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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Chapter sixteen of The Tower Treasure by Franklin W. Dixon.
This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Chapter sixteen
a confession. Riley ordered the chief.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
See that package on the counter of the fruit stand,
Go and get it, and pour a pail of water
over it.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Huh, exclaimed Riley, gaping.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Pour a pail of water over it.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Riley took off his helmet and scratched his head. He
began to wonder if his chief's brain had been affected
by the heat.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Don't stand there staring at.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Me, snapped colg.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Hurry up and obey orders.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
This is the meanest job I ever got, observed con Riley.
But he ambled across the street, wondering why a crowd
of people had collected for word had quickly spread that
a bomb had been found under Roco's fruit stand. And
when he reached the package, he inspected it, wonderingly.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Maybe she'll blow him all to a.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Divince, suggested Roco.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Fearfully, he has insurance.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Consoled the chief. We'll give him a good funeral, observed Smuff.
Con Riley hunted around the fruit stand until he found
a pail, and then he went up the street until
he located a tap. Finally, with the pail full of water,
he went back to the fruit stand, dumped the water
(01:35):
over the package, and stood awaiting further orders.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Soak it again, roared the Chief.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Who was taking no chances. Con Riley sighed, but did
as he was told. For five minutes, he was kept
busy dumping innumerable pails of water over the package, and
only then did Chief College and Detective Smuff venture forth. Then,
with fear and trembling, Chief College handed the package to
(02:06):
Smuff and bade him open it. Smuff's hands were shaking
so that he could scarcely tear apart the coverings from
the water soaked parcel. The Chief withdrew to a safe distance. Conriley,
who had just been told by a friend that he
had been pouring water over a live bomb, was trying
(02:28):
to achieve a sickly smile as the crowd congratulated him
on his bravery. Detective Smuff opened the package, the coverings
fell away. The cardboard box, dripping with water, tumbled apart.
A bright object fell to the pavement with a clatter.
Everybody jumped, but there was no cause for fear. The
(02:52):
bright object was nothing more harmful than an old alarm clock.
The Hardy Boys and their chums, mingling with the crowd,
roared with laughter, and when the crowd saw how Chief
Colic and his assistants had been duped, they joined in
the merriment. An alarm clock roared someone they thought.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
An alarm clock was a bomb. Pouring water over an
alarm clock.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Chief Colleague and Smuff returned to the police station with
all the dignity they could muster under the circumstances. The
crowd howled and whooped with laughter. The Hardy boys went
home smiling. The seven o'clock train had left half an
hour before. Their father was making the trip to the
(03:39):
city without the interference of the Chief and his assistant Smuff.
Fentenhardi returned home late that night, and at the breakfast
table next morning, he was in high spirits seld another mystery,
asked Missus Hardy gaily as she poured the coffee. She
seldom asked questions of about her husband's work, being of
(04:02):
a gentle nature that instinctively shrank from any discussion of crime.
It frequently distressed her that mister Hardy's occupation should be
one that meant terms of imprisonment. For those whom his
cunning and cleverness had brought to justice. But her husband's
attitude this morning was so unmistakably jubilant that she was
(04:25):
glad for his sake. If he had scored another success.
Speaker 4 (04:29):
Practically solved it, my dear, if he cared to hear
all about it.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Not me.
Speaker 5 (04:34):
You know, I don't care to hear about these terrible things.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
Well, the boys shall hear of it, then they are interested.
If they'll come into my den after breakfast, I'll tell
them all about it.
Speaker 5 (04:46):
That means you succeeded, Frank said.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
Eat your bacon and eggs, and don't be impatient.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
After breakfast, the boys went with their father into the
den off the library, eagerly awaiting news of his mission.
Of the previous evening, they had not told him how
Chief Colleague and Detective Smuff had missed the train, but
they were shrewdly certain that their efforts in this respect
had been of considerable assistance to mister Hardy.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
First of all, said the detective Jacklee is dead. Did
he confess you're not very sympathetic for the poor fellow, Yes,
he confessed. Fortunately, Chief Colleague and Detective Smuff didn't show up.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Fenton Hardy saw that Joe and Frank glanced at one another,
and he smiled quietly.
Speaker 4 (05:39):
I have an idea that you two scamps know more
about that than you will care to tell. However, they
failed to show up, and I had a clear feeld
ahead of me. I saw Jackee just before he died,
and I questioned him about the tower robbery.
Speaker 5 (05:55):
He admitted it.
Speaker 4 (05:57):
He admitted everything he said. He came to with the
intention of robbing the ticket office. When he failed in
that attempt, he decided to hang around for a few days,
and then he hit upon the Tower mansion as his
next effort. He entered the place and opened the safe.
Then he took the jewels and the bonds.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
What did he do with the loot?
Speaker 4 (06:19):
That's what I'm coming to. I had quite a time
making Jackly confess to the tower affair, and it was
not until he was on the point of death that
he admitted it. Then he said, yes, I took the stuff,
but I couldn't get away with it. You can get
it back easily. I hid it in the old tower.
(06:41):
That was all he said. He became unconscious then and
died in a few minutes. Just why he couldn't get
away with the loot, and why he hid it in
the tower, I don't know. He didn't have time to
tell me, but he said it was hidden in the
old tower.
Speaker 5 (06:59):
Why we'll find it in no time, exclaimed Frank Tower.
Manson has two towers, the old and the new. Will
search the old tower.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
The story seems likely enough, said mister Hardy. Jacklee would
gain nothing by lying about it when he was on
his deathbed. He probably became frightened after he committed the
robbery and hid in the old tower till he saw
the coast was clear and he was able to get away. Then,
no doubt he decided to hide the stuff there and
(07:30):
take a chance on coming back for it some time
after the affair had blown over.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
That's why he couldn't be traced through the jewels and
the bonds.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Joe said they were.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
Never disposed of at all. They've been lying in the
old tower all this time.
Speaker 4 (07:45):
I tried to get him to tell me in just
what part of the tower the loot was.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Hidden, continued Fenton Hardy.
Speaker 4 (07:51):
But he died before he could say any more. I
hid it in the old tower. He just managed to
gasp that out before he became unconscious.
Speaker 5 (08:02):
It shouldn't be hard to find the stuff now that
we have a general idea of where it is.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Frank pointed out.
Speaker 5 (08:08):
Probably he didn't hide it very carefully. The old tower
has been unoccupied for a long time and is rarely entered.
The stuff would be as safe there as if he
had hidden it miles away.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Joe got up from his chair.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
I think we ought to get busy and go search
the old tower right away. Oh boy, if we could
only hand Old Applegate his jewels and bonds this morning
and clear mister Robinson, let's start.
Speaker 4 (08:32):
I'll leave it to you boys to make the search.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Said mister Hardy with a smile.
Speaker 4 (08:37):
I have no doubt the stuff will be easily recovered,
and you can have the satisfaction of turning it over
to mister Applegate. I guess you can get along without
me in this case. From now on.
Speaker 5 (08:48):
We wouldn't have gotten very far if it hadn't been for.
Speaker 4 (08:50):
You, and I wouldn't have got very far if it
hadn't been for you. So we're even smiled.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
Mister Hardy, be on your way, and good luck to you.
Speaker 5 (09:02):
We'll find it, never fear.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
Promised Frank putting on his cap.
Speaker 5 (09:06):
I hope the applegates don't throw us out when we
ask to be allowed to look around in the old tower.
Speaker 4 (09:11):
Just tell them you have a pretty good clue to
where the bonds and jewels are hidden, and they'll let
you search to your heart's content.
Speaker 5 (09:18):
Mister Hardy advised, come on, then, Joe, we'll have that
thousand dollars reward before the morning is over.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
Their father glanced at them shrewdly.
Speaker 4 (09:29):
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
He said, And then as the boys hastened out of
the den, he called after.
Speaker 4 (09:37):
Them, Also, you might remember the old proverb that there
is many a slip between the cup and the lip.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
But the Hardy boys scarcely heard him, so eager were
they to begin searching the old Tower, and so confident
were they that the mystery was about to be cleared
up end of Chapter sixteen,
Chapter sixteen of The Tower Treasure by Franklin W. Dixon.
This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Chapter sixteen
a confession. Riley ordered the chief.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
See that package on the counter of the fruit stand,
Go and get it, and pour a pail of water
over it.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Huh, exclaimed Riley, gaping.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Pour a pail of water over it.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Riley took off his helmet and scratched his head. He
began to wonder if his chief's brain had been affected
by the heat.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Don't stand there staring at.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Me, snapped colg.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Hurry up and obey orders.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
This is the meanest job I ever got, observed con Riley.
But he ambled across the street, wondering why a crowd
of people had collected for word had quickly spread that
a bomb had been found under Roco's fruit stand. And
when he reached the package, he inspected it, wonderingly.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Maybe she'll blow him all to a.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Divince, suggested Roco.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Fearfully, he has insurance.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Consoled the chief. We'll give him a good funeral, observed Smuff.
Con Riley hunted around the fruit stand until he found
a pail, and then he went up the street until
he located a tap. Finally, with the pail full of water,
he went back to the fruit stand, dumped the water
(01:35):
over the package, and stood awaiting further orders.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Soak it again, roared the Chief.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Who was taking no chances. Con Riley sighed, but did
as he was told. For five minutes, he was kept
busy dumping innumerable pails of water over the package, and
only then did Chief College and Detective Smuff venture forth. Then,
with fear and trembling, Chief College handed the package to
(02:06):
Smuff and bade him open it. Smuff's hands were shaking
so that he could scarcely tear apart the coverings from
the water soaked parcel. The Chief withdrew to a safe distance. Conriley,
who had just been told by a friend that he
had been pouring water over a live bomb, was trying
(02:28):
to achieve a sickly smile as the crowd congratulated him
on his bravery. Detective Smuff opened the package, the coverings
fell away. The cardboard box, dripping with water, tumbled apart.
A bright object fell to the pavement with a clatter.
Everybody jumped, but there was no cause for fear. The
(02:52):
bright object was nothing more harmful than an old alarm clock.
The Hardy Boys and their chums, mingling with the crowd,
roared with laughter, and when the crowd saw how Chief
Colic and his assistants had been duped, they joined in
the merriment. An alarm clock roared someone they thought.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
An alarm clock was a bomb. Pouring water over an
alarm clock.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Chief Colleague and Smuff returned to the police station with
all the dignity they could muster under the circumstances. The
crowd howled and whooped with laughter. The Hardy boys went
home smiling. The seven o'clock train had left half an
hour before. Their father was making the trip to the
(03:39):
city without the interference of the Chief and his assistant Smuff.
Fentenhardi returned home late that night, and at the breakfast
table next morning, he was in high spirits seld another mystery,
asked Missus Hardy gaily as she poured the coffee. She
seldom asked questions of about her husband's work, being of
(04:02):
a gentle nature that instinctively shrank from any discussion of crime.
It frequently distressed her that mister Hardy's occupation should be
one that meant terms of imprisonment. For those whom his
cunning and cleverness had brought to justice. But her husband's
attitude this morning was so unmistakably jubilant that she was
(04:25):
glad for his sake. If he had scored another success.
Speaker 4 (04:29):
Practically solved it, my dear, if he cared to hear
all about it.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Not me.
Speaker 5 (04:34):
You know, I don't care to hear about these terrible things.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
Well, the boys shall hear of it, then they are interested.
If they'll come into my den after breakfast, I'll tell
them all about it.
Speaker 5 (04:46):
That means you succeeded, Frank said.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
Eat your bacon and eggs, and don't be impatient.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
After breakfast, the boys went with their father into the
den off the library, eagerly awaiting news of his mission.
Of the previous evening, they had not told him how
Chief Colleague and Detective Smuff had missed the train, but
they were shrewdly certain that their efforts in this respect
had been of considerable assistance to mister Hardy.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
First of all, said the detective Jacklee is dead. Did
he confess you're not very sympathetic for the poor fellow, Yes,
he confessed. Fortunately, Chief Colleague and Detective Smuff didn't show up.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Fenton Hardy saw that Joe and Frank glanced at one another,
and he smiled quietly.
Speaker 4 (05:39):
I have an idea that you two scamps know more
about that than you will care to tell. However, they
failed to show up, and I had a clear feeld
ahead of me. I saw Jackee just before he died,
and I questioned him about the tower robbery.
Speaker 5 (05:55):
He admitted it.
Speaker 4 (05:57):
He admitted everything he said. He came to with the
intention of robbing the ticket office. When he failed in
that attempt, he decided to hang around for a few days,
and then he hit upon the Tower mansion as his
next effort. He entered the place and opened the safe.
Then he took the jewels and the bonds.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
What did he do with the loot?
Speaker 4 (06:19):
That's what I'm coming to. I had quite a time
making Jackly confess to the tower affair, and it was
not until he was on the point of death that
he admitted it. Then he said, yes, I took the stuff,
but I couldn't get away with it. You can get
it back easily. I hid it in the old tower.
(06:41):
That was all he said. He became unconscious then and
died in a few minutes. Just why he couldn't get
away with the loot, and why he hid it in
the tower, I don't know. He didn't have time to
tell me, but he said it was hidden in the
old tower.
Speaker 5 (06:59):
Why we'll find it in no time, exclaimed Frank Tower.
Manson has two towers, the old and the new. Will
search the old tower.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
The story seems likely enough, said mister Hardy. Jacklee would
gain nothing by lying about it when he was on
his deathbed. He probably became frightened after he committed the
robbery and hid in the old tower till he saw
the coast was clear and he was able to get away. Then,
no doubt he decided to hide the stuff there and
(07:30):
take a chance on coming back for it some time
after the affair had blown over.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
That's why he couldn't be traced through the jewels and
the bonds.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Joe said they were.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
Never disposed of at all. They've been lying in the
old tower all this time.
Speaker 4 (07:45):
I tried to get him to tell me in just
what part of the tower the loot was.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Hidden, continued Fenton Hardy.
Speaker 4 (07:51):
But he died before he could say any more. I
hid it in the old tower. He just managed to
gasp that out before he became unconscious.
Speaker 5 (08:02):
It shouldn't be hard to find the stuff now that
we have a general idea of where it is.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Frank pointed out.
Speaker 5 (08:08):
Probably he didn't hide it very carefully. The old tower
has been unoccupied for a long time and is rarely entered.
The stuff would be as safe there as if he
had hidden it miles away.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Joe got up from his chair.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
I think we ought to get busy and go search
the old tower right away. Oh boy, if we could
only hand Old Applegate his jewels and bonds this morning
and clear mister Robinson, let's start.
Speaker 4 (08:32):
I'll leave it to you boys to make the search.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Said mister Hardy with a smile.
Speaker 4 (08:37):
I have no doubt the stuff will be easily recovered,
and you can have the satisfaction of turning it over
to mister Applegate. I guess you can get along without
me in this case. From now on.
Speaker 5 (08:48):
We wouldn't have gotten very far if it hadn't been for.
Speaker 4 (08:50):
You, and I wouldn't have got very far if it
hadn't been for you. So we're even smiled.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
Mister Hardy, be on your way, and good luck to you.
Speaker 5 (09:02):
We'll find it, never fear.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
Promised Frank putting on his cap.
Speaker 5 (09:06):
I hope the applegates don't throw us out when we
ask to be allowed to look around in the old tower.
Speaker 4 (09:11):
Just tell them you have a pretty good clue to
where the bonds and jewels are hidden, and they'll let
you search to your heart's content.
Speaker 5 (09:18):
Mister Hardy advised, come on, then, Joe, we'll have that
thousand dollars reward before the morning is over.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
Their father glanced at them shrewdly.
Speaker 4 (09:29):
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
He said, And then as the boys hastened out of
the den, he called after.
Speaker 4 (09:37):
Them, Also, you might remember the old proverb that there
is many a slip between the cup and the lip.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
But the Hardy boys scarcely heard him, so eager were
they to begin searching the old Tower, and so confident
were they that the mystery was about to be cleared
up end of Chapter sixteen,
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