“Did any of you folks remove the ham and the other stuff from the line last night?” asked Butler.
“Of course not. You were the last one to attend to those things,” said the Professor.
“I helped him tie them up,” interjected “Walter.
“And–and I watched him–them–do it,” added Stacy.
“Yes, that’s about all you ever do do,” objected Ned.
“What’s this you say?” questioned Professor Zepplin. “The ham missing?”
“Yes, sir. It is nowhere about,” Tad informed him.
“Then we must have had a visit from a bear or some other animal.”
“What would a bear want with a rope?” asked Butler.