The Clue in the Diary
“Swenson. “I’m sure your husband carried identification. If anything had happened to him, surely you would have been notified by this time.”
“But what about his not writing to me?” Mrs. Swenson persisted. “It’s unlike Joe not to keep a promise.”
“Well, that puzzles me too,” Nancy confessed. “But I’m sure you’ll hear from him soon.”
“Oh, I hope so. It should have been easy for Joe to find work, because he’s very skillful. But as I told you before, he was cheated out of a fair deal on his cleveres...t invention. Unfortunately, he entrusted the drawings to an unscrupulous man who promised to take out patents for him—but didn’t!”
“How dreadful!” Nancy remarked.
“Yes, the man took the patents out under his own name. He deliberately stole them from Joe.”
“Who is the man?” Nancy asked tensely, yet fearing the answer.
Mrs. Swenson hesitated an instant and then said, “Perhaps I shouldn’t give his name, but since you’ll most likely never see him, it can do no harm.MoreLess
“But what about his not writing to me?” Mrs. Swenson persisted. “It’s unlike Joe not to keep a promise.”
“Well, that puzzles me too,” Nancy confessed. “But I’m sure you’ll hear from him soon.”
“Oh, I hope so. It should have been easy for Joe to find work, because he’s very skillful. But as I told you before, he was cheated out of a fair deal on his cleveres...t invention. Unfortunately, he entrusted the drawings to an unscrupulous man who promised to take out patents for him—but didn’t!”
“How dreadful!” Nancy remarked.
“Yes, the man took the patents out under his own name. He deliberately stole them from Joe.”
“Who is the man?” Nancy asked tensely, yet fearing the answer.
Mrs. Swenson hesitated an instant and then said, “Perhaps I shouldn’t give his name, but since you’ll most likely never see him, it can do no harm.MoreLess
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