The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-05-19

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anything"
| ''IIere she comes now" said the do.
tectlve, hastily taking his departure,
| but l noticed that he had stationed
| himself behind some palms where he
could watch the girl without being
| seen.
"Who was the fellow talking to you
as ! came up?" asked Miss Kelly
curiously.
She was cool and collected now
Her telephone messnge-if she had
been really phoning- seemed In some
way to haYo fortified her.
"Oh, that fellow" I replied with as
sumcd carelcssness, "that was the
manager Of the place"
"Whatd he want?"
Nothing in particular. He lust
asked If everything was all right.
Why?"
"lIe looked to me like bull-lke
detective I used to know" she hastily
corrected herself.
Her slip in using the thieves slang
phrase served to aid in convincing me
that my informant had been correct in
his Identification. / was rs anxious
now as the house detective to get her
out of the restaurant. nnd summnning
the waiter FASTENED to pay my check.
Lets stay for couple of Dances"
She suggested.
Sorry" / said. "but can't dance"
mentally adding the words, with
YOU
Lets go then" she said disappoint-
cdly, 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. If you find
ont where he is. will YOU LET me or Mr..
Wick know? Mr.. Wick wants to get
IN touch with him."
Something told me then 1t must have
been Mr.. Wick she had tclcphoncd to.
Probably she had Informed him had
been asking about tho GaStons aG-
dress and had consulted him as to
what answer so give. Putting the girl
into taxi I paid her driver to take
her home and hurried back into The
hotel. found the house detective
James Gorman, | learned his name
was-waiting for me in the lobby.
WAS 1t to the tiranddcck she tclc.
phonch?" I asked eagerly.
at was o00o Plaza. That's a lri
vatc number. called up information
and size wouldn't tell me whore 1t was
I'll find out tomorrow. though. There's
oi,ti ways bc,i,ics through, 'inTor,i;,-
ton"
If YOU find out ycu'l' phone me
right away, won't you?" I asked him
giving him my card.
"And have Lefty Moorc's wife lis
tcnng in" he suggested. "No,hing
doing, son. You'd better call mo from
public pay station"
You're right about that" rcplch
and say. look here. Why can't yr
meet me somewhere tomorrow after
noon There are a lot OF myStcri0rS
things happening in the Gr.nddcck
Maybe you can help me In trying to
clear tI.rm up"
Its D Salc. I'll be In the bacS rnori
Of SIN ,yonnor's place over on TN.rd
avenue at three O'clock waiting fCi
you"
''!'ll he there" said. as babe him
nnod night
Hold on mirutc," ne said. "Irn
you know where Lefty Moorc's wife
lives nOw?"
| recalled the number she had told
me to give the taxi man and repeated
1t to him, an address way, over on
East SiXty-sccond street near the
river.
~ like to know them sort OF things"
he explained. an our business you
never know when you'll be nnediLS
thcm."
On my way home. after left him, I
con ngratulatcd myself on having made
James Gorman's acquaintance. In
him had found man with police and
detective experience The fact that
he held responsible position with 4
big hotel ought to be sufficient voucher
for his honesty. OF course Miss Brad
ford must he consulted before met
German the next afternoon. l could
hardly tell him my own almost unbe-
llcvable experiences without bringing
IN the attempts to blackmail her sister
Surely Miss Bradford would not oh
jcct to my plan. We were making
such poor headway In solving the mys-
terry ourselves that was certain she
would welcome Gorman's advice.
And would 1t not he surprise to
Barbara Bradford to learn that
criminal--Or at least the wife of q
crimInal--was employed as telephone
girl In the apartment house? was
hoping that she would be at home and