(#39) The Clue Of The Dancing Puppet - Plot & Excerpts
A tall, husky man stood beside her.Foster stopped, opened his coat to show his detective badge, then commandeered the services of the man. “We’re after a suspect, and I may need help,” the detective said.Nancy, meanwhile, had asked the woman if there was a fire escape from the left side of the building. The young woman nodded, saying, “You can get onto it from every floor through a bedroom in the rear apartments.”The detective, the other man, and Nancy sprinted into an alley. Nancy pointed. “There he is! Just jumping down from the foot of the fire escape!”The three pursuers doubled their speed but were not able to lessen the gap between them and the fugitive.“He mustn’t get away!” Nancy cried out.To the men’s amazement, she was more fleet-footed than they. Nancy had vaulted a fence which the suspect had jumped over, and was now running down an alley toward the next street.The detective and the other man finally caught up with her at the street. Longman was weaving his way to the opposite side, dodging traffic.“Stay here!”
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