CHAPTER
25
THE STAR SAPPHIRE
In a moment, the two men reappeared above the surface of the water, struggling frantically for grips on the floating cakes of ice.
Coiled around a dock post lay an old rope which had not been taken in for the winter. Jerry and Mr. Parker quickly obtained it and tossed it squarely between the two men.
Both grasped it and were pulled slowly toward shore.
Just then a police car drove up at high speed, parking close by.
“Salt’s telephone call went through!” Penny cried, signaling to the officers who piled out of the car. “The police arrived just when we need them!”
The shivering pair had no opportunity to attempt escape. As they were pulled out of the water, officers placed them under arrest.
“All right! You’ve got us!” snarled Winkey. “But you’ll never find the suitcase! It’s at the bottom of the river!”
“Quiet!” Jay Highland warned him. “Anything you say will be used against us!”
Gazing gloomily at the churning water where the suitcase had been lost, Penny asked if the river might not be dragged after the ice had gone out.