easily seen that they've been used for a long time. Some of the tunnels look as if they'd been blasted out to widen them. We're certainly lucky to have found their hiding place, for we'd never have found it unless we'd been brought here."
"From their talk, they evidently drive the cars to Atlantic City from here."
"Must have a secret road of some kind, or they'd never get through."
"Montrose spoke of coming through a gully."
"There is a gully near the Dodd farm. Now that I come to think of it, I believe there is an abandoned road through it. The place has been overgrown with brush for the past five years, though."
"Perhaps they cleared it out."
"The road used to lead out to one of the private, right-of-way roads in the back township. Since the Shore Road was extended, it's never been used. I'll bet that's what they're doing—using that old road and bringing the cars out the back way. The police haven't been watching the private roads at all."
"It's a smart scheme. Well, it won't last much longer."
Suddenly, a voice rang out, clear and sharp:
"I'll get the lantern. It's right here."
Startled, the boys wheeled about. The voice
