“What about Bailey Brooks?” Flash questioned anxiously. “The parachute test has been ordered stopped?”
“Yes, I telephoned Melveredge Field over an hour ago and talked with Brooks himself. The test will be postponed.”
His mind relieved, Flash went with George Doyle to dispatch a telegram to Mr. Clewes of the News-Vue Company. Afterwards, since it was too late to cover the strike at Clinton, they engaged a hotel room and went to bed.
It was late afternoon when Flash awoke to hear someone pounding on the door. The visitor proved to be Captain Johns.
“I didn’t mean to wake you up,” he apologized.
“That’s all right,” returned Flash. “We’ve slept the clock around anyway.”
Captain Johns had come to report that another member of Rascomb’s ring had been taken into custody.
“Major Hartgrove has identified the man as the one who entered his hotel room and robbed him,” the captain revealed. “He was caught when he applied at the airport for a ticket to New York.”
“Then your case is closed?” Doyle inquired.
“Very nearly so.”