“It will not take long,” he said, “as we have spare parts for that. By night we can be moving again.”
“I hope so,” murmured Tom.
The two shipwrecked sailors were taken in charge by the captain of a vessel who promised them berths, and Tom and Ned sent home radiograms telling of their progress up to date.
In spite of Peltok’s assertion that it would not take long to replace the burned-out bearing, it did, and he had to amend his calculation so that it would be midnight before the Air Monarch could take off again.
Tom and Ned occupied their time by visiting places of interest, and it was when they were coming out of a restaurant that they saw a crowd approaching them. Thinking it was only curious ones who wanted to look at the “world fliers,” the two young men paid little heed until they heard a voice they knew saying:
“There’s Tom Swift now! Arrest him! I’ll make the charge!”
Tom and Ned wheeled about to see Dan Kilborn facing them. The pilot of the Red Arrow was in company with a police officer, and again he exclaimed:
“Arrest Tom Swift!”
“On what charge?” asked the officer.
“He tried to kill me!”