“They’re going to have their own troubles getting hold of this gold!” declared Mr. Brill, grimly.
“And if they make any move toward my luminous snakes!” exclaimed the professor, “I—I’ll fight ’em—that’s what I will!”
The mounted officers rode off in the storm, and Noddy and his companions made a rough camp not far from the stalled airship.
“What are you going to do, Jerry?” asked Ned, as dinner time drew near. “Stay here and wait for those officers to come back?”
“I am not!” declared the tall youth.
“What then?”
“We leave here to-night!”
“To-night?”
“Yes. I know what the decision will be—in our favor—and there is no use staying here and taking chances with that crowd,” and he nodded toward the campers.