“Yes. I guess we’ll let ’em get ahead of us, so we won’t have to take so much dust,” decided Jerry. “We can wait here in the shade.”
He stopped the car, behind a screen of trees and bushes, not far from the main road. [A moment later a car shot past], and, as it did so, Ned uttered a low exclamation.
[A MOMENT LATER A CAR SHOT PAST.]
“Did you see that?” he asked Jerry.
“I sure did!” replied the tall lad.
“What was it?” inquired Bob, who was in the rear with the professor.
“Noddy Nixon!” answered Jerry. “He’s ahead of us now, and that’s where we want him. He can’t follow us now. I guess, Noddy, you’ve over-reached yourself,” and Jerry smiled grimly.