CHAPTER VIII

TROUBLE BREWING “Honest Injun!” declared Bruin in answer to Ted’s remark. “I’m not trying to kid you. I’ve heard from Frank of the way you hunted down the rascals who committed that murder that was charged against your father, and it struck me as one of the prettiest bits of detective work I’ve heard of for a long while. You’ve got the faculty of seeing a lot of things that other people would overlook and then of putting those things together so that they form the answer to the puzzle. I’d back you against any of t…