The Ark of the Covenant Part 1 (Electronic book text)

This projected trip out to the Parnassic knocked my idea, of making Milliken one of the council of war, clean on the head. I might have trusted another of my fellows to go over the Merlin preparatory to the flight, but I knew that Milliken would not let anyone else do it. An extra gasoline tank had to be shipped and fixed with new connections, and the job wanted a sure hand.