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25 - Hardy Boys The Mystery of Cabin Island by Franklin W Dixon · Hardy Boys: The Mystery of Cabin Island

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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty five, Elroy Jefferson is pleased. The storm died
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  Speaker 1: down early that afternoon, and the chums left the island
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  Speaker 1: and set out for Bayport, with the injured Handley wrapped
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  Speaker 1: in blankets on one of the ice boats. Annley was
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  Speaker 1: completely beaten when he got back to Bayport. He managed
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  Speaker 1: to make his way to the railway station, caught the
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  Speaker 1: first train, and was never seen in the city again.
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  Speaker 1: It was fortunate for him that he left when he did.
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  Speaker 1: The hardy boys made no report to the police, so
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  Speaker 1: he had nothing to fear from that quarter. But Tad
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  Speaker 1: Carson and Ike Nash, wrathful at the loss of their boat,
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  Speaker 1: were anxious to find their erstwhile employer. The four chums
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  Speaker 1: went up to the Jefferson home. Together they found mister
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  Speaker 1: Jefferson in the library reading. He greeted them kindly, Well boys,
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  Speaker 1: he said, what brings you back from Cabin Island? So soon?
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  Speaker 1: Haven't you enjoying yourselves? We've had a fine time, sir,
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  Speaker 1: said Frank, who acted as spokesman. We came back because
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  Speaker 1: we found something there that might interest you, something that
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  Speaker 1: might interest me, asked mister Jefferson. Puzzled, I can't imagine
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  Speaker 1: what on earth it can be. Sit down and tell
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  Speaker 1: me all about it. Frank produced the Rosewood Box. Do
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  Speaker 1: you recognize this, sir? Elroy Jefferson gazed at the box incredulously.
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  Speaker 1: My stamps, he exclaimed, my precious stamp collection. With trembling hands,
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  Speaker 1: he seized the box and opened it. When he saw
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  Speaker 1: that the stamps were undamaged and exactly as he had
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  Speaker 1: last seen them, his joy knew no bounds. Tell me,
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  Speaker 1: he demanded, in excitement. Tell me where you found them
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  Speaker 1: on the island. We found them on Cabin Island, replied Frank,
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  Speaker 1: hidden in the old chimney among the stones. They have
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  Speaker 1: been there for years. Elroy Jefferson was amazed. But how
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  Speaker 1: did you learn they were there? I never suspected for
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  Speaker 1: a moment why I had given them up for lost.
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  Speaker 1: You can't imagine what this means to me. Boys, that
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  Speaker 1: stamp collection is priceless. It was one of the tragedies
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  Speaker 1: of my life when the Rosewood Box was stolen. Then
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  Speaker 1: the boys told him the full story of their adventures
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  Speaker 1: on Cabin Island, beginning with their first encounter with Hanley
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  Speaker 1: and concluding with their discovery of the Rosewood Box. After
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  Speaker 1: the chimney had been wrecked by the storm. I'm afraid
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  Speaker 1: the cabin is in a bit of a mess, said Frank,
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  Speaker 1: But I don't think we'd have found the stamps at
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  Speaker 1: all if things had not happened the way they did.
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  Speaker 1: I am, of course sorry about the cabin, said mister Jefferson,
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  Speaker 1: but these stamps mean more to me than that. The
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  Speaker 1: cabin can be fixed up for a few dollars. So
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  Speaker 1: that was why Hanley was so anxious to buy the place.
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  Speaker 1: The rascal John Sparewell's nephew. I always knew Sparewell had
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  Speaker 1: stolen the Rosewood box, but I never dreamed he had
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  Speaker 1: hidden it so near at hand. The old gentleman's gratification
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  Speaker 1: was inspiring. The boys had known that he would be
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  Speaker 1: pleased at the return of his treasured stamp collection, but
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  Speaker 1: they had not expected that it would give him the
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  Speaker 1: degree of pleasure which it evidently did. He gazed at
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  Speaker 1: the stamps, constantly held them up to the light, admired them,
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  Speaker 1: patted the boys on the back, and finally sat down
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  Speaker 1: at his desk. I can't do very much to express
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  Speaker 1: my appreciation, he said, but I want you boys to
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  Speaker 1: accept a little reward. I have spent hundreds of dollars
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  Speaker 1: trying to get my collection back. I even engaged professional
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  Speaker 1: detectives who failed. If anyone ever has need of a detective,
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  Speaker 1: I'll certainly recommend the Hardy Boys to him. Frank laughed.
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  Speaker 1: We're not professionals, sir, he said. We like tackling a
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  Speaker 1: good mystery, though, and you tackle them successfully. First my automobile,
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  Speaker 1: now my stamps. Very few lads would have made good
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  Speaker 1: use of the slim clues you had. He drew out
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  Speaker 1: his checkbook and wrote busily for a few minutes. As
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  Speaker 1: for a reward, put in Joe, we didn't expect anything,
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  Speaker 1: mister Jefferson. It was fun, and anyway, you've been awfully
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  Speaker 1: good to us. Letting us have the cabin for our
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  Speaker 1: outing nonsense, mister Jefferson swung around in his chair. He
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  Speaker 1: gave each of the Hardy Boys a check. Then he
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  Speaker 1: wrote again for a few minutes and made a similar
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  Speaker 1: present to Biff and Chet. But this is for two
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  Speaker 1: hundred dollars, exclaimed Frank in amazement as he looked at
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  Speaker 1: his check. And so is mind, said Joe. What of it,
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  Speaker 1: said mister Jefferson, My stamp collection is worth much more?
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  Speaker 1: Than that, but stammered Chet, I didn't do anything. The
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  Speaker 1: Hardy boys deserve any rewards you care to give them.
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  Speaker 1: But Biff and I didn't do much. One hundred dollars,
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  Speaker 1: mister Jefferson, why I can't take it? Neither can, I
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  Speaker 1: added Biff, although he looked longingly at the check mister
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  Speaker 1: Jefferson had given him. The Hardy Boys deserve all the credit.
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  Speaker 1: Mister Jefferson quietly waived their objections aside. I realize they
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  Speaker 1: deserve most of the credit, he said, because they did
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  Speaker 1: the detective work. But you lads helped a lot too.
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  Speaker 1: They certainly did. Joe interpolated with great earnestness. So you
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  Speaker 1: mustn't spoil my plan in having my stamps back by
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  Speaker 1: refusing what little reward I can give you, gee, said
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  Speaker 1: Chet in delight. I can do a lot of things
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  Speaker 1: with one hundred dollars, isn't it great? Furthermore, continued Elroly Jefferson,
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  Speaker 1: I want you boys to understand that Cabin Island is
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  Speaker 1: at your disposal at any time. I'll have the cabin
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  Speaker 1: fixed up immediately, so you can go there anytime during
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  Speaker 1: the winter or summer. Of course, the Hardys did not
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  Speaker 1: know that before taking advantage of the offer, they would
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  Speaker 1: have to solve the great airport mystery. Use the cabin
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  Speaker 1: urged Jefferson if forgot himself. Hurrah, he yelled, Hurrah, you're
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  Speaker 1: a prince. Mister Jefferson. The old gentleman beamed with pleasure.
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  Speaker 1: I can't think of anyone I would rather have as
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  Speaker 1: my guests on Cabin Island, he said, then the hardy
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  Speaker 1: boys and their chums. The end end of chapter twenty
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  Speaker 1: five end of the Mystery of Cabin Island by Franklin W.
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  Speaker 1: Dixon