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"Have you contacted your local police?" Inspector Moon asked.
"No. We just heard about the robbery. But I'll do so right away," McCardle
replied.
He asked why the inspector had called him, and was told about the boxes in the
brief case. "Well, we hope that you find the thief!" the manager said, then said
good-by.
Inspector Moon turned to the Hardys. "How about you fellows helping on this?"
"We will!" the young sleuths promised.
Before leaving headquarters, Frank asked if he and his brother might borrow the
doll eyes for further examination. Inspector Moon readily agreed.
The boys taxied back to the airport. Before the group took off for Bayport, Tony
telephoned his father to tell what had happened. As he returned to the others,
he said, "Lucky break! Dad says I can have the rest of the day off!"
On the flight back, the Hardys brought Jack and Tony up to date on the
developments in the mystery.
"Things certainly worked fast," Jack remarked.
"Yes, and thanks a lot for your help," Joe said as they landed at Bayport. Frank
echoed his words,
The pilot grinned. "Any time, fellows."
As the boys drove off, Joe suggested that they stop at Mr. Hanade's
puppet-repair shop to see if he could tell them anything about the glass eyes,
and to return his instruction sheet, which they had copied.
A few minutes later the trio pulled up outside Mr. Hanade's shop, The pleasant
Japanese proprietor greeted the Hardys and Tony politely. "You learn something
from instruction sheet for Hugo dummy?" he asked as Joe thanked him for lending
it to them.
"Not yet, but we have something to show you/* Joe replied. He took out the glass
eyes. "Ever seen any like these before?"
Hanade studied them curiously. "Very old," he murmured. "Nowadays, manufacturers
do not make dolls' eyes like this. Too expensive to make out of colored glass.
Besides, glass breaks too easily."
He explained that eyes for modern dolls are normally made of plastic with a
metal rod running through them. The rod is usually hinged, with a small
counterweight to make the eyes open and close.
Frank murmured to Joe, "With a rod running through them, there wouldn't be much
room inside for hiding anything."
Joe nodded and said aloud, "If they're plastic, they're probably solid instead
of hollow."
"That is correct," said Mr. Hanade.
"Do your Hugo dummies have solid plastic eyes?" Frank queried.
"Yes. Modern merchandise, of course."
"Any idea where these glass eyes might have come from?" Joe went on.
"Would be hard to say. Most likely from some old-fashioned American dolls or
puppets."
"One more question," said Frank. "Where are the Hugo dummies made?"
"Mexico," said Mr. Hanade. At once the boys thought of the prisoner who had a
ticket to Mexico. The man went on, "The dummies are fashioned of papier-mвchй."
The boys thanked him for his help and left. As they drove home, the group
exchanged views on the mystery.
"I still can't figure out why those guys in Eastern City were so anxious to get