The Witchmaster's Key (1975)
““Let’s follow it!” Joe exclaimed.
“Right. If there’s been any more sabotage at Eagleton Green, we’d better investigate.”
By the time the boys reached the scene, firemen were getting the blaze under control. A dozen shops had been damaged and their owners, who had congregated in the street, appeared to be stunned by the disaster.
Frank addressed the fire chief. “How did it start?”
“We don’t know yet. But it looks suspicious.”
While scouting around the area, the Hardys noticed that Lance McKnight’s locksmith shop was barely scorched even though it stood between two badly charred buildings.
“That’s strange,” Joe said. “The fire burned through the silversmith’s shop, jumped over McKnight’s, and landed right on the weaver’s next door.”
Frank shrugged doubtfully. “I wonder if it’s a coincidence, Joe. If McKnight set the fires, he’d make sure he escaped.”
“That figures.”
McKnight was working with the firemen. He held the nozzle of a hose and played cascades of water over the burning buildings.
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