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He didn't do it!" "How about those clay tracks, Mrs. Brenner? There is red clay on the hill where the man was killed. There is red clay on your floor." Munn spoke kindly. "Mart tracked in that clay. He changed shoes with Tobey. I tell you that's the truth." She was past caring for any harm that might befall her. Brenner smiled with a wide tolerance.
Tobey shook his head. "I dunno," he repeated his feeble denial. Munn advanced. "No use, Mrs. Brenner, you see. Tobey, you'll have to come along with us." Even to Tobey's brain some of the strain in the atmosphere must have penetrated, for he drew back. "Naw," he protested sulkily, "I don't want to." Dick Roamer stepped to his side. He laid his hand on Tobey's arm. "Come along," he urged. Mrs.
He had read and reread the tale until the episodes were known almost by heart, but still The Sign of the Four held powerful sway over his imagination. Thaddeus Sholto lived again to tell his nervous, halting tale to the astute Baker Street detective. Tobey took the two eager sleuths through the episode of the trail which led to the creosote barrels.
Presently Tobey was dressed. She took him by the hand. Her own hand was shaking, and very cold and clammy. Her knees were weak as she led him toward the door. She could feel them trembling so that every step was an effort. And her hand on the knob had barely strength to turn it. But turn it she did and opened the door. "Here he is!" she cried chokingly.
Tobey protested. "I seen pa already. I want my supper out here! I don't want to go to bed!" Mrs. Brenner paused. "Where was pa?" she asked. But Tobey's stretch of coherent thinking was past. "I dunno!" he muttered. Mrs. Brenner sighed. She pulled off the sticky shoes and rose stiffly. "Go get in bed," she said. "Aw, Ma, I want to stay up with my butterflies," the boy pleaded.
"William Tobey, sir. I am the son of " "Jonathan Tobey and Henrietta Bugwug," continued the lady, "it being so stated in the marriage license which the minister said was for my protection, and bears the likeness of Tobey on one side and mine on the other and clasped hands in the center signifying union, and is now in the left-hand corner of the sixth shelf from the bottom in the china closet and can be produced at any time if it's needful.
Tobey shook his head. "I dunno," he repeated his feeble denial. Munn advanced. "No use, Mrs. Brenner, you see. Tobey, you'll have to come along with us." Even to Tobey's brain some of the strain in the atmosphere must have penetrated, for he drew back. "Naw," he protested sulkily, "I don't want to." Dick Roamer stepped to his side. He laid his hand on Tobey's arm. "Come along," he urged. Mrs.
"A drawn bout, Tobey," said he, with a change of front. "No more backing and filling. You ask a small favor. Fetch your man along, whoever he may be. He shall be done no harm by me." "Even though he made a mortal enemy of you, Master Rackham?" "Enough, Peter. I have many enemies and scores to settle. You have my assurance but I demand the lad's name." "Not without his permission," declared Tobey.
"What do you mean, sir, by this rebellious attitude?" questioned Tobey, sticking his damaged face close to that of the fiddler. Dan'l blinked with his one eye but refused to answer. "I've a good mind to skin you alive," continued the leader, in a savage tone. "You'll either obey my orders or I'll throw you into the snake pit." "Let him alone, Algy," said Tim, carelessly.
What place?" The tears again made rivulets on her cheeks. He shook his head. "I dunno." Mrs. Brenner would not give up. "You saw your pa this afternoon, Tobey?" she coached him softly. He nodded. "Where'd you see him?" she breathed. He frowned. "I saw pa " he began, straining to pierce the cloud that covered him. "Blood! Blood!" shrieked old Mrs. Brenner.
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