“No, wait!” cried Sunny. “I see him now.”
Mr. Carsdale walked briskly toward the Brownies, accompanied by a tall, thin man. The girls were quite certain he must be the circus detective.
However, they were a little disappointed, because the man did not look in the least as they had expected. He wore a gray business suit and did not show a badge.
“Sorry to have kept you waiting,” apologized Mr. Carsdale. “This is Clem Gregg, the company detective. You might tell him about losing your billfold and the watch.”
“Carsdale says you saw the man who stole it,” commented the detective, addressing Miss Gordon.
“I thought perhaps I did,” replied the Brownie leader. “At least I recall a man who pressed close to me in the crowd near one of the side shows.”
The circus detective asked Miss Gordon for a description of the pickpocket.
“To tell you the truth, I scarcely noticed him,” the teacher admitted. “The girls’ observations were much better than mine.”
“He had a mole on his cheek,” volunteered Connie. “And he wore a brown suit.”
“A man may change his suit,” remarked the detective. “He cannot so easily rid himself of a telltale mole. Would you say he was short or tall?”