We'll have to get on a new set of chains," frowned Trueman. An accident like that during the race might put us out of it."
"Accidents are always liable to happen," said Matt. "If they come we'll have to make the best of them."
They went over the course a second time, Matt forcing the car and bringing it in in sixty-five minutes from the start.
"You'll do!" declared Trueman. "I feel a whole lot easier with you in the car than I ever felt with Glick. Now let's go back to the garage. We've done enough for one morning."
"How many men are there at the garage in charge of the car?" asked Matt.
"Two—the best we have in the St. Louis works."
"You can depend on them?"
"Every time and all the time. Why?"
"The car must be watched night and day, Mr. Trueman," said Matt earnestly, "for there's no telling what Sercomb and his gang might try to do."