"That's where they underestimated d**k and his partner. You have heard of Martin Crane, of course?"
"I think I heard his name mentioned in the office, together with Seaton's, but that's all."
"Well, besides other things, Martin is quite a wonderful mechanic, and he found out that our Skylark was spoiled. So they built another one, a lot bigger, and I am sure that they are following us, right now."
"But how can they possibly follow us, when we are going so fast and are so far away?" queried the other girl, once more despondent.
"I don't quite know, but I do know that d**k will find a way. He's simply wonderful. He knows more now than that Doctor DuQuesne will ever learn in all his life, and he will find us in a few days. I feel it in my bones. Besides, I picked Perkins' pockets of these
