CHAPTER VIII
PLUGGING A MAN-EATER
"I don't like this line-fishing," asserted Turner as he prowled around the store-room. "I've been used to fishing with a rod and reel on the Pasquotank and I can't get over the habit."
No rod was in sight, however, but he suddenly hit on the expedient of taking a pole with a hook in the end, used by Luke for some domestic purpose.
"I haven't got any reel," the Tarheel continued, "but I'll hitch my line on the end of this, like Simple Simon, and see how the fish take to new inventions."
Soon the three, equipped for their sport, proceeded to Lake Herring, and filed out on the narrow plank bridge to the nest of the hydroplane. As Turner proceeded to make all needful preparations for the flight, the two scouts, although familiar with the seaplanes that soared over Hampton Roads, found novel points of
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