A League of Three: Boy's Detective Stratagems — page 94: what you’re looking at

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A LEA GUE OF THREE. - Lavie it to me,” cried Patsy. | ; Te little gamin ran straight up to the patie and called. ni to them: en Hurry up, hurry! they are killing a man in that house down tle street.” | The police were fooled and rushed on. The two boys did not look like burglars and the ruse was easily played, and ple yed just in time. “Now, for it, Madie. We’ve got to leg it or die.” The two boys did leg it, and fortunately Patsy was up to a echeme. His familiarity with New York life stood Lim ell in hand and the lads got well away. Meantime the three officers arrived at the house just ip time to meet their comrade rushing down the stoop. “Did you catch ’em?” he demanded. “(atch who?” | “The burglars.” ea “Where are they?” | “They just ran up the street. One was disguised as a | countryman and the other was a boy.” “We've been ‘dumped,’ ” was the exclamation of one of ‘ the three officers, and two of them at once started in pur- : suit of Madie and Patsy. | The two lads reached their room in safety, and when once within their own apartment Patsy said: “Well, we are in for it now.” “Oh, you take too gloomy a view of it, Patsy. It’s all a good joke.” “You think so, eh?” Yea. | “Well. I tell you inside of two hours there will be two or three detectives on the hunt for us, and they’ll find us. We had better shift.” “What, change our quarters?” | “Let the room and furniture stand, but you and I had ¥) better make ourselves scarce.” ' t