"That may have been it," he resumed after a hasty examination of
the gasoline tank, to make sure there were no leaks in it. "To
get even with me for outbidding him on the boat, Andy may have
wanted to destroy the ARROW. Well, of all the mean tricks, that's
about the limit! But wait until I see him. I've got evidence
against him," and Tom looked at the key ring. "I could almost
have him arrested for this."
Going outside the boathouse, Tom stood on the edge of the dock and
peered into the darkness. He could hear the faint sound of
someone rowing across the lake, but there was no light.
"He had one of those electric flash lanterns," decided Tom. "If I
hadn't found his keys, I might have thought it was Happy Harry
instead of Andy."
The young inventor went back into the house after carefully
locking the boat compartment and detaching from the engine an
electrical device, without which the motor in the ARROW could not
be started.
"That will prevent them from running away with my boat, anyhow,"
decided Tom. "And I'll tell Garret Jackson to keep a sharp watch
to-night." Jackson was the engineer at Mr. Swift's workshop.
Tom told his father of the happening and Mr. Swift was properly
indignant. He wanted to go at once to see Mr.
Pages:
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64