“You mean you weren’t able to find out the name of the man who dropped his badge aboard the Queen?” Penny asked incredulously.
“Of course you learned the name if you really tried,” Sally added. “Every single badge used at your factory would be recorded!”
Thus trapped, Jack said lamely: “Oh, I learned his name all right. Take it easy, and I’ll tell you.”
CHAPTER
16
SILK STOCKINGS
Puzzled by Jack’s behavior and his evident reluctance to reveal what he had learned, Penny and Sally sat down beside him on the dock. At their urging he said:
“Well, I traced the number through our employment office. The badge was issued to a worker named Adam Glowershick.”
Neither of the girls ever had heard of the name, but Sally, upon studying the picture again, was sure she recalled having seen him as a passenger aboard the River Queen.
“He’s a punch press operator,” Jack added.
“And he’s the man you thought you knew?” Penny asked curiously.
“Yes. As I told you, I’ve seen him at the Harpers.” Jack acted ill at ease.