“Someone did it to scare us away, Brad,” he declared. “I didn’t tell you, but I was sure I heard footsteps on the stairway leading to the belfry.”
“You think someone may have been hiding there, Dan?”
“I’m wondering.”
“Not one of Pat’s gang, I hope.”
“This old church is awfully close to the river and the railroad tracks,” Dan remarked. “Someone could be using the place without the trustees knowing. I suspect Old Terry isn’t as careful about keeping windows and doors locked as he’s supposed to be.”
“We could go back inside and check—”
“Not now, anyway,” Dan said quickly. “We’re in enough hot water as it is.”
Brad agreed with the denner that it would be unwise to investigate further that day. He proposed, however, that they inform Mr. Hatfield of their findings, and also Terry Treuhaft.
The very next day, Dan ran into the old caretaker on a downtown street. Drawing him into conversation, he told of finding the unlocked door.
“How’d it get unlocked?” Terry demanded. “I never left it that way.”