“What?”
Dick tried to conceal the twinkle in his eye, but it got the better of him as he explained.
“We found a string of beautiful, perfect emeralds in the stewardess’ cabin, hung up on a nail.”
“Honestly?”
“Positive-ully, Larry! The finest that ever came out of a ten-cent store!”
“Oh—you——”
“Sandy suspected her right away!” went on the jovial one, “but no arrest was made.”
“What have you discovered?” Sandy asked Larry quickly, to cover his impulse toward assaulting the teasing chum.
“Not a thing—except I learned that the injured pilot was able to sit up and I went to see him.” Dick and Sandy waited anxiously for a revelation, but Larry was unable to give one.
“He is named Tommy Larsen,” Larry informed them. “He’s getting well fast. He was glad that his passenger had been wrong in suspecting the Everdails——”