"Sure—I know that, now! Oh, if only I had my hands on 'em. Say, they don't belong at Brill, do they?" went on the farm hand eagerly.
"No, although they used to go there," answered Dick.
"Then you saw 'em?"
"Yes, we saw them running away."
"What are their names?" and when Dick had mentioned them Dan Murdock shook his head slowly.
"I've heard of 'em before," he said. "They used to hang around at the tavern. I was a big fool, no two ways about it! I guess they'll keep out of my sight after this."
"More than likely," answered Dick.
When the boys arrived at the college they found an anxious crowd looking for them and the biplane. Songbird and Stanley and several others rushed to the carriage to greet them.
"Were you wrecked?"
"Did you get a bad tumble?"
"Where did you come down?"
So the questions ran on and the boys had to answer as best they could. Everybody seemed to be glad to learn that they had escaped from the fury of the sudden hailstorm—that is, everybody but Dudd Flockley and his new crony, Andy Yates.
