“Did you ever hear of the Rising Sun gang,” asked Larry.
“Many times. They’re about as bad as any crowd that infests New York.”
“Why not get a lot of police officers, and raid the place?” suggested Larry.
“It would be all right if we could guard every entrance,” said Mr. Newton. “But they have half a dozen, and they’d be sure to escape through one or the other.”
“How are you going to do it, then?”
“I think we’ll resort to a little strategy,” said the older reporter. “We’ll insert another personal, directed to the blue-handed man, asking where we can go to sign the deed. They evidently missed that first one. It was put in before they expected it.”
“But do you really want me to sign the deed?” asked Larry.
“Not for the world. We’ll simply ask them where we can meet them to sign it. We’re not promising to do what they want. I’ll write the advertisement out now, and we can put it in all the morning papers.”
“After that, what?”
“We’ll wait for an answer, and then we’ll be guided by what occurs next.”