“Why, you’re right!” Louise agreed. “For a minute I didn’t recognize him in street clothes.”
“Let’s follow him,” Penny proposed as the man started down a side street. “Maybe we can learn the new location of The Green Parrot.”
“Oh, Penny, I told Mother I’d come straight home.”
“Then I’ll follow him alone. I can’t let this opportunity slip.”
Louise hesitated, and then, unwilling to have Penny undertake an adventure alone, quickly caught up with her.
“There’s no telling where this chase will end,” she complained. “That man may not be going to The Green Parrot.”
“Then perhaps we’ll learn where he lives and police can question him.”
As Penny spoke, a siren began to sound. A car which was cruising past, pulled up at the curb and its headlights went off. All along the street, lights blinked out one by one.
“The blackout!” Louise, gasped. “I was afraid we’d be caught in it. Now we’ll lose that man, and what’s worse, I’ll be late in getting home!”