"
"In there when the tank broke open things?"
"I think so. I didn't see them before, but they certainly
ran out as we started away."
"This has got to be looked into!" decided Tom. "Come on,
Ned! It may be more of that spy business !"
Tom Swift stopped the tank and prepared to get out
Chapter XVI
The Old Barn
"There's no use chasing after 'em, Tom," observed Ned, as
the two chums stood side by side outside the tank and gazed
after the three men running off across the fields as fast as
they could go. "They've got too much a start of us."
"I guess you're right, Ned," agreed Tom. "And we can't
very well pursue them in the tank. She goes a bit faster
than anything of her build, but a running man is more than a
match for her in a short distance. If I had the Hawk here,
there'd be a different story to tell."
"Well, seeing that you haven't," replied Ned, suppose we
let them go--which we'll have to, whether we want to or not--and
see where they, were hiding and if they left any traces behind."
"That's a good idea," returned Tom.
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