The Jasper news., 1920-09-02

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nolhine wicked or wrong nhouf herr
Im afraid there h., explained
| y took her out to dinner ian, nItht 4.
the White Room. The house dslactlvt
while she was of toiephohine. nrnc
tically ordered me out Of tha place -
cause ] was With her. She's notorlodn
Her husband II Lefty M5ors. wsIl
known burglar He's n Sing Sin,
now. Detective corInah afreatsd him
He ought to know
-Ohs the poor firi,s excIaint1 Ma.
Bradford, tearh welling up Ii htf oyea
'T'm 20 sorry for her.S
but think Of your sister. Thlnk
what they are trying to do with Miss
Kelly'a aid.r
.'But how DO you know shs's aiding
themT'
Il don't know II Bat / % know TIA,
nobody copld pull on M the things
that have been happening In the
Granddeck without eomo one thers
helping them. We've found some0he
used to helping cfiminals-.-a criminals
wife. Isn't that enoughf All We need
to do now Il to. watch her closely
and fasten the thing on herr
How are you going to DO thatY
THAT'S why insisted or your COM
Ing here today. l am to meet Detective
German at three. feel that be could
cid us. and think we ought to tell
him everything"
~Tell the policei" Her fsce grew
white at the p1ought. rWouldn't that
mean scandal--the newspapers and
oil that sort Of thingf'
] shook my head decisiveIy.
-Gorman's not with the police now,
He Is employed as a hetel detective.
But he ls Just the man We heed to help
us he knows all about criminals and
how TO track them. with hts aid We
can quickly clear The WHOLE thing up:r
~Will you. have 70 tell him eyery-
thing--about Claire's marriagefy
We've either got to tell him evory-
thing or nothing"
"Oh. how / wish we did not have Ia.
The more people there are who know
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-
fidence.
you're different"
I'm afraid most people would not
agree with you. They would reeard
me as worthless, dlscrsdited young
fellow out OF job"
"But It's not your fault
"The point Is" l cent on. shat we
have reached .. place where we need
expert advice. German has. fortuitous.
" turned up TO give II. The only vay
Ia to tell him everything. r. 4
For a moment she debated the mat
ter silently her pretty forehead puck
cred in thought. 4
.-Yes." she said at last, Il suppose
i is the only way. But won't he want
lot Of money for his serviccsr
'Tll attend to that" answered
'I'll make my great-uncls reward him
handsomely for recovering the CASTOR
lewels.r
"Tf he does
"He must We've got to get thsm
back"
From her handbag she produced
he anonymous letters Ebe had re-
,eived and handed them 10 me.
'WiIl you want to show the detective
+heser
"Yea, l think had better. The
whole tale sounds so preposterous that
need every bit Of corroDOrative eyI-
lence we can muster"
For half an hour We fingered over
he table, discussing all the aspects OF
he case. Eventually l think / per
Suaded Miss Bradford that the eyi.
ience pointed most damningIy to the
telephone girl as one OF the conspira- |
ors or at least oneof their aides. She |
vas eager to know what plan OF action |
sorman would advise and as we part |
d we arranged TO be at oui adjoining
windows at ten that evening In order
hat we might have another chat.
found German waiting for me at |
he place he had mentioned
s'I told you that girl was bad one
vas his greeting.
-What do you meanT cried.
What have you learned about herr
Nothing except that the address
he gave you last night was phony.
The number she gave is the hospital
pronounced II ~hors.
'ital."
rWhere does she 1--we. thtnt-
-she's keeping that under cover.