The House on the Cliff
Chapter 19: The Chase
In
a thrilling showdown, the drugs are cast overboard by the smugglers, but Biff
is in the water in seconds, retrieving the valuable bag. The smugglers are
arrested and handcuffed!
Meanwhile,
Chet and Tony have led Officer Bertram back to the cave. Two men in a boat have
just entered the tunnel ahead of them! Cunningly these smugglers elude the
searchers and escape into the cliff. An all-out search is conducted of the cave
and the woodshed above it at the Pollitt place. By this time, state troopers
have arrived and surround the house.
Suddenly
Snattman appears in a second-floor window! Waving a gun, he announces he will
kill all three of his hostages – the Hardys! – unless his men are allowed to
escape. Shut in their attic prison, the Hardys have spent the last hour using
two small knives to hack at the wood bars nailed across the door. Finally, the
door opens!
