What made you
suspicious of that particular place?"
"The green was such a bright one in contrast to the rest
of the foliage around it.',
"That's what struck me," Tom answered, as he continued to
drive the Hawk earthward. "They thought they were doing a
smart trick--imitating the tactics of the Allies with their
tanks--but they must be color blind."
Ned took another observation through the glasses. He could
see the tank more easily now. There she was, fairly well
hidden in a clump of bushes and small trees on the banks of
a river, about a hundred miles away from Shopton. It was in
a wild and desolate country, and only with the airship could
the trail have thus been followed.
Ned saw that the tank had been daubed with green, yellow,
and brown paint, in fantastic blotches, to make the big
machine blend with the foliage; and, to a certain extent,
this had been accomplished.
But, as Ned had remarked, the green used was of too vivid
a hue. No natural tree put forth leaves like that, and the
glass had further revealed the error.
"Look, Tom!" suddenly cried Ned.
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