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CHAPTER THIRTY

WHILE CORRINNE and Bob
read the account of Lynn Rhodes
nefarious activities, the police Of
ficers left the car at the parsonage
curb and went into the church.
Sarah Anne, standing at the
door, watched them. She was re-
lieved. Her father knew nothing
suspicious about the man who had
been rooming in their house. He
could not possibly give any clues.
Maybe she need not see them at
all.
Only, if Corrinne had married
Lynn, the whole family would be
drawn into this. There was no es-
cape for any of them. With that
thought she sat down Imply on
the cushioned seat that spanned the
bay window in the living room al
cove, where she had gone to watch
for the return of the officials.
Her father
Sharply, quickly, like a thin
string of dazzling lightning, the
thought came. If Corrinne were in
serious trouble it would reflect on
him as g. minister Of the gospel
Some people liked to criticize min
listers children, and if something
terrible had happened
'But what is it? What is it ?"
she moaned aloud
She was still in the alcove when
her father and the officers entered
the room. "If you'll be seated, gen.
tlemen, my wife and daughters will
be glad to answer any questions
which they can," his deep, kindly
voice was saying. He saw Sarah
Anne and spoke to her.
"I'm afraid twenty-five years in
the ministry haven't made me a
very good judge Of character. Our
lodger is a narcotic king. And his
enemy-Punk Edwards, wasn't it /?
lis an ally. They divided danger
Oy feigning a rivalry"
Narcotics ?" She looked from
face to face. Somebody handed her
an early edition of a newspaper.
Yes, the story was there, and the
details were cleared up. Robin was
an alias, a name the man had been
forced to entrust to Corrinne for
self-protection when his gang used
it. Punk had needed to reach his
chief that night of the house break
ing.
And the new car it was all
there.
Mrs. Melton joined the group,
and Miss Sarah and Miss Anne
Moffet, coming slowly up the
street, sighte. the police car and
quickened their pace.
The thought Of Corrinne's prob
able action was becoming more and
more terrifying to Sarah Anne.
Where had her sister gone? To
Lynn? To the lodge? And what
would this do to her father and the
pastorate that he had cherished?
eff hadn't accepted the mans in
vitations neither would Corrinne,"
Sarah Anne reproved herself fulfil
ly. Yet the whole family had been
mistaken. The two Miss Moffets
had been wrong, too. Only Bob had
guessed. Bob who had said that
the family needed a buffer.
He came past the door, presently,
and she motioned. The chief of po-
lice began to ask him questions.
Bob's eyes smiled at Sarah Anne.
She knew that he was remember
ing her experience of the preceding
night. She herself had forgotten it
in the greater worry about Cor
rinne.
Then an officer said: There's an
other question, reverend. It's a
question fer your daughters. We
are searching for girl who spent
last evening with this Robin-Lynn
Rhodes at lodge he used as a
hideout. The girl made a getaway
down chute into the lake when
she thought she was caught. Would
you know anything about that?
He looked at Sarah Anne. "Were |
you there last night. Miss Mel |
tOn?"
So the question had come. If only
she had braved the problem last |
night, instead of running away! |
She held her head up higher,
opened her mouth |