CHAPTER XXIII
EXIT THE SEABOARD AIRLINE PATROL
Some hours later, the Hatton motor was waiting for its three passengers at the end of the road by the sea. Brisk as bees and as noisy as a brass band, the youngsters had been stirring around packing up their shark's teeth and other mementoes. This occupation was interrupted by Hardy with a proposition that met with loud approval.
"Stop just one minute. We've got to have a small-sized ten minute jamboree before you boys go, with a pledge and promise you'll come again for a rest cure, just fishing and swimming and such quiet parlor sports. I'll promise your parents to have every villain exterminated from the county."
"Just keep one or two loose," suggested Cat with a grin. "We don't want to go stale."
"You'd go something worse than that with a few more nights like that wild one we managed to live through. But here comes Luke with the
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