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Authors: Franklin W. Dixon
The Viking Symbol Mystery (16 page)
“So you wrecked our short-wave antenna,” Joe said to Kelly.
The prisoner confessed nothing, but gave him a baleful stare.
“Who
actually
stole the stone and money?” Mr. Hardy asked the handcuffed men.
actually
stole the stone and money?” Mr. Hardy asked the handcuffed men.
“Dulac and Kelly!” the man named Fats answered readily. “That was a real mistake, because then Caribou was squarely on your side after they grabbed his two thousand bucks.”
“Who tossed that knife at me in Fort Smith, and caused our canoe to leak on Slave River?” Frank demanded of Red.
The grizzled prisoner replied that Dulac had been responsible for both acts. Red also confessed to having driven the getaway car for Kelly in Bayport.
Upon their return to Canada, they had contacted the rest of the gang and assigned Dulac to trail and harass the Hardy boys.
“Bon tonnerre!” Caribou exploded. “I knew that trap-robbin' weasel was no good!”
After further questioning, the Hardys learned that the lodge thefts around Great Slave Lake were continued partly to finance Kelly's venture. The remainder of Caribou's money, fifteen hundred dollars, was found and returned to him. The Bayport Library book, stolen by Kelly, had been picked up by Fats, who handed it over. Mike had posed as Fenton Hardy.
As for the mysterious radio threat picked up in Bayport, that was Red's doing, he confessed. “We had hoped to scare off Hardy by threats and sabotage,” he grumbled. “But it didn't work.”
“You can say that again,” Chet chirped.
Corporal Fergus and his men put the four thieves into the RCMP float planes for the trip back to Fort Smith. The Mountie shook hands with the Hardys and their friends.
“Congratulations!” he said. “You solved a tough case.”
“Thanks to my sons and their buddies,” the detective replied.
The Hardys, Chet, and Caribou boarded the Wood Buffalo Park helicopter, with Curly at the controls. They were all in high spirits as Frank radioed Radley in Yellowknife and told him the good news. The two groups would meet that night at Fort Smith.
On the way back, Curly set the helicopter down near one of the buffalo which had been shot by the gang. Adeptly the pilot dressed one of the beasts.
“What are you going to do with the meat?” Joe asked.
“Most of this goes to the Indians,” Curly answered, grinning at Chet's dubious look. “Buffalo's fine eating. I'll save a big roast for your supper tonight.”
A few hours later at Fort Smith a joyous reunion took place when Radley, Biff, and Tony arrived at the hotel.
“You fellows are first-rate detectives,” Biff said, congratulating the Hardys and Chet.
“And we've learned a real lesson,” Tony said. “We'll never let anybody eavesdrop on us again.”
“You can say that again!” Biff added earnestly.
Mr. Hardy smiled. “What counts is you've both learned a valuable lesson in sleuthing, done your part to help solve the case, and earned the bonus.”
“We're all ready for another mystery,” said Biff with a grin.
“But no stampedes, please,” Chet added.
The Hardy boys' next case was along completely different lines. They called it
THE MYSTERY OF THE AZTEC WARRIOR.
THE MYSTERY OF THE AZTEC WARRIOR.
“Let's celebrate the Viking symbol mystery by having supper!” Joe urged. “That bison roast might taste pretty good.”
“It should be ready by now,” Frank said. “Curly gave it to the cook when he got back.”
The group was seated around the table when a waiter entered carrying a huge platter with a gigantic buffalo roast.
“Bon tonnerre!”
Chet said with a grin. “Look at the size of that! Enough for twenty Vikings!”
Chet said with a grin. “Look at the size of that! Enough for twenty Vikings!”
“And for Chet Morton, too!” Joe joked.
Everyone laughed, then Caribou lifted a carving knife.
“Mes amis,”
he said, “this feast is most happy farewell.”
“Mes amis,”
he said, “this feast is most happy farewell.”
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