A Trap
"Wait! I want to talk with you!" Penny called.
The boy paid no heed. As she ran after him he darted into the nearest alley.
Provoked, Penny hastened back to the car where Susan was waiting.
"Let's try to catch him," she proposed, springing in beside her chum.
Susan turned the coupé in the narrow street and drove into the alley. They could see the boy only a short distance ahead.
"We'll overtake him," Penny cried jubilantly.
Aware that he was being pursued, the boy ran faster. Then noticing an opening between two buildings, he squeezed through it and was lost to view.
Penny tried to follow afoot but soon gave it up. She returned to the coupé disheartened.
"He eluded us this time, Sue. I suppose that boy thought I meant to have him arrested. Actually, I only wanted to question him."