012-Footprints Under The Window by Franklin W. Dixon

Author:Franklin W. Dixon [Dixon, Franklin W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-08-07T14:27:24+00:00

The Disguise 111

"I'll go and lend him a hand," said Frank.

A little later, when he emerged with Tom "Wat again, the disguise was more than passable. The dress fitted his slight figure perfectly, the hat drooped coyly over one eye and the stockings were trim and neat. Jean clapped her hands.

"Why, that's simply perfect!" she exclaimed. "Now a little touch of make-up-----"

She fled toward her own room and returned quickly with powder, rouge and lipstick. She advanced upon the embarrassed Tom Wat.

"No likee. No likee," he said hastily, backing away.

Frank and Joe snickered.

"Whether you like it or not you're going to be disguised properly," said the girl firmly as she grasped his chin. "Hold still, now."

Expertly she dabbed rouge and powder on his cheeks, applied lipstick, pencilled his eyebrows and then stood back to survey her handiwork.

"There!" she announced proudly. "What do you think of him now?"

"He's a knockout!" exclaimed Sidney Pebbles jubilantly.

And to tell the truth, it would have taken more than a second glance to penetrate Tom Wat's disguise. He stood before them as a neat, shy and rather pretty girl, his delicate 112 Footprints Under the Window features and clear complexion adding to the effect. Jean was enthusiastic.

"He could go on the stage. That make-up would fool anyone," she said.

"It should fool Louie Fong, at any rate," remarked Joe. "Now let's get back to Bayport."

In the face of all this approval Tom Wat lost some of his resentment against his changed appearance. He went back into the room, regarded himself critically in the mirror, and then smiled.

"How I walk?" he inquired in a high voice. "Likee this?" And he tripped daintily across the room in an excellent imitation of a girlish walk.

"You'll do," grinned Pebbles. "You'll get away with it as long as you don't talk too much.

And you mustn't forget to giggle every few minutes, for no reason at all, and powder your nose whenever you see a mirror."

The boys thanked Jean for her assistance and promised to replace the borrowed clothing with a new outfit as soon as they could make the necessary purchases in Bayport.

"On one condition," Sidney Pebbles reminded her.

"What is that?" she inquired.

"You're to forget all about this. You don't remember that a Chinaman ever came in here The Disguise 113

tliis morning or that you ever helped dress him up as a girl."

"I won't breathe a word of it," she promised.

"Good."

They went downstairs and left the roadhouse. Out in the courtyard Sidney Pebbles gave Tom Wat a final inspection and declared that he would pass for a girl in any company.

"You chaps had better keep in touch with me," he said to the Hardy boys. "If I can help you at all I'll be glad to do so. And besides, I'm curious to know more about this chap who is using my name."

"And your face," laughed Joe.

"The face is probably his own but it's dollars to doughnuts that the name isn't. If he is going around robbing people's houses I'll find myself in jail by mistake if he isn't stopped.

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