“During the summer he helped children in the neighborhood as well. When school let out, he opened his own detective agency in the family garage. Every morning he hung out his sign: Brown Detective Agency 13 Rover Avenue LEROY BROWN President No case too small 25$ a day plus expenses The last customer Thursday afternoon was Fanchon DuBois. Fanchon was born in France and was into flies. She was known on the block as French Fannie die Female Fly Catcher, “Bugs Meany stole my fireflies,” she blurted..., “Oh, boy,” Encyclopedia groaned, “Bugs never quits,” Bugs Meany was the leader of a gang of tough older boys. They called themselves the Tigers, In Encyclopedia's opinion they should have called themselves the Shoelaces, When they weren't tied up cheating little kids, they were at loose ends, “Tell me what happened,” Encyclopedia said, “Ten minutes ago I was running down Brickell Avenue with a can of fireflies,” Fanchon said, “Bugs Meany stopped me. He asked, What's the big hurry?’ I told him I had three minutes to mail off my fireflies before the post office closed.”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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