. Small boys in big boots : a story for children of all ages . oming upon it. Captain James Higgins had organized his police-force the dayTeddy had tempted Myra to send the anonymous letter ; this evenhe admitted was good detective business, for it manufactured acriminal for whose discovery there would probably be offered areward. They could immediately clap their hands on the culprit,and the reward would place the force upon a sound financial basis. It is this affair upon which Teddy, after Footlightss paroxysm ofdespair is over, makes his report. After listening in silence to that young offi
. Small boys in big boots : a story for children of all ages . oming upon it. Captain James Higgins had organized his police-force the dayTeddy had tempted Myra to send the anonymous letter ; this evenhe admitted was good detective business, for it manufactured acriminal for whose discovery there would probably be offered areward. They could immediately clap their hands on the culprit,and the reward would place the force upon a sound financial basis. It is this affair upon which Teddy, after Footlightss paroxysm ofdespair is over, makes his report. After listening in silence to that young officers description ofthe little girl-culprits terror, Captain James Higgins, the GreatHead-center of the Pinkerton Juniors, suddenly mutters: Imnot hard enough for this business. I must toughen myself ! What do you mean, Head-center ? asks the younger policeman. I mean Im not hard enough for the part; Ive got too muchheart to be a cop, answers Higgins, clasping his breast theatrically. To be a first-class detective needs a fellow that can play it verylow
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