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"You've lost them!" Bob and Pete cried.

"For the moment," Worthington said. "But they will soon realize we have left the highway. We must drive on swiftly."

He pushed down the accelerator, raced the massive car along the narrow dirt road--and screeched to a jolting stop.

"I'm sorry, boys," Worthington said in dismay.

The dirt road ended in an empty box canyon!

"Drive back to the highway!" Jupiter ordered. "Quickly. Maybe they haven't missed us yet!"

Worthington turned the big car, and drove back towards the main road.

The Mercedes almost hit them head on as they rounded a sharp curve! Worthington swerved half off the road. Before he could recover and turn, the two men jumped from the Mercedes and ran up to the Rolls-Royce. They held pistols!

"Out! Now!" one barked. He was a stranger but Pete recognized the second man as the one who had asked him for directions the day before.

Warily, the boys and Worthington got out of the Rolls.

"Now see here, my good man," Worthington protested. "We don't know what--"

"Quiet!" the first man snapped.

The second grabbed a startled Jupiter, tied a gag in his mouth, dropped a heavy bag over his head, and dragged him into the Mercedes! The first man waved his pistol menacingly at Bob, Pete, and Worthington.

"Don't follow us! Not if you value your lives, or want to see him again."

The man turned and ran to the Mercedes. It vanished towards the highway.

Jupiter was gone.





3

A Deadly Mistake



PETE WHIRLED towards the Rolls-Royce.

"We've got to follow them!"

"No, Pete!" Worthington and Bob both cried.

Pete stared. "But we have to try to help Jupe!"