Thus, the Rennicks could be made to sweat blood
and money too, in payment of the injuries wrought upon the aching
frame of Schwartz. At first, the three men sheered off from the
plan. Kidnaping is a word with an ugly sound. Kidnaping is a deed
with ugly consequences. Kidnaping is a crime whose perpetrators
can hope for no atom of sympathy from anybody. Kidnaping is
perilous, past words.
But, deftly, Mrs. Schwartz met and conquered the difficulties
raised. In the first place, the baby would come to no harm. Her
sister would see to that. In the second, the matter of the reward
and of the return could be juggled so as to elude detectives and
rural constables. She had known of such a case. And she related
the details;--clever yet utterly simple details, and fraught with
safety to all concerned;--details which, for that very reason,
need not be cited here.
Bit by bit, she went on with her outline of the campaign; testing
each step and proving the practicability of each.
The next Thursday evening, Rennick and his wife went, as usual,
to the weekly meeting of a neighborhood bridge club which they
had joined for the summer.
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