Dave kept busy about the Aegis quarters. Just at dusk Mr. King sent him to the town near by to order some supplies from a hardware store. Dave attended to his commissions and started back for the grounds an hour later.
Just as he passed through the crowd about the main entrance to the aviation field our hero turned as he heard a voice say quickly and in a meaning way:
“There he is!”
“Yes, it’s the Dashaway fellow,” was responded.
Dave made out two forms skulking into the shadow of the office building. Then some passersby shut them out from view.
“Hello,” said Dave to himself, “that sounds and looks suspicious.”
CHAPTER XVII
KIDNAPPED
If Hiram Dobbs had not pronounced so serious a warning only a few hours previous, Dave would not have paid much attention to the incident of the moment.