"What's up?" queried Ted, as he joined his chum outside the wireless
room.
"The Kaiser's imperial flying corps is out for a little evening
exercise," answered Jack, as he hurried along to keep within call of
his commander.
For the men in the _Dewey_ there was nothing to do but take the
reports from the conning tower as to what was going on outside the
submarine. Their impatience, however, was short-lived, for there came
very quickly an order to man the anti-aircraft guns on deck. The
hatches fore and aft were thrown open and the gun crews scrambled on
deck.
"Not afraid of 'em, are we?" chuckled Ted, as he followed Bill Witt up
the ladder.
"Chances are they can't see us in the twilight," answered Bill. "And
this is a real chance for us to give the 'twins' a little tuning up."
From the conning tower came the order to unlimber the guns, load and
stand by.
"Wait until they come within range, and then fire away!" directed the
_Dewey's_ commander.
From a height of five thousand feet the leader of the "air cavalry"
suddenly turned the nose of his craft downward, and came volplaning
toward the sea at a dizzy pace.
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