Encyclopedia Brown: Book 01: Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol

Author:Donald J. Sobol [Sobol, Donald J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781101007112
Publisher: PUFFIN BOOKS
Published: 1963-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

“Look out!” shouted Chief Brown.

“Anyone who says he saw me coming out of the Princess Bake Shop an hour ago is either crazy or a liar,” said John Abbot.

“Can you prove you were somewhere else?”

“I was miles away,” said John Abbot. “Since eight o’lock this morning I’ve been driving this car. I drove down from Sundale Shores. I got here just five minutes before you came.”

Chief Brown looked at his watch. “You drove six hundred miles in less than twelve hours,” he said. “Did you stop around six o’clock and talk to anyone? Somebody we can check your story with?”

“No, not around six o’clock,” said John Abbot. “I stopped for gas and a hamburger about four-thirty. Then I drove straight through. I didn’t break any speed limit. And I had nothing to do with any bake shop robbery!”

“I’d like to think you are telling the truth,” said Chief Brown.

“I am. I’ve gone straight, believe me,” said John Abbot.

“All right,” said Chief Brown. “I’ll have to question the eyewitness who says he saw you. Maybe it will turn out that he isn’t sure.”

Chief Brown put the baby in John Abbot’s arms and walked back to the police car.

“I heard and saw everything, Dad,” said Encyclopedia. “How come you didn’t arrest him?”

“Because he says he was driving from Sundale Shores when the robbery took place,” answered Chief Brown. “He got here just five minutes before we came. I can’t prove he is lying. At least not yet.”

He slipped into the seat beside Encyclopedia, and started the car.

“Listen to me, Leroy,” he said. “Our eyewitness may have made a mistake. He may have seen a man who only looked like John Abbot. A good police officer doesn’t put people in jail without more proof than that.”

“I believe the witness,” said Encyclopedia. “John Abbot didn’t just drive in from Sundale Shores in that old yellow car. I can prove he didn’t!”

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