THE MISTAKE OF THE MACHINE
duty had his attention drawn by larrikins to a man in prison dress who was stepping with considerable coolness into the steering seat of a pretty high-toned Panhard; he was accompanied by a girl wrapped in a ragged shawl. On the police interfering, the young woman threw back the shawl, and all recognised Millionaire Todd's daughter, who had just come from the Slum Freak Dinner at the Pond, where all the choicest guests were in a similar déshabillé. She and the gentleman who had donned prison uniform were going for the customary joy-ride."
Under the pink slip Mr. Usher found a strip of a later paper, headed, "Astounding Escape of Millionaire's Daughter with Convict. She Had Arranged Freak Dinner. Now Safe in——"
Mr. Greywood Usher lifted his eyes, but Father Brown was gone.
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