"Smoke ball" Quotes from Famous Books
... turned to the cabin window and nodded to the assistant pilot, who dropped overboard a signal smoke ball that left behind, as it fell, a greenish spiral trail. Straightway, the Commodore's seaplane, a mile distant, broke out a line of flags whereupon six flyers from six different points leaped ahead like sky hounds on the scent, ... — The Conquest of America - A Romance of Disaster and Victory • Cleveland Moffett |