The Happy Hollisters and the Swiss Echo Mystery

The Happy Hollisters and the Swiss Echo Mystery — page 7
The waitress brought the brimming cups of cocoa on each of which there was a big blob of whipped cream Oh yummy Holly murmured Biffi sat very straight and cocked his head as the cocoa was served Maybe you can have some later Pam whispered Then she said to Meyer Why did you give up the chase when you nearly had that fellow I knew that the cable car left a few seconds later he said and that Blackmar would be on it But he got too far ahead of me when I fell down so it was no use to go on Blackmar Ricky asked Who is he Meyer smiled heaved a long sigh and sat back in his chair Maybe I shouldn’t bore you he said because it has to do with detective work Detectives Holly blurted We’re detectives Mr Meyer Honest we are Pete said We love to solve mysteries In Germany we were cuckoo detectives Sue piped up The children giggled and Pam quickly told Meyer about the strange cuckoo-clock riddle the Hollisters had solved a short time before Their host was deeply interested Then you might like to hear about my case the man said I’m not exactly a detective I’m an investigator for an insurance company 10