Nobody sought to stop them, however. They went up in the elevator and got out at the third floor. Scorch led the way along the corridor, and suddenly turned the knob of a door without knocking. The door was unlocked.
“Here! What do you want in here, young man?” snapped a voice that Nancy and Jennie recognized.
It was Senator Montgomery. Scorch pushed ahead.
“I must see Mr. Gordon,” he said. “I’ve been with him ever since he was brought in from the wreck. I’m takin’ my orders from him.”
“He is in no fit shape to give orders. You can’t see him——”
He broke off with a startled cry when he saw the girls.
“Where—where did they come from?” he gasped.
“Right from where you locked them in, Mister,” replied the boy, boldly. “But you didn’t count on me; did you? I was on the job. Mr. Gordon has asked to see Nancy Nelson, and he’s going to see her.”
“You young scoundrel!” exclaimed the man in gray. “I’ll have you arrested for breaking and entering.”
“All right, sir,” returned the youth, quite calmly, but walking swiftly to the window of the room. “See yonder, Mister? See that cop on the corner? Well, that’s Mike Dugan. He’s my next-door neighbor. And if you were the President of the United States, instead of a senator, Mike Dugan would be a bigger man than you.