The Blue Herring Mystery (1954)
“Bobby said indignantly. “I don’t see why you can’t tell me what you’re going to do!”
“I told you,” Djuna said calmly. “It would be dangerous for you to know, because —” He stopped speaking and his expression was one of confounded dismay. They had been walking toward Mr. Pindler’s store and as they neared it Djuna had seen that there were no lights inside.
“I forgot that Mr. Pindler always closes Wednesday at noon and doesn’t open again until the next morning,” he said. He lifted his gaze and sa...w that there were no lights in the Pindler apartment over the store, either. “They must have gone to Riverton, or some place,” Djuna finished bitterly.
“Couldn’t we ride over to Brookville and phone from Doc Perry’s store?” Bobby asked. “I saw a phone booth there, so I wouldn’t have to knock over milk cans to keep people from hearing what you were saying.”
“I guess that’s what we’ll have to do,” Djuna said. “We’ll get our bikes and tell Miss Annie we’re going for a little ride, because it’ll be dark before we get back.”MoreLess
“I told you,” Djuna said calmly. “It would be dangerous for you to know, because —” He stopped speaking and his expression was one of confounded dismay. They had been walking toward Mr. Pindler’s store and as they neared it Djuna had seen that there were no lights inside.
“I forgot that Mr. Pindler always closes Wednesday at noon and doesn’t open again until the next morning,” he said. He lifted his gaze and sa...w that there were no lights in the Pindler apartment over the store, either. “They must have gone to Riverton, or some place,” Djuna finished bitterly.
“Couldn’t we ride over to Brookville and phone from Doc Perry’s store?” Bobby asked. “I saw a phone booth there, so I wouldn’t have to knock over milk cans to keep people from hearing what you were saying.”
“I guess that’s what we’ll have to do,” Djuna said. “We’ll get our bikes and tell Miss Annie we’re going for a little ride, because it’ll be dark before we get back.”MoreLess
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