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"I was wondering whether those two men you saw could have had
anything to do with that queer crash and flash?" suggested Hugh
slowly.
"Ginger! I wonder now!" exclaimed Ralph, who apparently had not
thought to connect the pair of strangers with the mysterious goings-on.
"But they didn't seem to have anything along with them at that
time. I remember seeing the taller man take something out of his
pocket and examine it, Hugh; and at the time it struck me the shiny
object looked mighty like one of these modern automatic pistols."
Hugh shook his head as though, try as he would, as yet he could see
no way of solving the puzzle. Just then Bud came back, having fixed
the door the same way he had found it, with the loose board used as
a prop to keep it in position.
"Just as you said, Hugh," he announced, "it's clear as a bell, with
a young moon hanging low in the western sky and the stars shining
like all get-out. No siree, thunder never yet was heard on a night
like this. So I guess it must have been a blast. They do say
dynamite shakes the ground a heap more than powder, because its
force is always directed downward. If you put a cartridge on top
of a big rock and fire it, the boulder is shattered to pieces.
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