A car drove up hastily, and I noted that we were still on the Hollingsworth estate. Mrs. Hollingsworth had seen us and had driven over toward us.
“Montgomery!” she cried, startled.
“Yes,” said Kennedy quickly, “air pirate and lawyer for Mrs. Verplanck in the suit which she contemplated bringing—”
Mrs. Hollingsworth grew pale under the ghastly, flickering light from the bay.
“Oh!” she cried, realizing at what Kennedy hinted, “the letters!”
“At the bottom of the harbor, now,” said Kennedy. “Mr. Verplanck tells me he has destroyed his. The past is blotted out as far as that is concerned. The future is—for you three to determine. For the present I’ve caught a yeggman and a blackmailer.”
CHAPTER VII
THE WIRELESS WIRETAPPERS
Kennedy did not wait at Bluffwood longer than was necessary. It was easy enough now to silence Montgomery Carter, and the reconciliation of the Verplancks was assured. In the Star I made the case appear at the time to involve merely the capture of Australia Mac.
When I dropped into the office the next day as usual, I found that I had another assignment that would take me out on Long Island. The story looked promising and I was rather pleased to get it.
“Bound for Seaville, I’ll wager,” sounded a familiar voice in my ear, as I hurried up to the train entrance at the Long Island corner of the Pennsylvania Station.