could he?”
Chief Collig propounded this query with the expression of one who has triumphantly settled all difficulties.
“He had short, dark hair!” said Harrity doggedly.
“And I’m sure he had long, red hair!” shouted Henry J. Brown, very indignantly. “Do you think I’m blind? Do you think I’d tell a lie about it?”
“He had dark hair.”
“It was red.”
“It was dark.”
“It wasn’t.”
“It was!”
“Stop it!” commanded Chief Collig. “I don’t think either of you know what kind of hair he had. Probably he was bald-headed. But I’ll send word out to keep a watch for the yellow roadster. I’ll notify the police in other towns too. I guess that’s all that can be done now.”