66 ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN him a boy named BiIly Haggerty had been there this mornlng tO have a sprained wrrst treated. Encyclopedia asked in the last two offces, just to be sure. Neither doctor had treated children that mormng. Billy Haggerty became suspect number one ! Encyclopedia got BiIIy Haggerty's address from the nurse rn room 3 01. He hurried back to Dr. Wilson's offce to use the telephone. He called Sally. He told her to meet him in front of the Haggertys' house in half an hour. ・Ⅵ may have some rough going ahead of us, ” he warned. But BiIly Haggerty turned out to be only an inch taller than Encyclopedia, and shorter than Sally. Billy drew himself up to his full height 2 [ En- cyclopedia's first question: 'Were you in Dr. Vivian WiIson's offce this mornmg> " "Naw," snapped BilIy. "I don't know any Dr. Wilson.

SOLUTIONS 50 ⅳ 00 0 ーわ・ 00 of ・ i 9 RO 〃 5k0 Billy Haggerty said that he had never heard of Dr. Vivian Wilson and that he didn't know where his offce was. But he knew tOO much about him. He knew that Dr. Vivian Wilson was ( 1 ) a man, not a woman, and ( 2 ) a dent1St, not a doctor. When he was tripped by his fibs, Billy re- turned the roller skates to Sally.

THE MISSING ROLLER SKATES "You didn't ask anyone about Dr. WiIson? ' ' put in Sally. never heard of him before you spoke his name," said Billy. "Then you went straight to your own doctor on the third 日 oor? " said EncycIopedia. "Yeah. Dr. Stanton in room 3 01. What's it to "Dr. Wilson's offce down the hall from bOth the stalrs and the elevator, ” said Encyclo- pedia thoughtfully. "You wouldn't pass his offce gomg up or coming down. "I don't know where his offce and I don't said Billy. "lt's none of your business ca re , where I was. 、ル ' e just want tO be sure you weren t in Dr. Vivian WiIson's offce this morning. That's 2 Ⅱ , ' said Sally. "WelI, I wasn't. I had a sprarned wrist, not a toothache. So why should I go near his offce? " demanded Billy. "I don't like snoopers. What you> "

THE CHAMPION EGG SPINNER Charlie's hockey stick, Billy's magic set, and Herb's jackknife. ' another match tomorrow, said Jody. "Eddie is out to win Charlie's tooth collec- tron. "And I just got two zebra teeth,' groaned Charlie. "Mr. Eckstrom gave them to me for de- livering Dr. Webster's stuffed sailfish Friday. "Hmmm," said Encyclopedia. "I never heard of an egg sprnmng contest before. 0 thought "Eddie," said the five boys together. "I might have known," said Encyclopedia. "The boys have been practicing for days,' said Sally. "But Eddie will walk 0 with Charlie's tOOth collection Just the same! "And everything else," said Billy. "This case smells rotten," said Encyclopedia. "Where do you get the eggs? " "At the supermarket," answered Pinky. "AII of us go together.

68 ENCYCLO PEDIA B ROWN "A parr of roller skates," said Encyclopedia ・ ・ DO you mind returning them? You've grven yourself away. WHAT GAVE BILLY AWAY? (Turn 地 24g fo ′ the 囮ん 0 地 The C of 舫 0 Missing Ro ′ S 如ま既 )

ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN whole gang was waiting for him at the garage ・ He made out Jody and Billy Turner, Charlie Stewart, Herb Stein, Pinky Plummer, and Sally. They looked as happy as six flat Sally greeted h . "The boys need your help," she said. 'With what? ” "With Eddie Phelan," said Charlie Stewart. "His egg beats everything. "Who this Eddie Phelan? " k 記 Encyclo- pedia. "A human egg beater? ' ' "Stop being silly," said Sally. "Eddie the champion egg sprnner," ex- plained Pinky. "He keeps his egg spmrung longer than any one else's. ' "The boys think he does somethmg secret and unfair to wm," said SaIIy. "Ah, you fear foul play? ' ' asked Encyclope- 'Be serious ! ' ' cried SaIIy. "Eddie won every- thing at the last match—Pinky's glove, Jody's bat, dia.

7 6 ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN boots, BiIIy's fishrng pole, even Herb's old tele- SCOpe. "The match going to start," Sally told Ency- clopedia. CharIie and Eddie got down on their knees. The spinning field was the smooth marble slab under the statue Of Thomas Edison. Each boy handed the other his egg. Eddie hardly glanced at Charlie's. But Charlie peered atthe champion s egg a long time. He turned it ov slowly. Then he held up one finger. Eddie hadn't changed eggs. He was using the one Charlie had marked. "Ready? " asked Eddie, smiling. "Do ゞ 0 e 舫切 g ー fa / ' ' SaIly whlspered to En- cyclopedia. “ Ge いー” Eddie called. "Excuse me," said Encyclopedia. " this a contest Of skill alone? ” Of course. "Huh? " said Eddie. "Why 'Then you won't mind changrng eggs, ' said Encyclopedia. "Let Charlie have your egg, and

12 ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN body dropped in. 0 y the rain. The roof of the garage had a hole in it. a fell all mormng, all aftemoon, and 2 Ⅱ the next day. Encycloped1a stared at the rain and felt 10W than a submarine's bOttom. He thought about takrng down the sign and going to see what new teeth Charlie Stewart had added to his collection. Or maybe digging for worms with Billy and Jody Turner and fishing 0 窟 the bridge at Mill Creek. Suddenly a pair of rubbers and a raincoat ap- peared in the doorway. lnside them was a small b oy. ・ M メ name Clarence Smith," said the boy. "I need your help. "No case t00 small," said Encyclopedia. "ls lt murder> ” "No—" said Clarence, backrng away ・ "K1dnappmg? ' ' asked Encyclopedia. "Black- "No—no," said Clarence weakly. "lt's a tent. mail? ”