eight o'clock
The enemy had missed them . She was some miles away , and although still on a level above , at the pace the _ Snowbird _ was now traveling it would take a fast flying machine indeed to overtake her . The pursuit of the enemy -LRB- which they all believed to be the smuggler , manned by Bainbridge and his friends -RRB- was not kept up for long . By eight o'clock the _ Snowbird _ had dropped the other machine below the horizon , and the swift pace at which they had driven the _ Snowbird _ was rapidly bringing them once more toward Canada . The storm had broken , but the clouds still hovered below them . They descended about noon , passing harmlessly through the vapor which had so long hidden the earth from them , and so came to within a thousand feet of the ground , where they swung along at fair speed for some hours . They crossed the line , but did not descend until near St. Thomas .