“What’s all the hurry! Let’s take our time and enjoy the scenery,” the boy answered, still in a happy mood.
But Terry was sending her plane forward with wide open throttle. “We haven’t any time to lose, Allan Graham. That plane is coming, and coming fast. I can’t be sure who it is but I’ll make a guess. It’s Joe Arnold! And he’s after us. He’s a dangerous man!”
CHAPTER VIII
Happy Landing
But the tiny speck in the distance did not gain on them. Terry decided that it was just a cruising airplane and had no connection with them whatever.
“Did you say that Joe Arnold was up here?” asked Allan through the earphones. “What do you think he’s up to?”
“Didn’t he help kidnap you two boys?” Terry countered.
“No, that was Bud Hyslop’s little scheme to spoil my trip to Paris—At least I thought it was all Bud’s idea. But if Joe had a hand in it, then it’s no joke.”
“I’ll say it isn’t, Allan. I saw a newspaper in Harbor Grace this morning. They’ve arrested Dad!”
“Arrested Dick! What for?” demanded Allan. “What did he do?”
“He’s supposed to have kidnapped you and Syd. The paper says he’s trying to get fifty thousand dollars out of your father as ransom money.”