“Do you think you can find out when they go, and where they are headed for—I mean exactly?” asked the correspondence school man.
“Sure I can,” declared Noddy. “I’ve had Bill Berry on the watch for the past week. They’re going to start in their motor boat to-morrow morning.”
“To where?”
“Well, that I don’t know exactly. I’ve tried to find out but I can’t. Bill sort of fell down on that job. But I’ll get wind of it somehow. I know where their auto was sent to be fixed, and the man there knows my father. He’ll tell me where they are headed for, I’m sure. But even if we don’t find out, we can go West on our own hook, and locate Snake Island. The rest will be easy, and we’ll get that radium before they do.”
“I hope so,” spoke the educator. “I certainly need the money, and I have given up everything for this chance. The Mortaby Scientific School will have to get along without me for a time, but when I come back, with a fortune, I will build a real college.”
“First we’ve got to get the radium, and beat the motor boys!” exclaimed Noddy, as he grinned in anticipation of the trick he expected to play.
“You don’t like them, then?”
“I hate ’em all!” snarled the bully, “even if they did pull me from the river. If they hadn’t, someone else would.”
“Well, I hope we can soon start West,” went on the sleek individual. “When will your father give me some money?”
“To-morrow or the next day,” replied Noddy. “He is willing that I should undertake the trip. I told him I needed it for my health.”