“Attention all scout cars! Be on the alert for escaped convict, Danny Deevers alias Spike Devons. Five-feet nine, blue eyes, brown hair. Last seen in state prison uniform. Believed heading for Riverview.”
“Danny Deevers!” Penny whispered, and quickly turned the volume control. “I repeat,” boomed the dispatcher’s voice. “Be on lookout for Danny Deevers, a dangerous escaped criminal. Believed heading this way.”
CHAPTER
3
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
“Did you hear that?” Penny demanded of her chum as the police dispatcher went off the air. “Danny Deevers has escaped!”
The name rang no bell in Louise’s memory.
“And who is Danny Deevers?” she inquired. “Anyone you know?”
“Not exactly. But Jerry Livingston has good reason to remember him.”
“Jerry Livingston? That reporter you like so well?”
A quick grin brought confession from Penny. “Jerry is only one of my friends,” she said. “But it’s a known fact he’s better looking and smarter than all the other Star reporters put together.”
“It’s a fact known to you,” teased her chum. “Well, what about this escaped convict, Danny Deevers?”