The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-10-08

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and We quickly found . secluded table
In one Of the less conspicuous rooms.
; i've told Claire everything" she
said ~ soon - w were seated. II
hope you're not angry with me-"
"Of course 0 Ton had to tell
her. ! am sorry to have frightened
her"
."She shouldn't have gone to your
room. That's just nks her, though.
She always acts on the spur OF the
moment. She's .awfully worried. too.
poor girl"
I'VE can save her." said.
Why" she asked quickly. what
have you learned?'
Il a convinced that they must
have someone In the house aiding
them. I've found out who II 10. It's
the telephone girl-Nellie Kelly ID the
name she goes BY"
II can't believe It." cried the girl,
shocked at my statement. "She's only
. girl like myself. have talked to
her lots OF times. I'm certain there's
nothing wicked or wrong about her."
I'm afraid there is." I explained.
Il took her out to dinner last night, to
the White Room. The honse detective,
while she was or telephoning, prac-
tically ordered me out Of the place be-
cause ! was with her. She's notorious.
Her husband Is Lefty Moore. q 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.
I'm 50 sorry for her"
But think Of your sister. Think
what they.are trying to do with Miss
Kelly's aid"
But how do you know she's aiding
them?"
Il don't know It. But I do know that
nobody could pull of all the things
that have been happening in the
Granddeck without some one there
helping them. We've found someone
used to helping criminals-a criminals
wife. Isn't that enough7 All We need
to do now Is to watch her closely
and fasten the thing on her"
allow are you going to do that?'
That's why I insisted on your COM
ing here today. I am to meet Detective
German at three. I feel that ne could
aid us. and l think w ought to tell
him everything"
TEL. the police" Her face grew
white at the thought. wouldn't that
e a scandal-the newspapers and
all that sort OF thing?"
I shook my head decisively.
"Gorman's not with the police now.
He IL employed as a 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"
Twill you have t. tell him every.
thing-about Claire's m~arriagey"
We've either got to tell him every
thing or nothing"
"Oh. how ! 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.
ndence.
you're different"
I'm afraid most people would not
agree with you. They would regard
me as a worthless. d~iscredited young
fellow out Of a job"
"But it's not your fault"
1.-THE point is." I went on. that we
have reached . place where we need
expert advice. German has f~ortuitous-
~ turned MP to give It. The only way
10 to tell him everything"
For q moment she debated the mat
ter silently, her pretty forehead puck
cred in thought.
"Yes." she said at last. II suppose
It Is the only way. But won't he want
a lot Of money for his s~ervicesf"
'Tll attend to that" l answered.
It'll make my great-uncle reward him
handsomely for recovering the CASTOR
Jewels"
III he does.
HE must. We've rot to get. them
back"
From her handbag she produced
the anonymous letters che had re.
ceived and handed them 70 me.
Twill you want to show the detective
thesel"
Yes. I think ! had better. The
whole tale sounds so pre%posterous that
] need every bit Of corroborativs evi.
dence we can muster"
For half an hour We fingered over
the table. discussing oil the aspects Of
the case. Eventually I think l per.
suaded Miss Bradford that the evil
dence pointed most dampingly to the
telephone girl ~ q Of the conspira.
tors or at least one Of their aides. She
wal eager to know what plan OF action
German would advise and - We part
ed W. arranged to be At our adjoining
windows at ten that evening In order
that We might have another chat.