Then Tom turned to Mr.
Damon, as if to ask a question, but the stranger came so
close, evidently curious to see the aircraft at close
quarters, that the young inventor could not speak without
being overheard.
Tom got out his kit of tools to repair the broken control,
and the man watched him curiously. As he tinkered away,
something was stirring among the past memories of the
inventor. A question he asked himself over and over again
was:
"Where have I seen this man before? His face is familiar,
but I can't place him. He is associated with something
unpleasant. But where have I seen this man before?"
Chapter II
Tom's Indifference
"Did you make this machine yourself?" asked the stranger
of Tom, as the young inventor worked at the damaged part of
his craft.
Mr. Damon had also alighted, taken off his goggles, and
was looking aloft, where the army aircraft were going
through various evolutions, and down below, where the young
soldiers were drilling under such conditions, as far as
possible, as they might meet with when some of their number
went "over the top.
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