“It frightened us. We did not know what it was until too late. Then we were so scared we fled.”
“Did Murdock pay you for your help?”
“Yes, very handsomely, too; but had we known that he was a fugitive from the law we would have imprisoned him.”
Frank then returned to the tug.
The boat was sent flying back to the city.
Here he made haste to get back to the Pegasus.
Telling his friends what happened, he added:
“Up in the air with her! We must go to Havre after him. Quick, boys, quick!”
CHAPTER VII.
SAVED FROM DEATH.
The airship soared up to the clouds and sped away over Great Britain toward the English Channel.