Chapter II
A NEW CASE
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Bob had been waiting in the anteroom less than five minutes when the door banged open and Tully Ross almost catapulted into the room. Tully was about the last person in the world that Bob wanted to see just then but he grinned and made the best of it.
“Hello, Tully. What’s all the hurry?” he asked.
Tully stopped abruptly and stared at Bob. There was no friendliness in the glance that swept Bob from head to foot.
“I didn’t expect to see you here,” he blurted out.
“That goes for me, too,” replied Bob. “That was quite a story you gave the reporters last night.”
A deep flush swept over Tully’s face but he was quick to deny the implications in Bob’s words.
“What story do you mean?” he asked sharply.
“I guess you know what I mean,” said Bob evenly. “I thought it was a rule of this department not to give out news stories.”
“You’re on the wrong track,” Tully insisted; but Bob knew by the expression on Tully’s face that Tully had given out the news story, thereby violating one of the rules of the department.