“All right,” and the tall lad turned on more gasolene, until the big car was going along at a rapid pace.
“Not too fast,” cautioned Ned. “We don’t want to be taken in for speeding, you know.”
“Not much danger,” returned Jerry. “It’s rather a lonely stretch of country for several miles yet.”
“How do you think he managed to get after us so quickly?” asked Professor Snodgrass, who, wonderful to relate, was neither looking at his specimens, making notes about, nor seeking to capture others. He had been too much interested in the chase and its sudden termination.
“Oh, he must have heard Andy Rush say we were going to Pittsburg,” spoke Jerry, “and he merely came on here ahead of us, by train, while we traveled by boat. Then he simply got his auto ready, and lay in wait for us. But you put a spoke in his wheel, Bob.”
“Two or three,” chuckled Ned.
As they sped on they talked of Noddy, and speculated on what his plan might be in regard to following them.
“It’s all guess work,” declared Jerry. “No matter what we do he may turn up on our trail sooner or later. The only thing to do is to fight him when we see him, be on our guard all the while, and not to worry.”
“I agree with Jerry,” said Uriah Snodgrass. “Now, as long as we’re so far ahead, Jerry, can’t you go a little slower?”