Chapter 17 No.17

Stebbins Owns Up

"Now, Mr. Stebbins, you'd better speak out in meetin' and tell all you know. Tell your Auntie Zizi jes' how naughty you was, and how you managed it. C'mon, now,-'pit it all out!"

Zizi sat on the edge of a chair in Elijah Stebbins' office, and leaned toward him, her eerie little face enticingly near his, and her smile such as