Part 2 (1/2)
”I guess I've got it all here now,” he said finally ”I'll skip the first part You read me overnlers, ca airshi+ps to slip contraband goods over the border at night”
”Nohere's that mention of Shopton? Oh, here it is,” and he read:
”'It is suspected that so with confederates in Shopton, New York This caovernoods in a small town in New York on the St
Lawrence The na kept secret for the present”
”'It was learned that the goods were found in a s the to the disposal of the articles They refuse to say who the letters were from, but it is believed that some of Uncle Sa of Shopton, there to follow up the clew Many thousands of dollars worth of goods have been sled, and the United States, as well as the Dominion of Canada custom authorities, say they are deterlers The airshi+p theory is the latest put forth'”
”Well, say, that's the li
”What do you know about that?”
”It brings it right ho inventor ”But who is there in Shopton ould be in league with the slers?”
”That's hard to say”
”Of course we don't know everyone in toent on Tom, ”but I'm pretty well acquainted here, and I don't know of a person ould dare engage in such work”
”Maybe it's a stranger who came here, and picked out this place because it was so quiet,” suggested Ned
”That's possible But where would he operate from?” asked Toled goods”
”They may only shi+p thenized by the custoain,” went on Ned ”This lers”
”That's so Well, I don't knoe have anything to do with it
Only if those fellows are using an airshi+p I'd like to knohat kind it is Well, come on out to the shop now, and we'll see how the silent motor works”
On the way To hiave his parent the piece of paper to read, telling about the s airshi+ps! eh?” exclaimed Mr Swift ”And they think there's a clew here in Shopton? Well, we'll get celebrated if we keep on, Tom,” he added with a s over the , and bore out all Tom claimed for it It was as silent as a watch
”Next I want to get it in the airshi+p, and give it a good test,” To it up, as it was connected on a heavy base in the shop
”I'll help you,” promised Ned, and for the next few days the chu the silent motor into one of Tom's several airshi+ps
”Well, I think we caninventor, about a week later ”I need soh, Ned
Let's take a walk into town and get theer?”
”No, and I don't want to I suppose he's gone back hoo down the street, where the Foger house is, and see if there's anything going on”
As the two lads passed the mansion, they saw a man, in the kind of suit usually worn by a carpenter, coarden In his hand he held a saw
”Still at the repairs, I guess,” remarked Ned ”I wonder what--”