Chapter 11

Narrator: The next day, Harry and Sally woke up and went to look for something else to do while they were in Philadelphia.

Harry: I wonder what else we can do while we are here?

Sally: I don't know.

Narrator: Just then Harry thought of something that they could do.

Harry: Say Sally, why don't we check up on the Baldwin Locomotive works to see how our engine is coming on.

Sally: That sounds like a great idea!

Narrator: SO they went to the Baldwin Locomotive Works to see ho their engine was coming along. When they got there, they went up to the front desk, and asked how it was coming along. The receptionist replied.

Receptionist: Oh, your engine is coming along just fine. The have the frame and boiler casted, and they have the pistons mounted. Say, why don't you come on in and see it for yourselves?

Harry: Sounds Great!

Narrator: So Harry and Sally went inside the shop to check on their engine. It did not look lke much, but harry could tell that it was coming along.

Harry: It won't be long now Sally!

Narrator: After they were done at the locomotive works, they went out and went to their motel to have some lunch. On the way there, they saw the same boy that had found out that harry was the one who everybody had thought murdered Polly. He cried out.

Boy: Mommy, there are the two people who murdered the girl in Bethlehem!
Boy's Mother: Jacob! Those are not the murderers of that girl in Bethlehem! You are just a really huge tattletale!

Narrator: Harry was very worried now, and wanted to get away from there right away. He and Sally walked away from the boy, and went into a nearby store to hide. Then they atch ed until the boy and his mother had gone. When they had gone, Harry spoke up.

Harry: Whew! That was another close call!

Narrator: Just then Sally spoke up.

Sally: Say Harry, do you know where we are?

Harry: Why goodness me! We are in a gun shop!

Narrator: Just then, a man approached them.

Man: Ah, good afternoon you two! I am Mr. Brown, the owner of this store, how are you doing this fine day, and what may I do for you?

Sally: Oh, sorry sir. We were trying to find a crafts store, but got lost.

Mr. Brown: Oh well, sorry.

Narrator: Just then, Harry thought of something. He pulled Sally to the side to speak to her.

Harry: Say Sally, maybe we should get a gun to help protect ourselves from anything that might happen to us in the coming weeks.

Sally: Are you sure? I mean we can't kill anyone.

Harry: No, I mean to ward anybody off from capturing us.

Sally: Well, I guess that is OK.

Narrator: So Harry went back to Mr. Brown, and spoke up.

Harry: Actually, Mr. Brown, I think that we might get a gun.

Mr. Brown: Why sure thing. We carry lots of them around here. We have Henry repeating rifles, Muzzle-Loaders, and even-

Narrator: Just then Harry spoke up.

Harry: No sir, I think that we want a small hand gun.

Mr. Brown: Oh, OK. We have lots of hand guns here. Both large and small. We have revolvers, we have Flint-Locks, we have-

Narrator: Just then Harry spoke up.

Harry: We just ant a very simple, small, inexpensive hand gun. However, we would like it to be a repeater.

Mr. Brown: Oh, OK. Well, how about we see about some of our used, refurbished guns.

Harry: Alright then, let's see what you've got.

Narrator: So Mr. Brown pulled out a gun that looked like it had been used a bit, but was in good shape. Mr. Brown spoke up.

Mr. Brown: This is a colt 45. It is the most famous gun that people use out in the West. It has lots of power, it is relatively small, and it uses a large size bullet.

Harry: Wow, I think we will take it!

Mr. Brown: OK, that will be $5.00, please.

Harry: Alright, that will be good. Have a good day sir.

Mr. Brown: Alright, have a good day to you sir.

Narrator: So Harry and Sally bought the gun, and left the shop. Just then Sally spoke up.

Sally: harry, are you sure that this was a good idea? we probably could get into a bit of trouble if we are not careful about it.

Harry: Oh, Gee. I never thought about that. But we have to find a way to protect ourselves from the police so that they don't kill us or put us in prison. How would e save Polly then?

Sally: You are right there, Harry.

Harry: Say, Polly, are you hungry? I see a restraint over there that looks like it could be a good place to eat at.

Sally: Alright, e should go there.

Narrator; So Sally and Harry walked over to the restaurant, and went inside. Then the waiter came up to them.

Waiter: Good evening you two. May I take you're order?

Harry: Yes Mam. You may.

Narrator: After harry and Sally ordered their food, they began to talk. They talked about their adventure so far over the past week.

Harry: I sure hope that we do not run into too much more trouble while we are here in Philadelphia.

Sally: I sure hope we don't either. We almost got caught in Altoona, and they know that we were back at my home in Harrisburg.

Narrator: Just then, their food arrived. While they ate, they saw a police officer over at another table asking questioning the other people at that table. The ylistened to what the officer was saying to the people at the table.

Police Officer: have you seen anyone who looks strange around here? As you have heard, there was an incident in Bethlehem with the murdered girl, and we have learned that the person who did it has gone here to Bethlehem.

Person at table: No sir, I have not heard anything about this at all.

Police Officer: OK. Hope you have a good day.

Narrator: Harry and Sally were frightened by what the man had said. The ywere so frightened that they were not sure if hat they had heard was correct. So Harry called the officer over to the table to see if he was correct.

Harry: Excuse me officer, but hat was that you said to that person over there?

Officer: Oh, I was just saying that the man who murdered that girl in Bethlehem was tracked over here. I am planning to put wanted signs all over the city to let people know about that man.

Narrator: After the officer had left, Harry spoke up.

Harry: This is just brilliant, now they know where we are. We will have to be extra careful now.

Sally: We sure will.

Narrator: After they had finished eating, they went back to their motel. There they changed into their pajamas and went to bed. Just then Harry spoke up.

Harry: Say Sally, do you think that we are going to get out of this in one piece?
Sally: To tell you the truth, I do not think that we will. The Baldwin Works will still take another couple of days to build that engine of ours, and by then I think they will have tracked us down to this motel.

Harry: I sure hope that you are wrong Sally.

Narrator: And with that, they went to sleep. What they did not know was that the rest of the week would be a very good week for them, and that Polly was going to be alright in the end.