"Be careful, young man, remember you are talking to the law; I'll have to report everything you say."
And then the officer paused to take breath and at the same time to give proper weight to his words. Everybody took the opportunity to remove their gaze from the officer and to see how Dick Treadwell was bearing it. They were getting more interested now and nearly everyone felt that the elegant young man would be in the clutches of the law by the time the inquest was adjourned.
The officer cleared his throat and in a deep, gruff voice continued his story.
At his warning the young man had flushed very red, then paled, and then he called the officer a fool.
Still the conscientious limb of the law determined to know more at out two young people, who, while able to drive, were doing such unusual and extraordinary things as walking
