“Any news?” Penny asked quickly. “Did you find Dad?”
“So far we haven’t,” the editor confessed. “I’ve personally called the police station, every hospital and private nursing home in Riverview.”
“Dad may have gone to a doctor’s office for treatment.”
“I thought of that,” replied DeWitt. “We’ve checked all the likely ones.”
“What could have become of him?” Penny asked desperately. “Mrs. Weems and I are dreadfully worried.”
“Oh, he’ll show up any minute,” comforted Mr. DeWitt. “Probably he doesn’t realize anyone is looking for him.”
Penny asked the editor if he had learned the identity of the hit-skip driver.
“No one took down the license number of the car,” Mr. DeWitt returned regretfully. “Our reporters are still working on the story though.”
“The story,” murmured Penny faintly. For the first time it occurred to her that her father’s accident and subsequent disappearance would be regarded as front page news.
“I don’t expect to run an account of the accident until I’ve talked to your father,” DeWitt said hastily. “Now don’t worry about anything. I’ll let you know the minute I have any news.”