“Let’s go and ask him right now.”

But when the lads returned home and asked their father for a description of the jewels, they met with a disappointment.

“I’m quite willing to give you all that information,” said Fenton Hardy; “but I don’t think it will be much use. Furthermore, I’ll bet I can tell just what you are going to do.”

“What?”

“You’re going to make the rounds of the pawnshops and see if any of the jewels have been turned in.”

The Hardy boys looked at one another in consternation.

“How did you ever guess that?” asked Frank.

Their father smiled.