Charlevoix county herald., 1920-03-19
&C on tin u e d.

ND / We lOullu oul WIZ IL H. II
The, telephone girl-Nellle Kelly is the
name she goes by"
81 can't believe IT," cried the girl,
kchocked ut my statement. she's only
n girl like myself | have talked to
lher lots of times. I'm certain there's
Inothng wicked or wrong about her."
"Im afraid there is" | explained.
~ took her out TO dinner last night, to
tkhe White Room. The horse detective,
while she was off telephoning, prac-
Ideally ordered me out Of the place be-
cause was with her. She's notorious.
Her husband is Lefty Moore, a we'll
known burglar. He's in Sing Sing
now. Detective German arrested him.
He ought to know"
"Oh the poor girl" exclaimed Miss
Bradford tears yelling up in her eyes.
"Tm so sorry for her"
"But think of your sister. Think
what they are trying TO de- with Miss
Kelly's aid"
"But how do you know she's aiding
them?"
II don't know it. But | do know that
nobody could pull off all the things
that have been happening in the
Granddeck without some one there
helping them. We've found someone
used to helping criminals 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 / insisted on your COM
ing here today. am to meet Detective
German at three. feel that he could
aid US, and think we ought to tell
him everything"
'TeIl the policei" Her face grew
white at the thought. wouldn't that
mean a scandal-the newspapers and
all that sort of thingT
I shook my head decisively.
"Gorman's not with the police now.
He is employed as a hotel detective
But he is just the man we need to help
rs. He knows all about criminals and
how to track them. With his aid we
can quickly clear the whole thing up"
twill you have to tell him every
thing-about Claire's marriageT
"We've either got to tell him every
thing or nothing"
ooh, how l 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"
She gave me a quick glance of con-
e6ence.
"You're different"
I'm afraid most people would NOT
agree with you. They would regard
me as worthless, discredited young
fellow out of a job"
"But it's not your fault"
1.-THE point is" l went on, that we
have reached a place where we need
expert advice. German has fortuitous-
ly turned up to give 1t. The only way
is to tell him everything"
For moment she debated the mat
ter silently, her pretty forehead puck
cred in thought.
Eyes" she said at last, 81 suppose
1t is the only way. But won't he want
lot of money for his services?"
"Tll attend to that" answered.
"Tll make my great-uncle reward him
handsomely for recovering the CASTOR
Jewels"
eff 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 70 me.
'Will you want to show the detective
theseT
yes, 1 think had better. The
whole tale sounds so preposterous that
i need every bit of corroborative evil
dence we can muster"
For half an hour we fingered over
the table, discussing all the aspects Of
the case. Eventually l think 1 per-
suaded Miss Bradford that the evil
dence pointed most damningly 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 our adjoining
windows at ten that evening in order
that we might have another chat.
found German waiting for me at
the place he had mentioned.
II told you that girl was bad one"
was his greeting.
what do you meanT I cried.
"What have Won learned about herT
Nothing except that the address
she gave you last night was phony.
The number she gave is the hospital
grounds"-he pronounced 1t "hors-
pital."
"Where does she live, them"
"Shes keeping that under cover.
She shook the taxi at Fifty-ninth and
Third"
"And the number she called up