Though tempted to tell the entire story, Penny held her tongue. “Just looking,” she mumbled.
“Didn’t I hear you call out?”
“Yes.”
“Know anyone aboard the Snark?”
“No.”
“Then move along,” the guard ordered curtly.
Penny did not argue. Slipping quietly away, she sought a brightly lighted street which led toward the newspaper office. Midway there, she stopped at a corner drugstore to call home and inquire for her father. Mrs. Weems told her that so far as she knew Mr. Parker had returned to the Star office to do a little extra work.
“Then I’ll catch him there,” Penny declared.
“Is anything wrong?” the housekeeper inquired anxiously.
“Just something in connection with a news story,” Penny reassured her. “I’ll be home soon.”