Penny showed him the pin. As he gazed at the picture on the face of the badge, a strange expression came into his eyes.
“You know the man?” Penny asked instantly.
“He works at our factory. But that’s not where I’ve seen him.”
“At the Harpers?” Sally asked.
“Yes,” Jack admitted unwillingly. “I don’t know his name, but he is a friend of Ma Harper and her husband.”
“And of that no-account Joe, the Sweeper?”
“I don’t know about that.” The questioning had made Jack uncomfortable.
“The man should be arrested!”
“We have no proof, Sally,” Penny pointed out. “While we’re satisfied in our own minds that the man who took the lantern is the person who lost the badge, we can’t be certain.”
“The badge may have been dropped by a passenger yesterday,” Jack added. “Let me find out this fellow’s name first, and a few facts about him.”