Sara nodded her head grimly. “It has,” she agreed. “Didn’t you see the morning paper?”
“Why, no.”
“Then wait a minute.” Sara turned and vanished into the boat shed. A moment later she reappeared, carrying a copy of the Star.
“Read that,” she directed, thrusting the black headlines in front of Penny’s eyes. “Now do you understand why I feel that you’re no friend of mine?”
CHAPTER
5
HELD ON SUSPICION
Penny gazed at the Riverview Star’s front page headline which proclaimed:
“BURT OTTMAN ARRESTED AS SUSPECT IN BRIDGE DYNAMITING.”
The opening paragraph of the news story, was even more dismaying. It began:
“Acting upon information provided by Miss Penelope Parker, police today arrested Burt Ottman, owner of the Ottman Boat Dock, charging him with participation in the Friday night dynamiting of Thompson’s bridge.”
Penny hastily scanned the remainder of the story and then protested: “But I never even mentioned your brother’s name to police, Miss Ottman! Why, I certainly didn’t think that he had any connection with the dynamiting.”