"But it all seems so far away.

Now, here is something much more practical right at hand.

Take these burglaries that have been annoying the small merchants lately.

The police don't seem to be able to catch the fellow.

For the last three days I've taken Len Spencer off of all other work and set him to trying to run down the burglar.
Now, Len isn't afraid of much, and he's one of the brightest young reporters going.