"Wait till I call up and have detectives sent down here," said Officer McCarthy. "I'm after thinking this is too deep for us to solve."
Nevertheless, each of that little group but the policeman had his or her own idea on the matter.
CHAPTER XI.
A MEAN REVENGE!
The result of the telephone call was a request to call at the Police Headquarters of the little town and give a detailed account of the affair.
"Gracious! I should think that the only way to get a clue would be to send a detective down here," exclaimed Peggy, on receipt of this information.
"We have our own ways of doing them things, miss," rejoined the policeman with dignity.
Then there being nothing for it but to obey instructions of the authorities, they all set out for the police station. They were half way there when Jimsy recollected that they had left the aëroplanes unguarded.
"'Twill make no difference at all at all," declared the policeman; "shure it's too late for anyone to be about."