Carl likewise gained the ground. As he did so, the deck of the car, behind the seats, lifted slowly until it lay wide in an upright position.
Then a form slowly rose, a form with a chocolate-colored face, the head crowned with a white turban. Jumping from the boxlike recess in the rear of the car, the form stretched itself and salaamed.
"You surprise', sahib? Ah, ha!"
[CHAPTER XII.]
DESPERATE VILLAINY.
Although Matt and his friends did not know it, yet the course taken by the Red Flier on leaving La Vita Place was watched.
Joe Mings, climbing a tree, kept the car under his eyes. In the distance he saw it leave the road, then he could make out two figures returning on foot to the road and proceeding toward the cliffs. He called down the result of his observations.
"What do you suppose they're up to?" asked Sercomb, with a worried look, as Mings slid back to the ground.