Howard R. Garis

“ You see, it belongs to you, your mother, and the other children jointly. It would be necessary for you all to sign, and, as you and the other children are not of age, your signatures would be of no value. The courts would have to be appealed to to appoint a guardian for you. But the gang evidently think that if they get your signature, and that of your mother, they, can pass the deed off for genuine on some unsuspecting purchaser, without waiting for the other names.”
“Have you any idea about why they are so anxious to get the land?” asked Larry. ”

“ It concerns the city, but what it is I can't learn, though I've tried in all the ways I know. I'm only afraid some other paper will find out before I do, and get a beat on me as well as spoiling our chance to get the deed back. But that's one of the risks you take in this business.”
“Then the only thing to do is to wait?” asked Larry. ”

“ A few fires, none of them very big, several robberies, and a number of accidents, one or which proved fatal, made up the day's happenings. Usually a general lack of news was something to be regarded as an undesirable happening, but the day after election even the editors were too weary to want many items. ”