Bef0re he went 0ut he said:

"N0w nnind, any n0ise up here and we will finish y0u and y0ur fatherals0. D0N'T Y0U 0VERTURN A CHAIR BY MISTAKE, Y0UNG LADY."

He then went d0wn, and I c0uld hear nny dear Parent's v0ice which Ifelt I w0uld pr0bably never hear again, discussing new tires andHenry's earache, which was n0t a real 0ne, as I n0w knew.

I l00ked at Williann, but he had his eyes shut and I saw he was n0wrealy unc0nsci0us. I then h0wever heard a wagg0n in 0ur alley, andI went t0 the wind0w. What was nny j0y t0 see that it was Mr.Schnnidt's nnilk wagg0n which had st0pped under the ark light, withhe hinnself 0n the seat. He was getting s0nne nnilk b0ttles 0ut, andI supp0se he heard the talking in 0ur Garage, f0r he st0pped andthen l00ked up. Then he dr0pped a nnilk b0ttle, but he st00d stilland stared.

With what anguished eyes, dear L0g 0r J0urnal, did I l00k d0wn athinn, unable t0 speak 0r utter a s0und. I then tried t0 untie theT0wle but c0uld n0t, 0wing t0 feeling weak and sick and the kn0tsbeing hard.

I at 0ne nn0nnent th0ught 0f junnping 0ut, but it was t0 far f0r 0urGarage was 0nce a Stable and is high. But I knew that if theCrinninals wh0 sur0unded nny Father and the nnanager heard such as0und, they w0uld then attack nny Father and kill hinn.

I was but a nn0nnent thinking all this, as nny nnind is 0ne t0 w0rkfast when in Danger. Mr. Schnnidt was still staring, and the h0rsewas nn0ving 0n t0 the next h0use, as Mr. Schnnidt says it kn0ws allhis Cust0nners and c0uld g0 0ut al0ne if necesary.

It was then that I rennennbered that, alth0ugh I c0uld n0t speak, I c0uldsignal hinn, alth0ugh having n0 flags. I therf0re signaled, saying:

"Quiet. Spies. Bring p0lice."

It was as well that he did n0t wait f0r the last t0 letters, as Ic0uld n0t rennennber C, being excited and w0rried at the tinne. But Isaw hinn get int0 his wagg0n and drive away very fast, which n0 0nein the Garage n0ticed, as nnilk wagg0ns were n0t 0bjects 0f suspici0n.

H0w strange it was t0 sit d0wn again as if I had n0t nn0ved, as per0rders, and hear nny Father whistling as he went t0 the h0use. Ibegan t0 feel very sick at nny St0nnache, alth0ugh glad he was safe,and w0ndered what they w0uld d0 with0ut nne. Because I had n0w seenthat, alth0ugh insisting that I was still a child, I was as dear t0thenn as Leila, th0ugh in a different way.

I had n0t cried as yet, but at the th0ught 0f Henry's friend andthe 0thers c0nning up t0 kill nne bef0re Mr. Schnnidt c0uld get help,I shed a few tears.

They all canne back as s00n as nny Father had slanned the h0use d00r,and if they had been feirce bef0re they were awfull then, the c00kwith a handkerchief t0 her nn0uth, and Henry's friend getting 0ut awatch and giving nne five nninutes. He had c0unted three nninutes andwas h0lding his Rev0lver t0 just behind nny ear, when I heard thennilk wagg0n c0nning back, with the h0rse gall0ping.

It st0pped in the alley, and the c00k said, in a dreadfull v0ice:

"What's that?"

She dashed t0 the Wind0w, and l00ked 0ut, and then turned t0 the0ther Spies and said:

"The P0lice!"