“MR. PARKER,” it warned, “THIS IS TO ADVISE YOU TO LAY OFF ON TIRE THEFT STORIES IN YOUR PAPER. UNLESS YOU CHANGE YOUR POLICY YOU MAY WAKE UP IN A DITCH.”
CHAPTER
7
QUESTIONS WITHOUT ANSWERS
“I’d rather not have shown that note to you,” Mr. DeWitt said quietly. “We found it only a moment ago.”
“How did it get in Dad’s waste-basket?” Penny asked. “Do you suppose he threw it there himself?”
“That’s my guess. Your father never paid any attention to unsigned letters.”
Penny reread the threatening note, trying not to show how much it disturbed her. “I wonder if this came by mail?” she remarked.
“We don’t know,” DeWitt replied. “There was no envelope in the basket.”
“Dad never mentioned such a note to me,” Penny resumed, frowning. “Probably thought I’d worry about it. This makes the situation look bad, doesn’t it, Mr. DeWitt?”
The editor weighed his words carefully before he spoke. “It doesn’t prove that your father was waylaid by enemies, Penny. Not at all. According to reports, Mr. Parker was involved in an ordinary automobile accident, and left the scene of his own free will.”
“With a woman who drove a black car.”