110-The Secret of Sigma Seven by Franklin W. Dixon

Author:Franklin W. Dixon [Dixon, Franklin W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-08-07T15:13:41+00:00

Chapter 9

Thunder and Lightning

Joe looked at his brother. "It looks as if one of my theories was right," he said grimly.

"If somebody's trying to corner the market on copies of The Secret of Sigma Seven, they're sure doing a good job," Frank commented.

"And just when I thought I had Simon Devoreaux talked out of suing us," Linda said with a groan. "He had even agreed to appear on a panel tonight at seven o'clock with Richard Feinbetter and several other writers. Devoreaux probably won't speak to me again when he hears what happened to the master negative."

"You mean he hasn't heard yet?" Joe asked.

"No," Linda replied, pushing up her glasses. "He's not taking any calls in his suite right now, so the studio sent the message to the convention committee. I answered all the calls myself. I'm just going up to deliver the message to Devoreaux now."

Suddenly her eyes lit up. "Wait a minute!" she cried. "I don't have to deliver this message to Devoreaux right now."

"You don't?" Joe asked.

"No," she said, a gleeful look on her face. "I'll just hold on to the news until tomorrow - until after he's been on the panel tonight."

"Won't he be madder than ever when he finds out?" Frank asked.

"Yeah," Joe added. "Then he might be twice as ready to sue you."

"Wrong," she said, fixing her gaze on Frank and Joe. "Because you two are going to find the person who stole the film before then."

Frank stared at Linda in astonishment. "We are? I mean, of course we're going to find the guy. But what if we don't find him before you have to give the message to Devoreaux?"

Linda Klein shook her head and smiled. "I've heard a lot about how good you guys are. You've caught lots of crooks, ones that even the police couldn't find. So you can catch this guy by tomorrow, right?"

"Well," Joe said, "we'll try our best."

"I'm sure that'll be good enough," Linda said. "How's it coming? Have you figured out who the thief is yet?"

"We've found some clues but - " Frank began.

"Great!" Linda exclaimed. "Keep up the good work. I've got complete faith in you two. I'll just hold on to this message until tomorrow. I'm sure Mr. Devoreaux doesn't want to be worried right now, anyway."

"I'm sure," Joe said in a doubtful tone.

"Do you think there's any chance we can talk to Simon Devoreaux himself?" Frank asked Linda. "He might be able to give us some important clues."

A worried look crossed Linda's face. "Talk to Devoreaux? You don't really want to talk to him, do you?"

"Well, yes, we do," Frank replied. "Unless you really don't want us to find the missing film."

"I don't want anybody talking to Simon Devoreaux right now!" Linda said emphatically. "I've managed to get him calmed down for a while, and I don't want anybody upsetting him. He's one of those guys with a hair-trigger temper. You never know what might set him off."

"It would really help us if we could talk - " Joe began.

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