" he gasped. "You here were you in that boat?" "Yes. it's all very simple. My husband and I are on a vacation for a year. We got fever and had to leave Africa. We are staying with friends at a resort on the lake shore. These are our friends," she went on, introducing the other gentlemen.
Illingway, decently dressed, thanked Tom and the others over and over again. "We had almost given up hope," said the lady, "when we saw them drive you back after the first attack. Oh, it is wonderful to think how you saved us, and in an airship!" and she and her husband began their thanks over again. A good meal was prepared by Mr.
"They are established in a tribe of friendly black men, of simple nature, and, while the natives did not become Christianized to any remarkable extent, yet they were kind to the missionaries. Mr. and Mrs. Illingway used frequently to write to members of our church, telling of their work.
Damon looked at it closely. "If we're going, we want all the information we can get," declared the odd man. "Bless my gizzard, Tom, but this may mean a lot to us!" "I think it will," agreed the young inventor. "I'm going to write to Mr. Illingway at once, and ask for all the information he can get." "And I'll help you with suggestions," spoke Mr. Damon. "Come on in the house, Tom.
Illingway, as Tom hastened to the pilot house to start the motor. But the rescue was not yet accomplished. Those on the airship were still in danger, and grave peril, for all about them were the red savages, shouting, howling, yelling and capering about, as they were now thoroughly aroused, and realized that their captives had been taken away from them.
Illingway! Mrs. Illingway! We have come to rescue you!" yelled the young inventor, as he stepped out on the deck, with his electric rifle in his hand. "Where are you? Can you come out?" The door of the hut was burst open, and a white man and woman, recognizable as such, even in the rude skins that clothed them, rushed out. Wonder spread over their faces as they saw the great airship.
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