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left in charge here."
"Did Ira build the castle?" Bess asked.
Salty nodded, warming to the story. "Yes,
Heath Castle was built to look like one o' those
fancy English places. The gardens were beauti-
ful-a sight to set your eyes ablaze with admira-
tion. Stone walls everywhere, with flowers an'
vines, an' all kinds o' trees from everywhere in
the world."
Nancy was becoming more eager every minute
to see the estate.
"But for me," Salty went on, "the place is too
lonesome. No houses close by. The old gent built
it 'bout a mile up the river from the button
factory. Walter lived in it, too, an' he used to do
some o' his scientific experimentin' there."
"What kind of experiments?" Nancy asked.
"Don't know," said Salty. "Since Walt died, no
one ever goes near the castle, or the factory on
Harper's Inlet."
"Harper's Inlet?" Nancy repeated thoughtfully.
"Someone must have been there yesterday."
"That's right," Bess agreed. "We saw a motor-
boat coming out of the inlet. It crashed into our
boat."
"Queer," Salty commented. "I don't know
what business anyone would have at the factory.
Who was the fellow?"
"That's what we came to ask you," Nancy re-
plied.
She gave a complete account of the incident.
Salty could not identify the man or his boat from
her description, but he promised to watch tor
such a person.
"I'll keep an eye out for the boat, too," he
added. "Can't figure what the fellow would be
doin' there. Fishin's no good there. Maybe I'll
run up an' have a look."
Satisfied that Salty would be able to locate the
boat if anyone could. Nancy and Bess thanked
him and left.
As they stepped onto the dock they saw that
the weather had changed. Dark clouds filled the
sky and the wind was whipping the river into
whitecaps.
"I wanted to visit Heath Castle today," Nancy
said, "but it wouldn't be wise to take a boat out
now.
"Let's do it tomorrow," Bess suggested.
"Then George can go with us," Nancy said.