During the summer, he helped the children of the neighborhood as well. When school let out, he opened his own detective agency in the garage. Every morning he hung out his sign: Brown Detective Agency13 Rover AvenueLEROY BROWNPresidentNo case too small25¢ a day plus expenses The first customer Thursday was Kitty Depugh. She laid twenty-five cents on the gas can beside Encyclopedia. “I want to hire you,” she said. “Get back my grandma’s pie before Bugs Meany eats it.” Bugs Meany was the leader of a gang of tough older boys. They called themselves the Tigers. They should have called themselves the Gift Factory. They were always giving some little kid the works. “Suppose you tell me what happened,” Encyclopedia said. “Every Thursday I take one of Mom’s homemade key lime pies to my grandma,” Kitty began. “I was taking one to her half an hour ago.” “Bugs was watching for you?” Encyclopedia asked. “He stopped me a block from Grandma’s house,” Kitty replied.
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