Danny again; further adventures of "Danny the detective," (1920) (14775638653)

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Title: Danny again; further adventures of "Danny the detective,"
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Barclay, Vera C
Subjects: Children's stories, English
Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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lying out into the road. Withouta moments hesitation he scrambled free of 78 A MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE the mans legs, and sat with all his weight onthe furious burglars head. The man strug-gled violently, but one of his arms was caughtunder him, and Pat was bending the otherback in a most painful position. Before longthe policeman was up, and had the prisonerhandcuffed. Pat felt as if he were one great bruise allover! Blood was streaming from a cut onhis chin, where it had come into violent con-tact with the burglars boot. But his firstthought was for baby and the doctor. Pick-ing up his scooter, he did not wait for a wordfrom the policeman, but dashed on down thehill. Half an hour later Dr. Byrne was up at thecottage in his car, with Pat and his scooteron the seat beside him. Of course the cut onthe chin had to be explained. And, whenbaby was fixed up, it was stitched and ban-daged. The next day Dr. Byrne drove hissmall patient to the Police Court. Ten pounds reward! Why, the very excite-
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Crash! The scooter and its small rider had hurled themselvesagainst the burglars legs C \\)?^^^pv i/.ONS A MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE 79 ment of the adventure would have been enoughreward in itself! But, all the same, its ratherjolly to have £10 of your very own, earnedby your own pluck and the help of yourscooter! The Secret Room A FAMILY SECRET Eric Stone lived in Westminster with hisaunt, for he had no mother or father. Hebelonged to a Westminster Pack, but he spentall his holidays at his grandfathers house—alovely old castle in Wales. Its weather-beaten walls reached out very near to thecraggy cliffs, where the sea dashed up, whiteand foamy. Of course Eric longed for hisholidays, and one day it struck him how jollyit would be to take three of the other Cubswith him. So he got leave from his grand-father. Sir David Stone, and then he invitedthe boys. He did not choose the ones heliked best, but the three chaps who would be 80 THE SECRET ROOM 8i likely to have the dullest holiday, and no