"
"Oh, I probably wouldn't want it very long. I could cover the
lake in about three days, and I hope by that time I could locate
the thieves. Is it a bargain?"
"Sure," agreed Andy again, and Tom got into the motor-boat to look
at the engine. He found that it would require some time to adjust
it properly and that it would be necessary to take the motor
apart.
"I think I'd better tow you to my dock," the young inventor said
to Andy. "I can use some tools from the shop then, and by
to-night I'll have the RED STREAK in running order."
The breeze was in the right quarter, fortunately, and with the
motor-boat dragging behind, the ARROW's owner put the nose of the
sailing craft toward his home dock.
When Tom reached his house he found that Mrs. Baggert had received
another telephone message from Mr. Swift, inquiring why his son
had not returned to Sandport.
"He says if you don't come back by to-morrow," repeated the
housekeeper, "that he'll come home by train. He's getting
anxious, I believe."
"Shouldn't wonder," admitted Tom. "But I want him to stay there.
The change will do him good. I'll soon have my boat back, now
that I can go about the lake swiftly, and then I'll join him.
I'll tell him to be patient."
Tom talked with his father at some length, assuring him that
everything was well at the Shopton house and promising to soon be
with him.
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