"If anything has happened--"
He sprang for the door of the tower and threw over the
catch, springing out, followed by Ned. From the engine room
of the armored tank the men came, smiles of gratification on
their faces.
"We certainly busted her wide open, Mr. Swift!" called the
chief mechanician.
"Yes," assented the young inventor; but there was not as
much gratification in his voice as there should have been.
"There isn't much of a barn left, but Ned thinks he saw some
one run out, and if there was one man there may have been
more. We'd better have a look around, I guess."
The engineering force exchanged glances. Then Hank
Baldwin, who was in charge of the motors, said:
"Well, if there was anybody in that barn when we chewed
her up I wouldn't give much for his hide, German or not."
"Let us hope no one was in there," murmured Tom.
They turned to go back to the demolished structure, fear
and worry in their hearts. No more complete ruin could be
imagined. If a cyclone had swept over the barn it could not
have more certainly leveled it.
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