Sandy, Dick and Larry had left the room by the time he completed his sentence.
Reaching the hangar, with Mr. Everdail’s private key they opened the smaller door, and used a flashlight to locate, reach and climb to the tail of the airplane’s fuselage.
“Now—out comes—why!——”
Dick and Sandy saw Larry’s dazed face.
Instantly they knew the worst!
CHAPTER XVII
A FIGHT FOR A FORTUNE
Into the waiting assemblage in the Everdail library plunged Sandy with a white, frightened face and his breath coming in gasps after his run.
“It’s—gone! Mr. Everdail—the life—preserver——”
“Gone? That can’t be!”
“It is, sir!”