CHAPTER XXIV

TROUBLES AND WORRIES Instantly the scene just outside the hangar where the plane and the car were kept was in confusion. So quickly had Schlump given his captor the slip that, for a moment, every one was stunned. Even Tom Swift, accustomed as he was to emergencies, did not know what to do. But this hesitation was only momentary. “Get him!” shouted the young inventor. “We’ve got to get him! Scatter and round him up!” “Turn on the searchlight!” yelled Ned. “By golly!” chuckled Eradicate, who had seen the man get away…