The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-24


Jimmy Dodds. s~ssssAry evss tsps
the storyt. ana hts hcsn. Grahafa nor
cross having eornpiesef eeastrvruon
werH 90 the Ore9oa Nid~nd. srs On
route from Portiaas 70 chsass Via ne
rien>sr Snort t4na A. a dsssr 49,
Ktrt. Msisi. Ara. teses her mutt frvr VS.
back platform. ard jumps off 20 at ~
followed ~ the eoasln With wh9n she -
trAv.linr Mrs. shesls Mseras Nsfsfess
baA on the sfala ard that instant eff "
starts. leaving the four behind TIE.
fAAs shelter under the water tank And
witasss the helaue % special uain o'
one car ~ four tnea. who Appfeash IN
na auto The car and snEine sfr rnn
onto an OLD min. sona leading 40 int
q nnich, but act hefer. the caf - Fervx
rts~d a. the "At~ta." e-nrd 81 Jaha
chad sick. chicago ~h.At slnx Inc
bandits drive a~ss. and ne Ssteherr ~
the tank saik up tha mine road. coming
10 the locomotive. uhieh has ssen a.'
Ths locomotive 10 soon repaired. and
ths private eat - found win Chadwiss
IN Il, snlnjsrsd. asAhls % sseoans to'
Macrae an an Old ffiead
now 90 OK WITH THE sroHr
This dldnr help out much. bu,
you can bet that ! made a note Of
~. two names. We were Just 20
ing into tho hotel. 10 I didn't have
chance to ask any more questions
and after had paid the porter for
Juggling the grips. Mrs. sheila had
made whatever arrangement she
wanted to with the clerk. and she
and Maisie Ann were ready TO take
the elevator.
You are going back 20 Mfr. Chad
wick's carr she asked. when she
was telling me goodbye and thank.
ing me for coming up TO tho hotel
with them
told her I was. and then she came
around TO the kidnapping business
again OF her own accord
you may give Mr.. Norcross tho
hint I gave you. II you wish." she
said: only you must be good boy
Jimmie. and not drag me into IL
couldn't be positively certain. you
know, that the two men were really
Mr.. Hatch and Mr.. Henckel But
n there Is any reason why thore two
wouldn't want Mr.. Chadwick to reach
the city at the time he was count
ing on-----
II see." I nodded: 1T Just puts
the weight OF the Inference over on
that side. III tell tho boss. when
get a good chance. and you can
bet your last dollar he won't tangle
you up In 1.-THE isn't put together
that way"
swell, then, good night she
smiled. giving me her hand. And
then; Mr.. Norcros says you'll be
going on East tomorrow. and in that
case It may be a long time before
we meet again. After y while. after
he has forgotten all about II. you
may toll him from me-" she
stopped and gave me that funny
little laugh again that made her
look 80 pretty, and aid: NO, I guess
you needn't. either" And with tina,
she sort OF edged the little girl into
the elevator before we could get q
chance 10 shake hands. and heard
her tell the boy to take them to the
mezzanine landing.
Since didn't have any reason 70
suppose that tho boss was needing
me. I took my own time about go
Ing back 10 hunt for MIR. Chadwickt
car IN the railroad yards. loafing ~
while In the Bullard lobby TO rub
Der and look on at the people com
ing and going. You can tell pretty
well how a town stacks up for bud
nrse n you hit II between 10 and II
>r>~~~~>>~~>>r>>>>~ >~,,>>>~~~~~~>~~~
head III you get the water out OF
your earsl Nov eat thisr' And
Nibble swallowed a perpery bite OF
root that made his eyes pop.
who are your" he gasped.
"Dr. Muskrat. of course" answer
ed the voice. you couldn't be in bot
ter hands"
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