[The Zeppelin’s Passenger by E. Phillips Oppenheim]@TWC D-Link bookThe Zeppelin’s Passenger CHAPTER I 7/12
I expect she has persuaded some one to take her out trophy-hunting to Dutchman's Common." "The road all the way is like a circus," the young soldier observed, "and there isn't a thing to be seen when you get there.
The naval airmen were all over the place at daybreak, and Captain Griffiths wasn't far behind them.
You didn't leave much for the sightseers, sir," he concluded, turning to his neighbour. "As Commandant of the place," Captain Griffiths replied, "I naturally had to have the Common searched.
With the exception of the observation car, however, I think that I am betraying no confidences in telling you that we discovered nothing of interest." "Do you suppose that the Zeppelin was in difficulties, as she was flying so low ?" Helen enquired. "It is a perfectly reasonable hypothesis," the Commandant assented.
"Two patrol boats were sent out early this morning, in search of her.
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