The boys looked at one another.
“There is something we’d like to ask you,” hesitated Frank. “That is, if we’re not intruding——”
“What is it?” asked the antique dealer agreeably.
“It’s about the man who just left here.”
“Hanleigh? What about him?”
“If you don’t object to the question—does Mr. Hanleigh own Cabin Island?”
Mr. Jefferson shook his head.
“Certainly not. Why do you ask?”
Frank then told him about the adventure of the previous day, and related how Hanleigh had driven the three boys away from the island.
“We thought it was strange at the time, for we didn’t think that the island had changed hands. Then, when we recognized Mr. Hanleigh as the chap who ordered us away, we thought we’d ask you about it.”