Part 19 (2/2)
”But it's funny anyone would attack Duke and Jerry,” Barby objected
”It isn'twell, logical”
Rick grinned Logic and his sister had never become well acquainted
He answered, ”Suppose the ene track of movements by water to Spindrift? That isn't farfetched They could do it easily without being noticed Then, late yesterday, they sao et in a boat and co from cover
And what did they see?”
Jan answered excitedly, ”Jerry, and a man who looked like uess correctly, they waited, hoping the ht was Dr Morrison would co”
”Sounds reasonable,” Scotty agreed ”Except for one s Why attack Dr Morrison when all they have to do is turn on a gadget and his oes blank?”
Jan shuddered visibly Scotty added hurriedly, ”Sorry, Jan”
”Maybe it's not that sihtfully ”If they only have to turn on a gadget, why did they need to drug Dr Marks?”
There was no answer to that As soon as they were air-borne, Rick headed north, searching the coastline, swinging lo and then to examine marinas where numbers of boats were tied up Scotty kept the binoculars working, but there was no sign of a pram
”Do you suppose it's under cover soht cover it if they thought anyone would co for it”
”They'll surely think of that, won't they?” Barby asked
”Not necessarily After all, they tied up at the pier in plain sight
I think they assumed no one would worry about a small rowboat They just didn't know pralasses down for a moment and rubbed his eyes ”How far could they have come, anyway? We're miles above Spindrift, and no one would row that far”
He was right, of course Rick ad my brains, and I can't remember whether or not the pram had an outboard motor
Just as I was about to take a close look, Jerry yelled Do you remember, Scotty?”
Scotty shook his head ”But even with an outboard, they probably wouldn't have coon around and headed south on a straight course to Spindrift As the fast little plane passed over the Brant house he throttled back and dropped lower ”Let's start the search again”
Every cove was investigated, and anything that ht have been a boat was inspected carefully Then, as they reached the summer colony north of Seaford, Barby exclaiain!”
The houseboat was putting out fro on a northerly course Rick saw that it was powered by twin outboards and that it cruised at about fifteen knots
Scotty yelled, ”Hey! Behind the houseboat! Look at the dory they're towing!”
Rick swung low and craned his neck to see It was! The houseboat used a pram as a tender, and the prah,” he said with satisfaction He kept the Sky Wagon on a southerly course until Seaford passed below, to keep the houseboaters fro the plane's sole interest had been in them Beyond Seaford, he picked up Cap'n Mike's shack across the road from the old windmill
”Let's see if Mike's ho