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 good as a mile," shouted John cheerfully. He and the others found that
they would have to yell in order to be heard, so great was the noise
from engine and storm. _Zip!_ went a zigzagging livid streak across
their range of vision. It seemed to be running straight for them, and
instinctively they dodged--all but Tom and John. These old veterans
continued to gaze coolly straight ahead as though nothing had happened.
_Crash-h!_ went a clap of thunder. It seemed as if the whole heavens
were being turned topsy-turvy. Even the airplane, usually so steady,
heaved and rode like a rocking-horse. The two younger members of the
party were not to be blamed for feeling pretty well frightened by this
time. It was one thing to be cutting through the fleecy white clouds of
a calm day, and quite another to go stabbing through murky black ones
which were rolling angrily, ejecting both wind and rain, and spitting
out vicious roars and jagged streaks of pale-blue flame. One moment they
would be in gloom; the next instant a cloud would be rent asu

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