“He is only trying to scare us,” exclaimed Bob.
Then came a loud report.
“That wasn’t a revolver!” exclaimed Jerry. “It sounded as if one of his tires burst. That’s it!” he added a second later, as he looked back. “Noddy has had an accident. I guess this race is off!”
True enough, the front tire on Noddy’s machine had collapsed. He was forced to stop, and, as the boys sped on they could hear him faintly calling after them. The three chums reduced the speed of their motors, but did not stop, and soon they were out of sight and hearing of Noddy.
“Well, we certainly had an adventure,” came from Ned. “I wonder what it was all about?”
“We’ll find out some day,” was Jerry’s opinion.
Then, once more they took up their journey, and reached Cresville without further happening, arriving just before daylight.