“I don’t know whether he did or not. He looked up right away and the expression on his face was different from what it was before. He knows something about it anyway, whether he took it or not.”
“Keep it up, Fred,” laughed George. “Pretty soon you’ll be able to run down every man who has seen our car, to say nothing of those who took it.”
“What do you advise me to do?” he continued.
“I don’t know.”
“That’s just it,” laughed George. “There are lots of people that can tell you what ought to be done, but there are mighty few that can tell you how to do it. Do you want me to have him arrested?”
“I didn’t say that,” said Fred. “All I said to you was that he knows more about it than you think he does. It seems to me it would be a good thing to have some one watch him or to leave word with the constable.”
“What will the constable do? He can’t invite him to his house.”
“No, but he can tell him he mustn’t leave town, can’t he?”
“I don’t think he could without a warrant or something. You can’t arrest a man merely on suspicion.”
“All the same,” said Fred, “I think you’ll find that he knows more about that lost car than any one else.”