"And where were they taken from the freight station?"

"That's what the customs authorities want to find out. They think
there's some secret place here, where the goods are stored and
reshipped. That's why so many detectives are here. They are after the
smugglers hot-footed."




CHAPTER V

THE RAID


Tom Swift dropped the tool he was using, and came over to where Ned
stood, his chum having vaulted in through the open window.

"Ned," said the young inventor, "there's something queer about this
business."

"I'm beginning to think so myself, Tom. But just what do you mean?"

"I mean it's queer that the smugglers should pick out a place like
Shopton--a small town--for their operations, or part of them, when
there are so many better places. We're quite a distance from the
Canadian border. Say, Ned, where was it that Mr. Foger moved to?
Hogan's alley, or some such name as that; wasn't it?"