The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-05-21


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II es1t before lt," cried the girl.
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her loEs q tfEes T8 certain there's
16thzrg wicked or wrong sEOIt her"
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Il t0Sk her Ogt to dTnEey lest night. 70
the White Roorn. The h0ase detective,
while she was OF teBepbouing, pvse-
t5czIly ordered ne cut u the place BE-
cause was with her. She's notorious.
Her husband Is Lefty Moore, q we'll
known burglar. He's in Sing Sing
noqE. Detective German arrested him
He 0aght TO know"
@Oh, the poor girl, exclaimed Miss
Bradford tears yelling up in her eyes
I'm 80 sorZy for her"
Eat think Of your sister. Think
what they are trying 10 Do with Miss
EelIT's aid"
Bat how do you know she's aslng
tEeuT" .~.
Il don't know it. But do know that
robody could pail on an the things
that have been happening In the
Granddeek without some one there
helping them We've found Someone
used to helping criminals criminals
wife Isn't that en0Ugb7 All we need
to do now is 10 watch her closely
and fasten the thing On her"
How are you going to do that?" -
That's why I insisted On your COM
ing hegeNtOday. am to meet Detective
German at three 1 feel that he could
aid u, and think we ought to tell
him everything
Tell the pOIiceE" Her face grew
white at the thought. Wouldn't that
mean scandal-the newspapers and
all that sort Of thingE"
shook my head decisiveIy.
Germans not with the police now.
He IS employed as a hotel detective.
But he is Just tie man we need to help
Is. He knows all about criminals and
how TO track them. With his aid we
can quickly clear the whole thing up. "
@WIn you have TO tell him every
thing-about Oaire's marriageT
We've either got to tell him every
thing or nothing"
-Oh, how I wish we did Tot have to.
The more people there are who Nnow
about things the more likely they are
to become public"
yet yOu trusted me with your sis
ter's secret"
She gave me a quick glance of con-
fdence.
you're different"
I'm afraid most people would not
agree with you. They would regard
me as a worthless. discredited young
fellow out Of a job"
But It's not your fault"
'"The point is" / went on, that we
have reached a place where we need
expert advice. German has fortuitous.
ly turned up to give it. The only way
Is to tell him everything"
For moment she debated the mat,
ter silently, her pretty forehead puck.
cred in thought.
yes" she said at last, ~ suppose
it is the only way. But won't he want
a lot of money for his servicesP'
"I'il attend to that" l answered
"Tll make my great-uncle reward hin
handsomely for recovering the CASTOR
jewels"
"If he does"
He must. We've got to get then
back"
From ber handbag she produced
the anonymous letters she had re
ceiyed and handed them TO me.
will you want to show the detective
| theseT"
Yes, l think had better. The
whole tale sounds so preposterous thai
l need every bit of corroborative eyi
dence We can muster"
For half an hour we fingered oyel
the table, discussing all the aspects O,
the case. Eventually think I per
suaded Miss Bradford that the eyi
dence pointed most damningly to tn,
telephone girl as one of the consplra
tors or at least one of their aides. Sh,
was eager to know what plan of actor
u