CHAPTER X
“THE WATERMELONS HAVE COME”
Mr. Burnett would not hear of Josie’s leaving until he had ordered his car.
“I’ll take you myself,” he insisted.
“But suppose Major Simpson sees us,” laughed Josie.
“Oh, won’t that be delicious?” from May. “Do you fancy he will think Brother Teddy is shoplifting from himself?”
“Of course, if he sees me driving around with a bunch of lace and a gold mesh bag he could come to no other conclusion.”
“Well! I have been called many things, but never before a bunch of lace and a gold mesh bag,” said Josie, buttoning her neat sport coat. “Wait, let me see that there is nothing in my pockets that does not belong to me, because if I don’t look out I’ll be arrested yet.”
“Now, my dear,” said Mrs. Burnett, “I am going to make you promise to come and dine with us very soon. I want to hear some of the many tales of the criminals you have caught up with. I know you think that is a strange taste for an old lady like me, but I simply dote on detective stories and I am sure you know interesting things that don’t get in books.”
“Please do! Please do!” chorused the sisters, and Josie promised, although she had her doubts about the advisability of accepting such an invitation, certainly not until the shoplifting plot was unraveled.