Once the engine of the Adventurer began to purr, the cruiser no longer drifted. Mrs. Allison headed it so that the waves would not slap so hard.
“Shall we go on with our morning cruise or return to shore?” she asked the Brownies.
Jane was all for continuing the ride. The other Brownies, however, voted to return to the wharf.
“Never mind,” Mrs. Allison said to Jane. “Later in the day we’ll have our cruise. Just now we’re anxious to learn what has become of Raymond Curry.”
Events moved very rapidly, once the Brownie Scouts were ashore.
However, it was more than two hours later before the girls learned all the details of what happened at the airport.
Shortly before noon, Captain Tarwell reappeared on the beach to report that police had arrested Mr. Curry as he prepared to board a plane west.
“He denied everything,” the captain told the Brownies. “But in searching his luggage, police came upon valuables taken from one of the cruisers. They also found a pawnticket which has been redeemed.”
The seaman then showed Miss Gordon the wristwatch she had lost on the beach.
“Mr. Curry pawned it for a trifling sum, along with several other items,” Captain Tarwell explained. “You can identify the watch?”