Fortunately Frank had a great way of figuring out what he would do under
certain conditions. This gave some sort of assurance when difficulties
arose; for there was little time lost in fixing things up so as to have
a programme.
"No use trying to follow after him, to begin with," he declared.
"Why do you say that?" his cousin wanted to know.
"First of all, it would be a bad business, because he's on his guard,
and a desperate man," Frank went on to explain. "You can see that he's
ready to pull out a weapon of some sort at the first warning. And we
settled that we didn't want to fall into the hands of these two bad men.
So we'll have to arrange things along a different line. And anyhow
there's no terrible hurry, because I rather guess they've got the
biplane hidden some distance away from here. It would take half an hour,
perhaps much more, before they could get out. And we can reach our craft
in a few minutes, if pushed."
"Yes, that's all so, Frank; but go on, and tell me the rest."
"I was thinking that we ought to try and let our folks know how things
are going with us, so that if we have to cut out after these yegg
aviators they'll know where we've gone. Suppose, now, you hunt Sallie
up, and try to explain it all to her just as fast as you can."
"Who, me? Oh! well, I guess I can do it, if I have to.
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