CHAPTER XI
The Hearing
"You two have certainly got your nerve, going back to Seaford after that," Jerry Webster said.
"We'll stay away from the Kelsos and Brad Marbek. Don't worry about that," Rick assured him. "But we're not giving up, are we, Scotty?"
"Not on your life," Scotty replied flatly.
Jerry's car bounced over Salt Creek Bridge and sped toward the Seaford turnoff. The boys had phoned him early in the morning and found that he had learned about Tom Tyler's hearing during his routine phone calls to the Seaford authorities, and that he was going down to cover it.
They had met him at the Whiteside dock, and on the way down had brought him up to date on their part of the case, including their humiliating experience of the night before.
"So your theory about smuggling must be wrong," Jerry said. "Otherwise, you'd have found something."
"I'm not convinced," Rick argued. "It's still the only answer that fits."