"Not only the wig," replied Frank. "But this—" and he bent over to pick up a battered hat from the ground. "And this!" Whereupon he picked up a worn coat.
"They belong to the crook!"
"It couldn't have been any one else. He must have disguised himself here and left the wig and things in the bush when he abandoned the car."
CHAPTER XI
Mr. Hardy Investigates
The Hardy boys looked at one another in growing excitement.
"What ought we do about it?" asked Joe.
"I'm going to tell dad what we've found."
"But didn't he say he would be working the case on his own and that we would be opposition?"
"This is different. We have a real clue here, but we don't know how to use it. You can bet dad will know what to do. He'll act fairly with us. If it leads to anything, he'll see that we get credit for what we've done."