A League of Three: Boy's Detective Stratagems — page 108: what you’re looking at

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* APTA See eee ENS Mee CeO MEA TT Sev ce ROG. iy os A LEAGUE OP THRER — ‘ | | AS obi F f * ‘ St wt: ‘“s CHAPTER XI. whys Une i Ox the following morning our hero called at the gentle- man’s house. ‘I'he visit was quite an amusing one, for the . girl to whom Madie was introduced did appear to be about Addie Velkaneu’s age, and did bear a very striking resem- blance to the missing girl, but she was not our hero’s Addie, and as he had said to Patsy, he was without a clew. Hy) A few days passed; the two boys spent a great deal of time hunting for other clews and failed in every direction, | and one day Patsy said: — a.m | ~~ a, ‘ “ Madie, you will have to give it up.” “Give it up?” . “Vos” Mh “Patsy, PI not give it up as long as my strength and intelligence remain to me.” “You wil never succeed.” “T will succeed.” “ You wil] never find her.” ne “T may never find her, but I will solve the mystery and, by ginger! Patsy, we’ve been fools.” “You mean me.” bel “Well, they say I am a crank, and possibly you have SD “ome to the same conclusion.” ‘ Re “T said we, Patsy.” | Tey “So we have been fools.” ; ' on “ Yes. | Re piipe \ “ How?” | “We have been searching for a clew.” “We have, and I don’t think we have left a stene unturned.” | ' ie “We have.” } ay “Ts that so?” | Ve “ Vos.” Gh ? s P 7