Chapter XIX
Captured
Tensely, the Hardy boys crouched in the tunnel, as they heard the voice of the Dodds former hired man.
"It's a dirty night out," he was saying. "You're welcome to the trip, Dan."
"Still raining?"
"Pouring. I'm soaked to the skin," grumbled Montrose. "It's no fun, ploughing down through that gully."
"Well, you won't have much more to do to-night," said one of the men placatingly. "We landed a fine roadster while you were out."
"The one I was telling you about?"
"The same."
"Seems funny about that car being parked on the Shore Road three nights in a row. I saw it there the other evening and passed it up. Then last night I got in and would have driven it away, only I couldn't get it started. Different kind of car than any I've ever been in. I went out and found Sam and we were
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