"They're not—they're not—arresting him?" cried Paula, springing forward.
Perry nodded, dumbly.
"But they can't!" cried Tessie protestingly. "He's innocent! He couldn't do anything like that! It's wrong—"
Mrs. Robinson began to cry, quite silently. Perry went over to his mother and awkwardly patted her shoulder, his face white and stern. The twins gazed at one another with desperate eyes.
Frank and Joe, their hearts too full for utterance, withdrew softly from the room.
CHAPTER IX
Red Hair
The arrest of Henry Robinson caused a sensation in Bayport, for the caretaker of Tower Mansion was one of the last men in the city whom one would have suspected of dishonesty. There was a great deal of public sympathy for the family, but little for the accused, as most people seemed to take it for granted that he would not have been arrested if he had not had something to do with the crime.
But the Hardy boys were not satisfied.
"I'm positive Henry Robinson is innocent," said Frank to his brother the next morning. "There's a great deal about this case that hasn't come to the surface yet. I have a sort of sneaking idea that the man who stole Chet Morton's car had something to do with this."