40 The Mystery of the Rogues' Reunion by Marc Brandel

Author:Marc Brandel [Brandel, Marc]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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It was Jupe's turn, the last question of the first quiz show. "What was the name of the actor who played Mr. Trouble?" It wasn't strictly fair of the quiz master to ask Jupe that. It had nothing to do with the film they had been shown, so it wasn't an eyewitness question. Unless Jupe could remember the name of an actor he had met only a few times when he was three years old, he would lose five points. Bonehead and Peggy were both frantically waving their hands. Jupe scratched his head in a puzzled way. He was only pretending not to know, still playing it dumb to confuse Bonehead. He had happened to run into the ageing character actor some time before when the Three Investigators were working on a museum robbery, and had recognized him at once and remembered his name then. "Edmund F-F-Frank," he said with his dumbest smile. "Right." The audience went wild. The show was over. Jupe was still five points ahead of Bonehead. The audience filed out. Milton Glass reminded the contestants to be back at the TV station at two o'clock sharp the next afternoon. Frowning, Peggy hurried away. Jupe watched her go. He felt sorry for her and wished there was something he could do to help her. But as long as Bonehead was his closest competitor, Jupe was determined to go on winning. He felt he still had a score to settle with Bonehead for the way the child actor had treated him years ago. Jupe started across the stage to join the other two Investigators in the empty auditorium. A long leather sleeve shot out. Bonehead grabbed him roughly by the arm. His grip was like steel. "Watch it, Baby Fatso," the tall young man snarled. "I'm on to you. I know all about you and your Three Investigators. You're playing dumb so you'll win the twenty thousand." Jupiter turned. Bonehead gripped his arm even tighter. "I'm warning you, Fatso," his persecutor said. "Cut it out. Or else." He walked away. Bob and Pete were waiting for Jupe in the aisle. Gordon Harker had gone to get the limousine. "What was Bonehead saying to you?" Pete asked Jupe. The First Investigator didn't answer. He had a question of his own. "Bob," he said. "You were sitting next to Gordon Harker, weren't you?" "Sure. Why?" "What was he writing on that clipboard all the way through the show?" "Nothing much." Bob shrugged. "He was just trying to guess the answers to the questions before you did." "Did you see his answers?" Jupe was frowning. His voice had that probing sound that meant he was on to some clue and intended to follow it up until he saw where it led. "Sure. He showed them to me. He was doing fine. He got them all right except one." "Which one?" the First Investigator asked eagerly. "That last one about Edmund Frank? Did he get that one wrong?" "No." Bob shook his head.

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