On the Blue Comet
“I said when finally I was convinced Harry would not return. “I’ll show you where the sleeper car is.” I still had managed not to answer her question.
The girl’s name was Claire Bister. She had told me she was ten and a half years old and lived at the corner of Park Avenue and Seventieth Street, New York City. She had two light-brown pigtails with blue ribbon bows at the ends. Claire was skinny like me, with intelligent green eyes and a determined look on her face.
“What’s your name?” she asked....
“Oscar Ogilvie,” I answered. “I’m eleven years old and I come from Cairo, Illinois.”
“You saved my life, Oscar Ogilvie,” she said. “If we’d have been caught, they would have stopped the train and called my father, and Daddy would have called the police and would have been so mad it wouldn’t even be funny. If there is anything I can ever do to repay you, I will!”
Right off the bat, Claire confided that she had run away from home.
“What did they do to you?” I asked.MoreLess
The girl’s name was Claire Bister. She had told me she was ten and a half years old and lived at the corner of Park Avenue and Seventieth Street, New York City. She had two light-brown pigtails with blue ribbon bows at the ends. Claire was skinny like me, with intelligent green eyes and a determined look on her face.
“What’s your name?” she asked....
“Oscar Ogilvie,” I answered. “I’m eleven years old and I come from Cairo, Illinois.”
“You saved my life, Oscar Ogilvie,” she said. “If we’d have been caught, they would have stopped the train and called my father, and Daddy would have called the police and would have been so mad it wouldn’t even be funny. If there is anything I can ever do to repay you, I will!”
Right off the bat, Claire confided that she had run away from home.
“What did they do to you?” I asked.MoreLess
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