Bisbee daily review., 1913-08-24


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 Oh, then," she broke down weakly, T s'pose I'd better tell you"
 Her surrender snapped the tension. Blake nodded grim approval. The oth- CT listeners relaxed. Even RobeTtson's hard mouth softened in e1uitation.
 That's right" applauded Mark You won't be sorry for it'
 Well" asked Mark, what was the number?"
 ''The number?" echoed Wanda ab- sently.
 Was it a district number?" queried Mark, his face giving TO sign of any thing but desire to refresh her mem ory.
 ''Oh, yesi" cried Wanda, her eyes frightening. "A district number Yes. I Iremember that it was Q district num- Der"
 What exchange?"
 A further futile ransacking of the mind.
 Was it Main?'
 She shook her head.
 "Cleyeland?"
 "N-no."
 'Takoma?'' 'Yes! Yesi It's ell come back t6 me now, sir. It was Takoma. That was it. Takoma. 678 TaEomai"
 "67S Takona, 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. "67S Takoma. l remember"
 Tt wasn't SIG Takona?'
 "Ob, no, sir, CTS"
 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. 'I let it go on until was certain you meant to lead us on a wild-goose chase. Nov, if you please, we'll get down to busi- ness!r
 "Why?" asked Wanda in marveling innocence. Wasn't that number the right one, after an?" ''No. And you knew it was not. No such number was called from this hotel"
 "Oh! Then you got the duplicate slips from central? Perhaps, if you'd ! let me look over them, l could" Could send us on the wrong track? I have no doubt you could. No, thank ! you. You see, we can investigate | these numbers without you. It's mere l ly a question of investigating each of | them and"
 Then" demanded Wanda, "wby did ! you bother to ask me?'
 "To save time" "Oh! And we've been saving time, have we, sir?" ! 'Eo," he returned with ominous | calm, i've haven't. But we've found 1 out exactly where you stand in the I matter, Miss Kelly. We"
 Then" flashed Wanda, shaking her manifold affectations from her like a garment, then you know I won't tell. And if l don't, you know you can't find out. You haven't time. You said so yourself. You've only got a few hours at most And before you can strike another trail the Woman will be on her guardi"
 Mark glowered at her in silence Then he picked up the list that Van Dyke had just laid down. Many of these numbers" he said half to himself, can be eliminated al ! once. For ingtauce, here's my own call to New York-f001 Plaza"
 They've charged you for two calls Mark" commented Van Dyke, glane ing at the list over Robertson's shoul der. See? Plaza 1001-twice. One directly under the other"
 '|Yes," said Mark, they must have repeated it in copying the list. Ina makes two less for us to look up. Vel trace the number we want, sooner oi .. later. Why won't ycu be sensible i Miss Kelly, and talk terms?" Because I don't like the work I I looks too rank for anyone but a states man. I'm not to be bought for ths kind of"
 q see said Mark refectively. "Nov let us get back 10 the other matter; t your interference with our wire" He hesitated. leaned across to Var Dyke and whispered. Van Dyke nod i, ded. rose and crossed to a case tiere. ceiling high with law books
 "You spoke just now, Miss Kelly, continued Robertson, "of taking you medicine. And I asked you if yol lz1eY what sort of medicine it n1igh te
 Bon't rub 1t in." she snapped. "T'n going to lose my job. Let it go at that i A bunch of the nations repressntativ' men have combined, in an ail-nigh session. to throw a telephone operate ogt Of work. And they've succeeded We'll take that for granted. I'll -leax