The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-10-01

How much more likely that an EN-
ployee Of the place was in the pay
Of the plotters! And now to learn
that the telephone girl was. II not q
criminal herself, 1t least the associ-
ate Of criminals.
shes got no record that I know
Of" the detective admitted. "but she
couldn't be Lefty Moore's wife with
out being q crook herself"
THAT helps explain things" I said
more to myself than to him.
Explains what2" he asked SUSPECT
ously.
Look here" I said with 4 new de-
termination. There have been some
mysterious happenings in the Grand
deck, and l brought this girl here to
try to pump her. / asked her q ques-
ton or two, and she became much
embarrassed and confused. She jump
ed up and said she was going to the
telephone. Dot you suppose that she
saw you and recognized your"
"Not z chance said the detective.
SWELL I'd like to find out { o whom
she telephoned. Can you find out for
me?"
Sure + can, but you got to get her
out Of here"
All right" I replied. "As soon az
she returns to my table. I'll pay my
check and well leave. I'll be back
by and by and see II you've learned
anything"
Here she comes now" said the de-
tective, hastily taking his departure,
but I noticed that he had stationed
himself behind some palms where he
could watch the girl without being
seen.
"Whc ri the fellow talking to you
as I came up1" asked Miss Kelly
curiOusly.
She "a cool and collected now
Her telephone message-if she had
been really phoning-seemed in some
way to have fortified her.
"Oh, that fellow" l replied with as
sumed carelessness, that was the
manager of the place."
"What'd he wantY"
Nothing in particular. He Just
asked IL everything was all right.
WhyT'
"He looked to me like q bull-like 4
detective I used to know" she hastily
corrected herself.
Her slip IN using the thieves slang
phrase serv ed to aid in convincing me
that my informant had been correct In
his Identification. l was as anxious
TO- as the house detective to get her
out of the restaurant, and summonins
the waiter l FASTENED to pay my check.
Lets stay for q couple of Dances"
she suggested.
Sorry" l said, hut 1 can't dance"
mentally adding the words, with
you
Lets 60 then" she said disappoint.
edly. and to my surprise on the way
out she renewed the subject Of Mr..
CASTOR.
You were asking II the old gentle
man left . forwarding address. He
didn't leave any with me. II you ind
out where no II. will you let me or Mr..
Wick know? Mr.. Wick wants to ret
in touch with him."
Something told me then It must have
been Mr.. Wick she had telephoned to.
Probably she had informed him / had
been asking about the 0astons' ad-
dress and had consulted him ~ to
what answsr to give. Putting the girl
into . taxi / paid her driver to take
her home and hurried back into the
hotel. l found the house detective
James German. I learned his name
was-waiting for me in the lobby.
was It to the Granddeck she tels-
phoned1" I asked eagerly.
ut was O00o Plaza. That's Z pri-
vate number. I called up information,
and she wouldn't tell me- where 1t was.
I'll fnd ont tomorrow. though. There's
other ways besides through Informa-
tion.'"
If you and out youIl phone mo
right away. won't your" I asked him.
giving him my card.
"And have Lefty Aoore's wife liz
tening In" he suggested. Nothing
doing, son. You'd better call ne from
. public pay station"
4 niqht visit from Z