"We came because we knew Jimmie was in danger. We thought we might get here ahead of the police and save him from arrest."
"Then your father knows the truth?"
"Yes, he's suspected for some weeks that Jimmie was implicated with the dreadful Molberg gang. Tonight he forced me to acknowledge it."
"But how did you know, Betty?"
"Once I saw Jimmie with Rap Molberg at the Blind Pig. I realized too that my brother was deeply in debt. I made him tell me everything."
"No wonder you were worried," Penny said sympathetically.
"I didn't know what to do," Betty went on nervously. "I was afraid to tell Father the truth because I thought it would just about kill him. He had pledged himself to the task of tracing down the Molberg gang."
"And of course, if Jimmie's name were linked in any way with the automobile thefts, it would have cost your father his position."
"Yes, I was afraid too that Father would insist upon turning Jimmie over to the police. He is so upright and honest. He detests a criminal."
"How did your father learn the truth, Betty?"