"Dad," she announced impressively. "The toy lantern has been claimed."
The detective dropped his paper and quickly arose.
"By whom?" he asked.
"It was Perry Crocker who took the lantern away, Dad. Susan and I were in the store when he came in for candy."
"He made a positive identification?"
"Oh, yes, Dad," Penny declared. "Perry told Mr. Turner that he had constructed the wick from an old piece of cloth in the house."
"Then it looks as if Herman Crocker may be mixed up in the robbery."
"Don't you remember that from the very first I said he was a suspicious character," Penny reminded her father.
"Yes, I remember," Mr. Nichols replied dryly.
"What will you do now, Dad? Have Mr. Crocker arrested?"