The Mystery of the Creep-Show Crooks by M. V. Carey

Author:M. V. Carey [Carey, M. V.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780394973821
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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12 Attacked!

The Andersons arrived in Rocky Beach sometime during the night. They appeared at the Jones house shortly after 8:00 A.M., looking haggard and red-eyed. They had already been to see Chief Reynolds.

Aunt Mathilda had completely recovered from her frightening ordeal of the day before, and she bustled about doing what she could for the distraught couple from Fresno. Aid and comfort from Aunt Mathilda usually took the form of food, but that day she could not tempt the Andersons to eat anything.

“I can’t believe nobody saw anything,” said Mr. Anderson. “None of the neighbors. The chief talked to them, and not one saw Lucille leave the house with those two creeps. And the car McLain was driving turns out to be registered to somebody named Henry Vance. Vance sold it to somebody named Smith a while back and Smith didn’t register it again, so the license number wasn’t a help. The car is gray and that’s all we know. We called the place where Lucille works. It’s a beauty salon. The old bat who answered the phone didn’t even try to be helpful.”

He sounded really bitter.

“Mr. Anderson, you’re tired and your wife looks exhausted,” said Aunt Mathilda. “Why don’t you rest here for a few hours? We have a spare bedroom. We’ll let you know if anything happens.”

“No.” He looked agitatedly out the window of the Jones living room. “We have a room reserved at the Rocky Beach Inn. It should be ready by now. We’ll check in there and wait to hear from Chief Reynolds or … or anyone who has something to tell us. A neighbor is covering our telephone at home in case the kidnappers call us there. It might be simple, you know.” He looked hopeful. “They might want a ransom.”

Mrs. Anderson got up as if she were sleepwalking.

“I know you did the best you could,” said Mr. Anderson to Jupiter. “I want to thank you and your friends.”

He went out, leading Mrs. Anderson by the arm.

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