Fred had been watching the tramp closely throughout the conversation and when George abruptly turned back to the garage he instantly followed him.
CHAPTER XIV—DISAPPOINTED
“I tell you,” exclaimed Fred in a low voice as soon as he had overtaken his friend, “that tramp knows more about the lost automobile than he told us.”
George turned abruptly and for a moment stared blankly at his friend and then laughed aloud. “I think you surely have got it,” he said. “A fellow who can find spooks and ghosts of automobiles ought to be able to find out a man who will steal them. That tramp to me doesn’t look as if he had ever seen the inside of a car.”
“It doesn’t make any difference,” said Fred persistently. “I tell you he knows more about that car than you think.”
“What makes you think so?”
“The way he looked and acted when we were talking about the auto having been stolen.”
“Did he look guilty?”