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儿童英语读物 Schoolhouse Mystery CHAPTER 14 Caught!

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The next day everyone saw Freddy Willet coming and going about the island in his red sports car. But no one ever saw him open the trunk, and there were no boxes in the front of the car.

“He must be hiding the library books in the schoolhouse,” said Benny. “There’s no other place here where he could hide the bigger things he has traded. But Mr. Carter can’t find a thing.”

Henry looked serious. “Time is getting short,” he said. “In another day or two Freddy will have everything of value that can be found on this island.”

After supper the Aldens found a long note hidden in the hollow1 log2 on the beach. In it John Carter said, “Fred Willet is Harold K. Frederic. He has two other names he also uses. Canadian police want him for smuggling3. All we have to do is get him to the border.”

That evening the Aldens sat outside their hotel as they always did. When it was quite dark, they grew more and more excited. They were sure something was going to happen. They were not at all surprised to hear a whisper: “Benny, follow me.”

While the others talked about the weather, Benny slipped after John Carter.

At first Benny thought that the schoolhouse was dark. Then he saw that something had been hung over a window. It was a car blanket. A dim4 light showed through another window.

Without a word, John Carter and Benny crept5 in at the back door. They went into the tiny chimney6 room. Mr. Carter looked through the hole in Washington’s coat button. He let Benny look.

The room was faintly lighted by a square flashlight on one of the desks in the back of the room. At first Benny could not tell what Freddy Willet was doing. Then he saw. The man was taking the wood out of the woodbox!

“His hiding place!” whispered Mr. Carter. “Now let me look.”

When all the wood was out of the woodbox, Mr. Willet turned the box upside down very carefully and poured coin after coin on the back desk. He swept them quickly into a strong bag.

“The books?” whispered Benny.

Mr. Carter shook his head. Then he was really surprised. Mr. Willet went to the bookcase that held the school books and took them all out. He took out a board in the back of the bookcase. Then he began to take out the old books from the library.

Mr. Carter stepped aside to let Benny look through the hole. Book after book came out of the space behind the shelf. Then came the doll, the buttons, the gold pins, the iron bank—everything.

Benny was thinking hard. “Mr. Willet must have been in the schoolhouse many times before. It took a long time to fix that hole behind the school books. That’s what he was doing when we couldn’t find him. My, what a lot of books! What will he do with them?”

He soon found out. Freddy took six books and began to tie them up with string. He set them on another desk. Soon he had sixty books. Then he put the board back, and fixed7 the school books just as they had been.

Mr. Carter took Benny’s place at the peephole. He was not a minute too soon, for Freddy took some books in one hand and was reaching to put out the flashlight when he heard Mr. Carter’s voice.

“Hold it, Willet! Don’t move! The front door is locked now!”

Mr. Carter and Benny dashed down the back hall and into the schoolroom. Mr. Willet did the only thing he could do. He put out his light.

But this did him no good, for when his light went out, Mr. Carter’s went on.

“What’s the matter with you?” shouted Freddy. “I haven’t done anything!”

“Oh, yes, you have!” said John Carter. “Just put those books down. What about all the little things you traded? What about the coins?”

“They were fair trades!” shouted Freddy. “Everyone was satisfied. They were glad to trade.”

“That’s because they did not know the things were antiques,” said Mr. Carter. “And what about these books? A trade?”

“I borrowed those books. You just sign your name and take what you want. And I signed mine!”

“Which name did you sign, Freddy?” asked Mr. Carter softly8.

Then Freddy knew he was in trouble. He had three or four names, and John Carter knew every one of them. Mr. Carter went on. “The Canadian police want you, Freddy. They will be very glad to see you. You have been smuggling for years. You made a great mistake to try it again. No, leave all the things right where they are!”

Mr. Willet made one last try. “You aren’t a policeman. You can’t arrest me.” He was very angry.

“You’re wrong,” said John Carter. “I was made a special policeman a week ago in Northport. But you’ll be glad to know that the chief of police from Northport is sitting in your red car out in the bushes.”

That stopped Freddy for a minute. Then he said, “Now, listen! I’ve paid these people a lot of money for old coins.”

“Not enough,” said John Carter. “You were going to sell the coins to the Adams College Museum. We can do that for you, and thanks very much for picking out the best ones!”

“You’ll have to pay me back what I paid,” said Freddy.

“We will, in time,” said Mr. Carter. “Nobody is going to cheat you, Freddy. But money won’t do you much good in prison. Ah, hello, Anderson! Benny and I are glad to see you.”

A tall policeman from Northport had come in the back door.

Freddy growled9, “The Alden kids did this!”

“Yes,” agreed Mr. Carter, “the Alden kids did this. They did their duty as American citizens. They just did what was right.”

Mr. Anderson said to Benny, “We all thank you, and so will Canada. We have tried for years to catch Mr. North.”

“Mr. North!”

“Yes, and Mr. Frederic and Mr. Benson. They are all Freddy Willet. We will go in his own car.”

Freddy Willet was smart. He knew when he was caught. He went with the policeman without another word. It was low tide, just as Freddy had planned, and the road to Canada was straight before the two men.

Standing10 outside the hotel, Grandfather, Henry, Jessie, and Violet11 saw the car disappear over the stones and gravel12 to the mainland13.


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1 hollow qrXzTP     
adj.空的,中空的,空心的;空洞的,无价值的
参考例句:
  • The boys scraped out a hollow place for planting trees.那些孩子挖了个坑准备栽树。
  • Bamboo is a sort of hollow plant.竹子是一种中空的植物。
2 log P0BxH     
n.记录,圆木,日志;v.伐木,切,航行
参考例句:
  • They log for a living.他们以伐木为生。
  • And then what do you do with that log?然后你要拿那些记录做什么呢?
3 smuggling xx8wQ     
n.走私
参考例句:
  • Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
  • The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。
4 dim VlCze     
adj.昏暗的;朦胧的;v.(使)暗淡,(使)模糊
参考例句:
  • The light is too dim for me to read easily.光线太暗,我很难阅读。
  • I was so tired that my eyesight grew dim.我太累了,眼睛有点发花。
5 crept crept     
v.蹑手蹑足地走( creep的过去式和过去分词 );缓慢地行进;爬行;匍匐
参考例句:
  • I crept up the stairs, trying not to wake my parents. 为了尽量不吵醒父母,我蹑手蹑脚地上了楼。
  • He had crept up on his unsuspecting victim from behind. 他从背后悄悄逼近了那毫无戒备的受害者。
6 chimney zVoyu     
n.烟囱,烟筒;玻璃罩
参考例句:
  • The chimney blew out a cloud of black smoke.烟囱里喷出一团黑烟。
  • His father is a chimney sweeper.他的父亲是一位扫烟囱的工人。
7 fixed JsKzzj     
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
参考例句:
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
8 softly HiIzR4     
adv.柔和地,静静地,温柔地
参考例句:
  • He speaks too softly for her to hear.他讲话声音太轻,她听不见。
  • She breathed her advice softly.她低声劝告。
9 growled 65a0c9cac661e85023a63631d6dab8a3     
v.(动物)发狺狺声, (雷)作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 );低声咆哮着说
参考例句:
  • \"They ought to be birched, \" growled the old man. 老人咆哮道:“他们应受到鞭打。” 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He growled out an answer. 他低声威胁着回答。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
11 violet 8h3wm     
adj.紫色的;n.紫罗兰
参考例句:
  • She likes to wear violet dresses.他喜欢穿紫色的衣服。
  • Violet is the color of wisdom,peace and strength.紫色是智慧的,和平的和力量的颜色。
12 gravel s6hyT     
n.砂跞;砂砾层;结石
参考例句:
  • We bought six bags of gravel for the garden path.我们购买了六袋碎石用来铺花园的小路。
  • More gravel is needed to fill the hollow in the drive.需要更多的砾石来填平车道上的坑洼。
13 mainland 6AexH     
n.大陆,本土
参考例句:
  • The new bridge will link the island to the mainland.新的桥梁将把该岛与大陆连接在一起。
  • Hong Kong's prosperity relies heavily on mainland.香港的繁荣在很大程度上依赖于大陆。

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