The Little River news., 1920-03-20
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1 BrauTOfu, tears WeIilnS up III ner eyes. 'Tm so sorry for her.
 "But think of your sister. Think 1 what they are trying to do with Miss l Kelly's aid'
 'Rut how do you know she's aiding them?"
 ] T don't know it. But do know that ] nobody could pull off all the things l that have been happening in the l Granddeck without some one there 1 helping them. We've found someone used to helping criminals-a criminals wife. Isn't that enough? All we need to do now is to 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 here today. am to meet Detective German at three. I feel that he could aid us, and think We ought to tell him everything"
 "Tell the police." Her face grew white at the thought. "Wouldn't that mean q scandal-the newspapers and all that sort of thing?"
 I shook my iiead decisively'
 'Gorman's not with The police now, He is employed as hotel detective But he is just the man we need to help us. He knows all about criminals and how to track them. With his aid we can quickly clear the whole thing up."
 "Wtll you have to tell him every thing-abaut Claire's marriage?"
 'Weve either got to tell him every thing CT nothing
 "Oh, how I wish we did not have to. 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.n
 She gave me 8 quick glance of con- fidence.
 "Youre diffnrep'~
 I'm a.raid most people would not agree with you. They would regard me as worthless, disc1edited young fellow out of job"
 "Rut it's not your fault"
 'The point is," went on. "that we have reached place where we need expert advice. German has fortutous- ly turned up to give it. The only way is to tell him everything
 For a moment she debated the mat ter silently, her pretty forehead puck cred in thought.
 Yes" she said at last, T suppose it is the only way. But went he want lot of money for his services?"
 "l'll attend to that" I answered. "Ill make my great-uncle reward him handsomely for recovering the Gaston jewels"
 "If he does"
 "He must We've got to get them back"
 From her handbag she produced the anonymous letters she had re- ceived and handed them to me-
 "Will you want to show the detective these?"
 "Yes, think I had better. The whole tale sounds so prepcsterous that I need every bit of corroborative evi- dence we can muster"
 For half an hour we fingered over the table, discussing all the aspects of the case. Eventually I think I per suaded Miss Bradford that the evf- dence pointed most dampingly to the telephone girl as one of the conspira- tors or at least one of their aides She was eager to know what plan of action German would advise and as we part ed we arranged to be at OUT adjoining windows at ten that evening in order that we. might have another chat
 I found German waiting for me at the place he had mentioned.
 ''I told you that girl was bad one," was his greeting.
 What do you mean?" cried What have you learned about her?"
 Nothing except that the address, she gave you last night was phOny- The nun rnber she gave is the hospital grOunds'-he pronounced it "hors- pital."
 Where does she live, then?"
 ''She's keeping that under cover: She shop pk the taxi at Fifty-ninth and Third"
 And the number she called up the private number-did you find out about that?"
 "Sure, that was easy It's one of the apartments In the Granddeck- Henry Rents. Who's he?"
 ''I never heard of him. I'll try to hnd oct, though"
 "I would bus be careful how you go asking questions around the place. The Moore woman may have pal. They generally work in pairs"
 The ease. and celerity with which German had learned all these things about the girl impressed me greatly. and said as much. He received my compliments with a deprecating wave of the hand.
 "N0thing to 1t. boy, when you know the ropes. But last night you told me you had taken the girl out to try 10 pump something out of ner. What vas it? Whats doing?"
 From beginning to end I told him ie whole story in all of its perplex- E,g details, starting with the day that had received my greatuncle Rufus