The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-02-06

OF the BLOCK. AS i turned nOrtns i saw
Mr.. Man ambling along in my direc.
ton. I stepped into a florists and
bought a fresh bunch Of hyacinths.
BY the time l had them paid for, Mr.,
Man had reached the store and was
looking in the window. pretending not
to see me.
Ibid / hurt you very much" I asked
sweetly.
"No-not very" He touched his hat
and / thought he looked annoyed.
I sprinted along ahead of him and
turned at One Hundred and Forty-fifth
street. / fancy Mr.. Man had to do a
little sprinting himselA on his poor
lame foot / had vanished into q toy
shop and was buying q doll for my
niece whenxhe discovered me-and pre-
tended he didn't see me. He walked on
ahead. but I caught up with him.
did I hurt you very muchf' I asked.
"No-not very" He was beginning
to look astonished now.
l sprinted away and turned south on
Amsterdam. There. / went into a sta
tiOnery store and bought an ink eraser.
Mr.. Mann passed the door and glanced
in. I motioned him to wait, but he pre-
tended not to see. He was some dis
lance ahead when l came out. 1 ran
after him and caught up.
did I hurt you very badly" I asked.
"No-not very" he answered, eying
me narrowly. "rm afraid you're Civ
inc UyorpcovF TN vpy,nh OOnaorn oxyo~ n
little accident" He was, l saw, be-
ginning to wonder which of us was FOL
lowing which!
"No." said I quietly. "I'm not giving
myself the least concern over your
stepped-on toe-T'm simply using it as
ar excuse to get q good look at you II
various lights so I'll know you again
In any possible disguise you may as
sumo"
I have always regarded that episode
and those last wOrds-as a stroke OF
genius ON my part, il I do say 1t! It
came to me on the spur of the moment
without thinking about 1t, and nearly
bowled Mr.. Man over. Before he had
decided what to say, or what to do to
allay my suspicion of him, I bOlted
across the street. ~diagOnally, ducked
between two trolley cars. One of which
hid me from view long enough for me
10 get into the corner drug store where
[ dashed into the telephone booth and
called up Mrs. DeiariO.
I had considerable difficulty In get
ing her and ] felt every second was
precious. My detecti?e man was Turk
ne about somewhere looking for me,
md I rather guessed she had n
watching her. My suspicious seemed
| confirmed, for the moment she recog-
| aized my voice she said. Il can't talk
% you In q tragic determined sort u
way and l felt her in the act Of hang
ng up.
"Waiti" 1 shouted peremptorily.
Why can't you talk to met Are you
xatchedq Is everything you say over
leard?"
"Yes."
"All right-then I'll do the talking.
Tou can answer yes and no. amt
Tou2"
"Yes."
"Well, we're both in the same boat
IN watched t~0o-followed by a detec-
i've. This is the first chance I've had
% get you and I don't know how soon
I'll be able to get you again. Is yo',r
rouse watchedT'
"Yes."
Gould l run the ~blockadeT'
"No!" This vas fairly shouted at
ne.
'Is there any way ] could get those
articles back to you tOday?'
'No-nOne whatever now. NO-not
,nder any consideration"
Couldn't You come up and get
hemp
"NO-Of purse not"
Couldn't you send up"
"Whom could I send2 Impossible
| otally impossible" Her tone was 30
emphatic that I knew there was moth
ng to be hoped for In that quarter.
/ felt she was about to ring of and
cave me with that and shouted at her:
Here-hOld on! don't know what
o do--youM have TO advise me"
"But I can't! You must do as you
hink best-you understand it."
81 don't! That's just the trouble.
listen. There are some things I've got
O know about. You keep on answer
ne yes and no-that isn't going to give
nything away at your end. and I'm In
drug store and ] don't think any
hing will get out from this end. =.
You knew ] was at your house yester.
lay?"
"Yes-after you had left"
CONTINUED next Week)