"Looks to me as if you had Mr. Fuller's future prosperity in your hands, Sylvia," Heath said.
"She has. She can make or break me. A big responsibility, eh, little Sylvia?"
"I know it, Hortie," retorted the girl seriously.
"She is equal to it, Fuller—never fear," Stanley Heath asserted.
"I'm not doing any worrying," smiled Horatio. "I—"
The sentence was cut short by the radio's loudspeaker:
The much sought Long Island gem thief was captured this morning at his lodgings in Jersey City. Harris Chalmers, alias Jimmie O'Hara, a paroled prisoner, was taken by the police at his room on K— Street. A quantity of loot, together with firearms and the missing jewels were found concealed in the apartment. The man readily admitted the theft. He has a long prison record.
For a second nobody spoke.
Then as if prompted by common impulse, the three on the piazza rushed indoors.