Lower coast gazette., 1913-11-29

You won't be sorry Tor it"
We'll" asked Mark, what YVES the
number?%
"The NUMBER" echoed Wanda a5-
ssntly.
Was it a district number?" Queried
giark, Lis face giving no sign Of any
thing but desire to refresh her mem.
DRY.
"Oh, yes!" cried Wanda, her eyes
frightening. "a district number. Yes.
remember that it ives a district num-
ber."
What e~xchange?"
A further futile r%ansacking Of the
mind.
"Was it Main?"
She shook her head.
"Cleveland?"
"N-no."
~Takoma?"
yes! Yes! It's all come back to
me now, sir. 1t was Takoma. That
was 1t. Takoma. 67S Takoma!"
1918 Takoma," repeated Mark, while
! Van Dyke ran a searching finger down
the list he held. "You are quite sure,
Miss Kelly, that it was CTS Takoma?"
"Oh, yes, indeed" Wanda assured
him in eager triumph. 1918 Takoma. I
remember"
1T wasn't 876 Takoma?"
"Oh, no, sir, 67S."
Mark glanced at Van Dyke, who
shook his head. The cross-examiner's
tone grew all at once as cold as death.
You have been playing with Us long
enough, Miss Kelly" said he. 81 let
it go on until | was certain you meant
to lead us on q wild-goose chase. Now,
il you please, we'll get down To bust.
ness!"
"Whyw asked Wanda In marYe!ing
innocence. Wasn't that number the
right one, after ALI"
No. And you knew it was not. No
euch number was called from this
hotel"
9[ES-EGEsFe. -e@-#4=H
"Ch! Then you got the duplicate
clips from central? Perhaps, IL you'd
let me look over them. I could"
could send us on tho wrong track:
/ have no doubt you could. No, thank
you. You see, we can investigate
these numbers without you. It's nero
~ q question Of Investigating each 81
them and"
Then" demanded Wanda, "why die
you bother to ask me-"
!, ITO save time"
"0h! And we've been saving time
have we, sir?"
NO." he returned with ominou:
! calm, '"we haven't. But we've found
out exactly where you stand i'll the
matter, Miss Kelly. We
''Then," flashed Wanda, shaking bel
manifold Alterations from her like {
garment, then you know / won't tell
And il ] don't, you know you can
find out. You haven't time. You sait
J so yourself. You've only got a few
hours at most. And before you cal
strike another trail the Woman vii
be on her guard"
Mark glowered at her in silence
: Then he picked up the list that We.
Dyke had just laid down.
MANY Of these numbers" he said
, half to himself, "can be eliminated a
once. For instance, here's my owl
, call to New York-1001 Plaza"
They've charged you for two calls
Mark" commented Van Dyke, glant
ing at the list over Robertson's shou.
der. "Sce? Plaza 10o1-twice. On
, directly under &e other"
9 "Yes," said Mark, they must hay
repeated it in copying the list. Tha
makes two less for us to look up. Wei
t trace the number we want, sooner o
later. Why won't you be sensible
: Miss Kelly. and talk terms?"
Because | don't like the work. ]
, looks too rank for anyone but q state.
man. I'm not to be bought for the
y kind Of"
II see said Mark reiectiVely. mo
d let us get back to the other matter:
your interference with our wire"
He hesitated, leaned across to Va
Dyke and whispered. Van Dyke nos
ded, rose a.d creased to a case tiere
ceiling high with law BOOKS.
"You spoke just now, Miss Kelly,
continued Robertson, "of taking yet
medicine. Ard | asked you Il yo
knew what sort of medicine it n.igl
! be-
Don't rub it H." she snapped. a'l
= going to lose my job, Let it go at tina
A bunch Of the nations representatiy
mon have combined, in an all-nigl
k session, to throw a telephone operate
ID CIT CT work. and they've succeeds
a. Well take that fer granted. I'll leay
|. you to DO your celebrating Of ii
mighty victory without me. I'm s
Ing. / @ sratulate you al. You'y
y lost the Mullins bill fight. Dut. instea
you've won In your great fight
u make me lose my Job. That ought
Re heip some. And it proves thas even
you csa't lick a man Ike S.aEdiG
you're still live wiros."
"One moment, Miss Kelly" int
IL vened Mark, opening the ca.iskin II
g ume Vaa Dyke had just brought hi
!. from the boox-shelves. "You spoke
losing your tcb. I'm afr,id that isI