“Of all the ridiculous things I’ve ever heard, this is the limit! You a kidnapper! That’s a joke!”
“I’m afraid it’s not a joke, Alice,” replied Dick. “Bennett Graham seems determined to ruin me. Ever since my accident he is like a stranger. One would think that he was my worst enemy.”
“Then let’s not have anything more to do with the man,” Alice exclaimed angrily.
“That’s easier said than done, my dear. He has threatened to have me arrested.”
“Let him try and see what will happen!” stormed the woman. And an hour later she had sent the telegram to Terry demanding that she return.
And Terry and Prim, reading it through in Harbor Grace and knowing what they did about Bud Hyslop, decided that they must stay on. Bud was a treacherous enemy. They might have trouble, but when the lives of Allan Graham and Syd Ames were at stake, they had no choice. They had to see it through.
Terry’s answer to her mother’s telegram was flippantly worded in an effort to cheer her up.
EVERYTHING JAKE HERE. HAPPY OUTCOME OF TRIP EXPECTED. TERRY.
Little did the girl realize that the foolish message was to be taken as an acknowledgment of guilt and would bring still further suspicion and suffering upon her father.