The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-06

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"Oh. ] have a splitting headache.
Jrm I've uad IL all day could just
get up and scrcc.hw
"Im sorry | hope it gets better
soon
"Oh | guess it will They often 60
away as suddenly a, they CONG You
know I've had them before
Did YOU sec the Ihmbc al TO
night he asked, evidently OF Annie
They have a lot oi new diamond,
from Arkansas, they say-one OF them
Is a big one, the Arkansas Queen |
believe they call it"
"No ! didn't sec the papers" replied
Annie
There was the rustic Of a newspaper
Here, a picture Of it, II must be
great I've heard a good deal about it
Have you seen it." asked Annie
no but | intend to see ii"
They had passed into the next room
and Constance, fearing to be discoy
cred, decided to get away before that
happened
Early the next morning she decided
TO call on kl,ty, but by the time Con
! stance arrived at the apartment II was
! closed, and nclghbor informed her
| that the two women had gone out to-
| gclhcr about hall an hour before.
Constance wa, nervous and as she
! left the apartment, she did not notice
/ that man who had been lettering
about had quiokcucd his pace and over
taken her
so" drawled a voice you're tray-
cling with Shoplfters now
| She looked up quickly This time
she had run squaroly into Drummond
| There was no concealment possible now
Her only refuge was silence She felt
the hot tingle Of indignation in her
cheeks But she said nothing.
Huh :" exclaimed Drummond, walk
ing along beside her, and adding con
temp,uouSly Il don't know the young
one, but you know who the other is p
Constance bit her lip
No" he querled Then I'll show
you"
lie had taken from his pocket
bunch OF oblong cards. Each bore, she
could see from the corner Of her eye,
a full face and a profile picture Of
woman, and on the back OF the card
was a little writing.
lie selected one and handed it 20
Constance. Instantly she recognized the
face II was Annie Grayson, with half
dozen aliases written after the name
There" he fairly snortcd That's
| ia. 81 gt aaA,I. r. A
sorts with, Why they call Annie Gray.
son the queen OF the shopliters She
has forgotten more about shoplfting
than all the rest will ever know"
Constance lonRed TO ask him what
had taken him to the Grayson flat the
night before, but thought better OF il.
There was no use in angcring Drum
mond further Instead, she let him
think that he had succeeded in fright
cnng her off
She went back to her own apartment
10 wait and worry Evidently Drum
nond was pretty sure Of something or
he would not have disclosed his hand
to her, even partially She felt that she
must see Kitty before IT was too late.
Then the thought crossed her mind that
perhaps already il was too late. Drum
mond evidently was working in some
way for an alliance OF the department,
stores outside.
Constance had her own ideas
about KITTY. And as she waited and
watched, she tried TO reason how she
might carry them out il she had a
chance
She had just been insured, and had
been very much interested in the var-
Gus tests that the woman doctor Of the
insurance company had applied to her
One in particular which involved the
use ot little simple instrumcn, tina,
littcd over the forearm had interested
her particularly, She had talked Ia the
doctor about il, and as she talked an
idea had occurred to her that ii nigh,
have other uses than those which the
doctor made OF it She had bough, one
While she was waiting it occurred to
her that perhaps It might serve her
purpose, She got the instrument out
II consisted oi little arrangement that
tl,ted over the forearm, and was at.
tached by tube TO a dial that regis.
tered IN millimeters a column OF mer-
curry. Would II really show anything,
she wondered.
There was quick call on the tele
phone and she answered II, her hand
trembling, for she felt sure that i, was
something about the little woman she
had beiriended.
Somehow or other her voice hard.
ened as she answered the call and
found that Il was Drummond. II would
never do to bctray even nervousness be
fore him.
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