"No danger of that, Penny. He'll be watched from the instant he leaves the jail and kept in sight until he appears for trial."
"Do you think he will be convicted?"
"I feel sure of it. If you testify against him he hasn't a chance. Will you mind going to court?"
"I'd love it!" Penny returned instantly. "Nothing would give me greater satisfaction than to serve as a witness against both of those men."
"Brunner was the real brains behind the gang," Mr. Nichols went on. "He had everyone fooled, including myself. You did a fine piece of work to-night, my dear."
Penny flushed at the praise.
"If it hadn't been for your arrival at the critical moment, all my information would have been worthless. I guess I was very foolhardy."
"Perhaps you were, a trifle," the detective smiled. "But an investigator must take certain chances. Not that I'd want you to do the same thing again," he added hastily.
"You didn't tell me what the police did about Jimmie Davis," Penny reminded him. "I hope he wasn't sent to jail too."
"No, he's been placed in the custody of his father for a year. If he straightens up and doesn't violate his parole, nothing more will ever be said regarding his part in the affair."