Chapter 16: XVI

XVI Mysterious Plans When the Hardy boys left the hotel they saw Ollie Jacobs about a block away, walking quickly down the street toward the outskirts of the village. As unobtrusively as possible, they followed him. They soon found that there was little need for caution, as Ollie Jacobs evidently had no suspicion that he was observed, and not once did he look back. Leaving the sidewalk, their quarry struck out along a country road in the direction of an abandoned house. Here, instead o…