For all I know, they may have landed by
this time."
"Oh," said Amy, still too dazed to take it all in. "Then all this time
we have thought of them as dead, they were alive--"
"Very much so," said Will, with a grin, "and probably kicking too--
just like us!"
CHAPTER XXI
OUT OF THE DARK
It took the Outdoor Girls a moment or two to digest this rather
startling information. And when it did finally seep into their
consciousness, their first feeling was one of joy for the poor
professor whose sons would be restored to him after all.
But quick on the heels of this thought came another. How could the
sons be restored to their father, if the father were nowhere to be
found?
"You say the old chap skipped out, decamped?" Will broke in on their
meditations. "That sort of complicates matters, doesn't it?"
"Rather," agreed Roy, frowning. "It is going to be rather tough on
those fellows, James and Arnold, to come home, expecting to be
welcomed by a rejoicing parent, only to find said parent missing."
"Humph, that's the first time I've thought of the boys' side of it,"
said Betty.
Pages:
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178