The Three Investigators (5)

The Three Investigators (5)

Getting outside the main section of town, Bob reached The Jones Salvage Yard.
It had been called Jones's Junkyard until Jupiter persuaded his uncle to chnge the name.

Now it handled many unusual items in addition to ordinary junk, so that people came from miles away when they needed something they couldn't foind elsewhere.

The yard was a fascinating spot for any boy, and its unusual character was obvious from as far away as one could see the board fence that surrounded it.

Mr. Titus Hones had used a number of different colors of paint, aquireed as junk, to paint the fence.

Some of the local artists had helped him, because Mr. Jones was always letting them have some little piece of junk they needed, free.

The whole front section was covered with trees and flowers and green lakes and swans, and even an ocean scene.

The other sides had other pictures.

It was probably the most colorful junkyard in the country.

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