At the corners of his mouth there lurked the temptation to smile.

"That's mother--true to form," he muttered admiringly.
"Of course, they scouted around and got most of the boys that were with you, but they couldn't get right down to brass tacks and prove anything except that they were with you at the beach.

They're still holding them on bail or something, I believe.

You know how those things kind of drop out of the news.

There was a big police scandal came along and crowded all you little bandits off the front page.