If there were any plots afoot to commit bomb or other outrages upon the Fair, the Inconvenience was ideal not only for scanning the grounds fence to fence, but also for keeping an eye out against any sea-borne assaults contemplated from the Lake side.
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When the Chums weren't on "ground-leave," they were busy spying from the air on the Fair in attempt to find labor organizers who might cause trouble with the status quo (the status quo being terrible and dangerous labor practices by employers). They didn't know they were trying to find labor organizers. They thought they were stopping potential anarchists from blowing things up for the pure pleasure of anarchy. But "anarchist" was just coded language for "disgruntled employee who has no other options than to cause some kind of uproar." This was an official assignment and like all official assignments given to the majority of people in America, it wasn't truthfully represented to them. This was to make it easier for them to do rather than burdening them with questions of ethics and morality. In America, "shades of gray" is just another way of saying "loss of profits."
Later we'll see that maybe there's another reason to worry about violent threats because an important European figure presents himself at the Fair and his death could cause a lot of trouble! Or will cause a lot of trouble eventually? But as long as it doesn't cause trouble at the Fair, that's the important thing! But never mind that! I'm getting ahead of the plot and that would mean I'd lose points on this assignment if I were back in my Children's Lit course in college!
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