"Just the same, she ought to be caught and punished!" cried Louise, vindictively. She had said nothing about their belief of the cause of their leaking tank, for after all they had no proof, and this judge could do nothing. But for that reason more than any, Louise wanted her punished.
Promising the judge that they would try to get hold of Miss Hulbert's picture, the girls shook hands with him and left, accompanied by Ted Mackay, who was grinning harder than usual now. Everything was so right!
Dusk had set in already, though the storm had passed, and a beautiful sunset was fading from the sky, promising a clear day for the flyers tomorrow.
"I think we had better rest tonight," said Ted, as he followed the girls into a taxicab. "You girls can stay at the hotel—there is only one, for this is a small place—and I'll get a room over near the airport. I want to spend some time checking up on my plane, and I think I'll try to get somebody to help me. It's a long flight back to Spring City."
"Oh!" cried Linda, rapturously. "Won't it be marvelous to be home? I'm glad we have a couple of days before we have to go back to school!"
"Sure you don't mind flying?" asked Ted. "You're not nervous, after your narrow escape?"
"We've forgotten that," replied Louise. "Forgotten everything except that we are eligible for the Caterpillar Club now."
"Linda has been for a long time—since her first flight up," Ted reminded them.
The machine stopped at the hotel, and Ted helped the girls to get out.
"You'll come back and have dinner with us, won't you, Ted?" asked Louise anxiously.