"But you saved her, Tom!" cried Ned. "You saved her with
the wireless."
And word was sent back to Shopton by the same means to
tell Mr. Swift, Mr. Damon, and the others that Tom and his
tank were safe. And then, a little later, when the bound men
had recovered the use of their cramped limbs, the tank was
backed away from the ledge and started on her homeward way,
Tom and Ned preceding her in the Hawk.
Without further incident, save a slight break which was
soon repaired, Tank A soon reached her harbor again, and a
double guard was posted about the shop.
"And they won't get much more chance to steal her
secrets," said Tom that night, when the stories had been
told.
"Why?" asked Ned.
"We start to dismantle her at once," Tom answered, "and
she goes to England to be reproduced for France."
"If only those plotters haven't stolen the secrets," mused
Ned.
But if they had they got little good of them. For shortly
afterward government secret service agents rounded up the
chief members of the gang, including Simpson and Blakeson.
They, with Schwen, were sent to an internment camp for the
period of the war, and enough information was obtained from
them to disclose all the workings of the plot.
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