Mystery of Smugglers Cove by Franklin W. Dixon

Author:Franklin W. Dixon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US

“He’s an alchemist,” Frank muttered.

The old man set the test tube in a rack and walked to the furnace. He picked up a small ladle and, muttering to himself, looked at the molten metal dripping into the vat. Then he pushed the ladle into a pocket of his robe.

A younger man wearing ordinary clothing came in from the back room. “Professor Viga, Nitron and his men are waiting in the woods outside.”

“Tell them to come into the back room, Myer. We can talk there,” the alchemist replied. Then both men left the lab and closed the door behind them. Silence fell, except for the sputtering of the furnace.

“If we go inside,” Joe suggested, “we might be able to eavesdrop.”

Frank nodded. “Let’s climb through the window.” Grasping the frame with both hands and kicking off with his feet, he vaulted up. Then he swung his legs through the window and let himself down gently. Joe followed.

The Hardys moved quickly toward the other side of the lab, stepping over odd gadgets and geometrical forms made of wood, metal, and stone.

“These are supposed to give you voodoo powers,” Joe whispered, pointing to a number of spheres and pyramids.

“Mumbo jumbo.” Frank chuckled.

In the middle of the room, they felt the intense heat from the furnace and from the liquid metal dripping down the ramp into the vat. Suddenly Frank skidded on a stone sphere the size of a marble. He lost his balance and plunged toward the vat of molten lead!

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