“Can you?” pleaded Dan. “Do you know the boys who damaged this place?”
“A gang showed up here about a half hour after the Cubs broke that window. They went through the place and really wrecked it. I saw their faces quite clearly. The ring leader, in particular, I could identify.”
“Pat Oswald?”
“I don’t know his name. He’s captain of the Purple Five basketball team.”
“That’s Pat!” Dan cried. He was so excited he no longer could control his voice. “Oh, Mr. Smith, you must come with us right away to see the church trustees! If only we can make them believe the truth, the Cubs’ name will be cleared!”
CHAPTER 18
A JOLT FOR PAT
Dan and Brad both were excited as the realization came to them that at least they had a means of establishing the innocence of the Cubs!
Until now, though they had been morally certain that Pat Oswald and his gang were the real culprits, they had known of no way to prove it.
But a witness miraculously had appeared! The mysterious “Mr. Smith” could, if he chose, speak the words which would clear Den 2. Would he agree to tell what he knew and had seen from the belfry?
“Will you come with us?” Dan repeated his plea. “Please, will you help the Cubs?”