The House on the Cliff
Chapter 9: Plan of Attack
Frank
slyly asks for a drink and his plan works. He is taken into the kitchen, and he
examines the cap as he passes it hanging by the door. On the way back out, the
cap is gone. Frank leads the teen detectives away from the house, then
tells them he’s sure the cap belongs to his father. Even worse, it is covered
with bloodstains! Alarmed, the boys return and confront Red and his two
cohorts. Red admits he found the cap on the road, but he knows nothing else
about it! Remounting their motorcycles, the detectives speed back to Bayport,
where Chief Collig says he will notify the State Police, since the Pollitt
place is located outside of Bayport. Later that evening, Frank and Joe reassure
their mother that Mr. Hardy will be found. The boy sleuths ponder the clues
they have about the smuggling outfit and the house on the cliff. Could the
smugglers be connected to the old Pollitt place? How would they reach the house
from the harbor below? The boys decide they will get Tony’s motorboat and find
out!
