“Come on!” he yelled to Crosby “We must get away!”
Like a deer he ran off, behind a large roller coaster where all was dark.
Jerry stopped Peters, but only for a moment. Heavy blows were exchanged and then Peters followed his chum.
“They are gone, sure enough!” cried Harry, in dismay.
And gone they were, swallowed up in the crowd which surged on all sides of them.
Jerry and Harry searched in vain for the two evil-doers and then hunted up the police and told their story.
A watch was set, but Si Peters and Wash Crosby managed to escape from the beach resort without being detected.
Jerry and Harry returned to Lakeview with the Whistler, and the report spread that Si Peters and Wash Crosby had robbed the hotel.
At first Mr. Peters refused to believe it. He came over to Jerry’s home, and threatened Mr. Upton with a lawsuit.
But the farmer quickly silenced him.