Sure enough, the pursuing car was swift, but the big Galbraith car was a speed wonder, and the elopers darted ahead with renewed determination to escape capture. "Oh, what a shame!" wailed Patty. "They recognised us, and now they'll get away." "Not if I know it!" and Farnsworth set his teeth hard. "Sit tight, Patty; we're going to go faster!" It didn't seem as if they could go any faster, but they did, and if it had been anybody driving except Farnsworth, Patty would have felt frightened. But she knew his skill, and too, she knew that he never let excitement or enthusiasm run away with his judgment. So she sat as still as she could, striving to catch her breath in the face of the wind; and refraining from speech, lest she distract Bill's attention even for a second. At last, when they had a long, clear view ahead, and they saw the red car ever increasing the distance between them, Bill gave up. "It's no use, Patty; we can't catch them! I've done all I can, but that car they're in is a world-beater! They went through Greenwich like a streak. They would have been arrested, but no one could stop them. Oh, I say, My Little Girl,--I have an idea!" "Is your idea faster than their car, Little Billee?" "You bet it is! Just you wait and see; Patty, we've _got_ 'em!" Farnsworth turned around and drove rapidly back to Greenwich, which they had just passed through. At a hotel there, he jumped out, told Patty to wait, and rushed into the office. It was nearly ten minutes before he returned, and Patty could scarcely believe that whatever plan he had could be of any use after such delay. He jumped in beside her, turned around, and in a minute they were again whizzing along, following the direction of the other car. "I'll tell you what I did, Patty," he said, chuckling. "I telephoned to the Stamford Chief of Police, and asked him to arrest those people for speeding as they crossed the city limit!" "Will they be speeding?" "_Will_ they be speeding? You _bet_ they will! And even if they aren't, they'll be arrested, all the same, and held without bail until we get there! Oh, Patty, if the situation were not so serious, I could laugh at this joke on Lansing!" On they went, at their highest speed, and reached Stamford not very much later than the red car they were following. At the city line, they found this car standing, with two or three policemen forbidding its further progress. Horace Lansing was in a violent fit of temper, and was alternating bribes with threats of vengeance, but the policemen were imperturbable, having been told the facts of the case by Farnsworth over the telephone. Mona was weeping bitterly, and though Patty went to her with affectionate words, she stormed back, "Go away, Patty Fairfield! You have no right to interfere in my affairs! It was your prying that found this out. Go away; I won't speak to you!" "By what right have you followed us, Miss Fairfield?" began Mr. Lansing, looking at Patty, angrily.