prepare for a new night journey.

"It's less than sixty miles that we have to go, Hiram," he advised
his assistant.

"Then you've found out something definite?" guessed Hiram.

"Yes, I have got a trace of Jerry Dawson."

"You don't say so!"

"I do, and I'll tell you how," and Dave recited the story of his
meeting with the moving picture man.

"Why, that's just grand," commented Hiram in his exuberant way.
"You've good as run down the Drifter."

"Not quite, Hiram."

"Oh, you'll find the stolen airship. I feel it in my bones. I've
felt it ever since I saw the way you took hold of this affair."

"Well, I've had good help and a splendid machine, you must
remember."

"I don't go much on the help," declared Hiram modestly. "As to the
Monarch II, though, I never saw such a well-behaved machine. If she
does in the water what she's done in the air, she's a record
breaker, sure."