CHAPTER XVI

RUTH SENDS FOR HELP “An airplane!” Chess Copley ejaculated. He glanced again at the tire tracks and then at Ruth Fielding. “I believe you’re right!” “This field would make an excellent landing place.” “Unless one were afraid of dropping into the ravine on the hop-off.” “A skillful aviator would have no trouble. Everything points to the belief that on the night the bank was broken into an airplane landed in this field.” “The farmer mentioned hearing strange noises that were something like those made from an automobi…