Dalwood.
"Just don't do anything--and don't worry," she advised. "I know your
daughters are able to take care of themselves--especially Miss
Alice."
"Yes, she seems very capable--of late," he agreed, remembering how
she had worked to get him into the moving picture business.
"And with Russ no harm will come to them," went on Mrs. Dalwood.
"He's a good boy."
"Indeed he is! But I wish I knew what it was all about."
There was the honk of an auto horn in the street below, and as they
looked out, they saw, in the gleam of a street lamp, Ruth and Alice
alighting.
"There they are now!" exclaimed Mr. DeVere, with a note of relief in
his voice.
"But Russ isn't with them!" said Mrs. Dalwood, in surprise. "I wonder
what can have happened to him?"
Anxiously the two parents waited until the girls came up.
"Oh, such a time!" cried Alice, breathlessly.
"Where's Russ?" demanded his mother.
"After the men--Simp Wolley and Bud Brisket!"
"Oh, those horrid men!"
"He's all right," said Ruth, gently. "He is going to get Mr. Pertell
and an officer to go with him.
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