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The Mystery of the Fires. Lavell Edith
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“No, I don’t. If it were the first fire, I might believe that. But with the Hunters’ a week or so ago, the whole thing looks sinister to me. I’m frightened, Jane. Ours may be the next. We haven’t any insurance to speak of. Besides, something dreadful might happen to Mother. People are burned to death sometimes, you know.”
“Yes, that’s true,” replied Jane seriously. “But what are you going to do?”
“Treat it just like a case, as I did Dark Cedars. List all the possible suspects and search the neighborhood for desperate characters.”
“Such as gypsies?”
“No, not gypsies. They wouldn’t have any motive this time. But somebody must have a motive – unless it’s a crazy person who is responsible.”
Jane’s eyes opened wide.
“That’s an idea, Mary Lou! There are people like that – crazy along just one particular line. They feel they simply have to light fires. Firebugs, you know.”
“Incendiary is the correct term, I believe,” said Mary Louise.
“Oh, so you’ve already thought of it and looked up the word!”
“Yes, I’ve thought of it. Who wouldn’t have? It’s the first explanation that jumps into your head when you hear of a fire. They say lighted cigarettes start them too, and small children.”
“Small children? But not boys as big as Freckles and the Smiths?”
An expression of pain passed over Mary Louise’s face.
“I’m afraid everybody suspects the boys. Especially Mr. Flick… I’m going to call Freckles now and ask him just exactly what he did yesterday. Then, if you’re interested, Jane, I’ll read you all my list of suspects.”
“Sure I’m interested. I love to play the part of Watson to the great Sherlock Holmes Gay!” Mary Louise stuck out her tongue.
“Don’t be so fresh!” she said, but she was pleased and flattered to be called Sherlock Holmes.
Freckles, eating a bun and followed by Silky, came leisurely through the screen door. Mary Louise asked him to sit down and talk to her.
“Can’t long,” was the reply. “Have to go see old man Flick.”
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