"I sure wish we could land those car thieves. That's a nice fat reward."
"If we caught the thieves we'd likely get the cars, too," replied Joe. "A thousand dollars is a nice little bit of money."
"It would come in handy. Added to the rewards we collected in the other cases, we'd have a good fat bank account."
"Reward or no reward, I'd like to catch the thieves just for the satisfaction of clearing up the affair. Most of all, so we could prove the Dodds haven't had anything to do with it."
"I wonder if the police have done anything about Jack yet. He surely was mighty blue on Saturday."
"Can't blame him," Joe said. "I'd be blue myself if I was accused of stealing a car I'd never even seen before."
As the Hardy boys entered the school they were met by Chet Morton, who called them over to one side.
"Have you heard?" he asked.
"About what?"
"About Jack Dodd and his father?"