CHAPTER XVI

TRAPPED It was a bumpy runway down which the _Silver Streak_ roared, but Ted Scott negotiated it with less difficulty than he had feared, made a safe take-off, and headed for Denver. His heart was filled with jubilation, chiefly of course because of the recaptured mail. Ever since Ted had been in the Air Mail Service it had been a matter of pride to him that he had never lost a single piece of mail matter. And his heart had been very sore for the last few days at the marring of his record by the loss of his cargo. …