Anybody owning them has to show his license, if he has one, and if he
hasn't--well, that's the man we're after."
"Simple enough," commented Bob. "But when you don't know how it's
done, it seems like looking for a needle in a haystack."
"Yes, and by all the rules it should be easier than usual to locate
this offender," said the radio inspector, "because he has a
peculiarity that marks him out."
"I'll bet I know what it is, too," said Bob quickly.
"You do?" said Brandon, surprised.
"He stutters badly, and then has to whistle before he can go on,
doesn't he?" said Bob.
"That's the man, all right," said Brandon. "Do you know anything
about him?"
"Well, if he's the man we think he is, we don't know much good about
him," said Bob, and he proceeded to tell Brandon about Dan Cassey
and the mean way he had tricked Nellie Berwick and stolen her money.
"So you see you're not the only one looking for the stuttering man,"
said Bob, in conclusion. "We'd like pretty well to find out where
he is ourselves."
"But what makes you think this man I'm looking for is the same one
you're after?" asked Brandon.
"In the first place, there aren't many people who stutter so badly,"
said Bob. "And in the second place, Miss Berwick told us that she
saw some radio apparatus on his desk when she was in his office.
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