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little ones jest nab the hankies and
timepieces like they always done, but at some point they git orders
t' look out fer bigger game, an' by appointment. It got t' be too
much of a coincidence, pickpockets just happ'nin' t' nab important
documents an' property.
"We learned it's happ'nin' with church
officials as well as secular types," Sue continued. "Then come th'
connections wi' th' threadbare business boys Prince Florizel talked
about an' th' soiled doves like th' one what compromised that-there
Collins feller. It's what we call a common denominator. They're
findin' out thangs an' funnelin' their information through th'
gossip columnists, as Miz Campbell discovered. Item appears in the
paper, pickpocket or housebreaker goes after the booty. The ship
Mr. Fun discovered was transportin' enslaved thieves t' other
locales. Connection there's th' name a' th' 'investor,' Dodge,
Ltd., and that's what really hog-ties it all t'gether."
"What was the name of the constable who took
our pickpocket into custody last night, Mac?" Mr. Campbell
asked.
"I – uh – I have to say I didn't notice,"
Doctor Mac admitted, reddening.
"Constable Dodge," Madame Phoebe supplied.
"Archie told me. And the alert that was to be attached to any of
the gossip columns that contained directions for a theft was some
variation of, According to my favorite informant, Dodge."
"And if poor Gertie had spoken a little
clearer when I recorded her," Oliver Twist said grimly, "you would
have heard her say, 'It were a dodge, 'at's wot it were.' Inquiries
have turned up an advocate by the name of Dodge listed as defending
suspects we have studied, who have never been found for further
proceedings, and Mr. Dodge is, it goes without saying, not known by
sight to anyone in chancery. At least, not by anyone who can be
found anymore to ask."
"You will recall my informant mentioned the
name Dodge in connection with someone having been killed," I added,
as if I had known the connection all along. In truth, it had just
clicked in my dull brain. Madame Phoebe positively beamed at
me.
"It is good hunting, Sue," Mowgli said with a
broad smile. "You have followed the sign well."
"Why would the fellow be so foolish as to
give out his name, over and over?" Doctor Mac asked,
astonished.
"It is not his real name," I said quietly,
building on Twist's conversation with Gertie. "A dodge is a
deception, a quick change of direction to escape a threat, so of
course he has chosen that name to laugh at anyone who tries to seek
him out. He will dodge us at every turn unless we somehow corner
him."
"More fool him t' keep usin' th' same
monicker," Sue said. "Showin' off's th' one thing a wicked man
cain't resist nohow. He'll brag on hisself an' make sure we know
it's him. Maybe Dodge ain't his real name, but it's real enough t'
him, an' he's proud to throw it around. And thet's how we'll bring
him down. He'll throw it out once too often and we'll be there t'
catch it."
"And the Alexander Campbell Foundation shall
be pleased to assist the Alexander Legacy in making the catch,”
Rose Campbell said firmly.
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t' look out fer bigger game, an' by appointment. It got t' be too
much of a coincidence, pickpockets just happ'nin' t' nab important
documents an' property.
"We learned it's happ'nin' with church
officials as well as secular types," Sue continued. "Then come th'
connections wi' th' threadbare business boys Prince Florizel talked
about an' th' soiled doves like th' one what compromised that-there
Collins feller. It's what we call a common denominator. They're
findin' out thangs an' funnelin' their information through th'
gossip columnists, as Miz Campbell discovered. Item appears in the
paper, pickpocket or housebreaker goes after the booty. The ship
Mr. Fun discovered was transportin' enslaved thieves t' other
locales. Connection there's th' name a' th' 'investor,' Dodge,
Ltd., and that's what really hog-ties it all t'gether."
"What was the name of the constable who took
our pickpocket into custody last night, Mac?" Mr. Campbell
asked.
"I – uh – I have to say I didn't notice,"
Doctor Mac admitted, reddening.
"Constable Dodge," Madame Phoebe supplied.
"Archie told me. And the alert that was to be attached to any of
the gossip columns that contained directions for a theft was some
variation of, According to my favorite informant, Dodge."
"And if poor Gertie had spoken a little
clearer when I recorded her," Oliver Twist said grimly, "you would
have heard her say, 'It were a dodge, 'at's wot it were.' Inquiries
have turned up an advocate by the name of Dodge listed as defending
suspects we have studied, who have never been found for further
proceedings, and Mr. Dodge is, it goes without saying, not known by
sight to anyone in chancery. At least, not by anyone who can be
found anymore to ask."
"You will recall my informant mentioned the
name Dodge in connection with someone having been killed," I added,
as if I had known the connection all along. In truth, it had just
clicked in my dull brain. Madame Phoebe positively beamed at
me.
"It is good hunting, Sue," Mowgli said with a
broad smile. "You have followed the sign well."
"Why would the fellow be so foolish as to
give out his name, over and over?" Doctor Mac asked,
astonished.
"It is not his real name," I said quietly,
building on Twist's conversation with Gertie. "A dodge is a
deception, a quick change of direction to escape a threat, so of
course he has chosen that name to laugh at anyone who tries to seek
him out. He will dodge us at every turn unless we somehow corner
him."
"More fool him t' keep usin' th' same
monicker," Sue said. "Showin' off's th' one thing a wicked man
cain't resist nohow. He'll brag on hisself an' make sure we know
it's him. Maybe Dodge ain't his real name, but it's real enough t'
him, an' he's proud to throw it around. And thet's how we'll bring
him down. He'll throw it out once too often and we'll be there t'
catch it."
"And the Alexander Campbell Foundation shall
be pleased to assist the Alexander Legacy in making the catch,”
Rose Campbell said firmly.
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from Findley Family Video Publications
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(Also available in an illustrated version,
with over 200 full-page illustrations throughout the book, and in
four separate sections, both illustrated and unillustrated
versions.)
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Secular Humanism is a Religion of Mythology
Secularism in America has occurred in
defiance of the founding writings, which spelled out the dangers of
Government-Church union. But Christianity wasn't a contradiction of
the so-called "separation principle".
All the history of the world echoes the
message that man cloaks secularism, the worship of himself, in
religion. He demands unlimited power for his religion, Secular
Humanism.
Secularists have hijacked words like belief,
faith, and trust,. Secularists demand that Science depend on
presupposition,
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