Making sure that, as far as they could tell, no one had visited
the craft since they had left it, Tom and Jackson compared the
file marks on what was left of the broken silencer case with the
files they had found in the hut. They used a small, but powerful
electric lamp to aid them in this examination, as it was too dark
to see otherwise, and what they saw caused the young inventor to
exclaim:
"That settles it! These were the files used!"
"That's right!" agreed his assistant. "You've called the turn,
Tom. The next thing to do is to find who connects with the
files."
"Yes. To do that and find Mr. Nestor," said Tom. "We have
plenty of work ahead of us. But let's get nearer civilization and
send some word to the folks at home. They'll be getting worried."
"It doesn't seem as if there was a way out of here without
using an airship," remarked Jackson.
But he and Tom finally reached the seldom-used road which ran
along the field that contained the lonely shack, and, following
this, they reached a farmhouse about a mile farther on. Greatly
to their relief, there was a telephone in the place.
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