The Smuggler's Legacy

Contents Cover Title Page Chapter 1: The Big Apple Chapter 2: The Gilded Top Hat Chapter 3: An Accidental Discovery Chapter 4: The Hidden Deed Chapter 5: Buried for a Reason Chapter 6: Stay Out of It Chapter 7: Digging Up the Past Chapter 8: A Shadow in Times Square Chapter 9: Frenchy and “the Killer” Chapter 10: The Political Third Rail Chapter 11: Detectives of Tomorrow Chapter 12: Trading in Secrets Chapter 13: Drop Dead List Chapter 14: Don’t Be Late Chapter 15: Figures in the Dark Chapter 16: Skeletons in the Closet Chapter 17: The Escape Route Chapter 18: Light at the End of the Tunnel Copyright Guide Cover Start of Content Title Page Copyright III V VI 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 
 
 Hardboys Adventures™
 The Smuggler’s Legacy
 Franklin W. Dixon
 
 
 
 
 
 This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
 
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 First Aladdin paperback edition February 2023
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 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
 Names: Dixon, Franklin W., author.
 Title: The smuggler’s legacy / Franklin W. Dixon.
 Description: First Aladdin paperback edition. | New York : Aladdin, 2023. | Series: Hardy boys adventures ; #25 | Audience: Ages 8 to 12. | Summary: “Frank and Joe uncover a century-old mystery buried in a New York City prohibition museum”—Provided by publisher.
 Identifiers: LCCN 2022048343 (print) | LCCN 2022048344 (ebook) | ISBN 9781665912457 (pbk) | ISBN 9781665912464 (hc) | ISBN 9781665912471 (ebook)
 Subjects: CYAC: Museums—Fiction. | Brothers—Fiction. | Mystery and detective stories. | LCGFT: Detective and mystery fiction. | Novels.
 Classification: LCC PZ7.D644 Sm 2023 (print) | LCC PZ7.D644 (ebook) | DDC [Fic]—dc23
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 1 THE BIG APPLE
 JOE
 NO MATTER WHAT, I AM getting a big, crispy, gooey slice of New York City pizza on this trip. That is the number one priority, as far as I’m concerned,” I told my brother, Frank.
 He was sitting across from me on the Amtrak train from Bayport to Manhattan, looking over the itinerary for the Bayport High History Club trip. It was a jam-packed four-day weekend of visiting museums and historical sites around New York City, especially those relating to the Jazz Age and Prohibition. Mr. Lakin, one of our favorite teachers, was running the trip. A while back, we’d helped him get out of a tight spot when he was framed for murder during a historical reenactment. Now—even though we weren’t regular members of the History Club—if there were activities going on that also involved a major dose of fun, he made sure to let us know.
 “We came all the way to New York and the thing you’re most excited about is… pizza?” Frank said, looking up from his sheaf of papers. “It can’t be that much better than the pizza in Bayport, can it?”
 “Believe me,” I said, mouth watering as I remembered the last time I was in New York and stopped for a classic dollar slice, “it can.”
 Frank shook his head but laughed. “Well, the Tenement Museum is on the Lower East Side, so that’s kind of near Little Italy, I think. We can probably go for your pizza afterward.” He paused. “Now you’re making me hungry.”
 “I’ll get snacks!” I said. I’d been itching to get out of my seat and walk around for a while. “Chet, want to come?”
 Our friend Chet Morton was sitting across the aisle and I knew he was always up for a snack run. “Oooh, yeah. I could go for some chips.” He got up to join.
 The train clackety-clacked on the tracks as we made our way to the dining car, grabbing hold of the backs of empty seats as we went by to keep our balance. It was kind of like surfing. Train-surfing.
 We