Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1920-06-10

telephone. DO you suppose that sh'
saw you and recognized your
mot a chance" said the detective
"Well. I'd like 10 find out TO WHOM
she telephoned. Can you find out fol
meg"
Sure l can, but you got to get hel
out OF here"
"All right" l replied. AS soon n.
she returns TO my table. I'll pay my
check and we'll leave. I'll he bach
by and by and see If you've Learned
anything"
"fIere she now" said the de
t~ective, hastily taking his departure
but l noticed that he had stationed
himself behind some palms where hi
could watch the girl without beine
seen.
"Who was the fellow talking to you
as l came up?" asked Miss Kelly
%curiously.
She was cool and collected now
Her telephone meS>age-if she had
been really phoning-seemed in some
way to have fortified her.
oh. that fellow" l replied with as
sunled careleSsnrSs, that was the
manager of the place
"What'd he want2"
Nothing in particular. He just
asked ii everything was all right.
Why?'
He looked 10 me like Il bull-like n
detective l used TO know" she hastily
| corrected herself.
Her slip In using the thieves slang
phrase served to aid in convincing mo
that my Informant had been correct In
hts identification. was as anxious
now as the house detective to get her
out of the restaurant, and summoninG
the waiter l FASTENED to pay my check.
Let's stay for n couple of Dances"
she suggested.
Sorry" / said. hut l can't dance
mentally adding the words, with
you
Lets go then" she said disappOint-
eddy, and to my surprise on the way
out she renewed the subject of Mr..
CASTOR.
You were asking if the old gentle
| man left IL forwarding address. He
didn't leave any with me. If you find
out where he is. will you let me or Mr..
Wick know? Mr.. Wick wants to get
in touch with him"
Something told me then it must have
| been Mfr, Wick she had telephonel to.
Probably she had informed him | had
beep asking abou, the Gas,ons' adj.
1rasS anil Ind consulted him as to
what answer TO give. Putting the girl
into a taxi | paid her driver TO take
her home and hurried back into the
hotel, | found the house detective
lanes German. | learned his name
yas-waiting for me In the lobby.
"Was II To the Granddeck she tcle-
phoned?" l asked eagerly.
.It WAS O9V9 Plaza. That's a pri.
yate number. | called up information,
and she wouldn't tell me where il was.
I'll find out tomorrow. though. There's
other ways besides through Informal
| ton"
IF you find out you'l phone me
right away, won't your l asked him,
giyina him my card.
"And have Lefty MoOre's wife lis
ten!ng in" he suggested. Nothing
doing, son. You'd better call me from
a public pay station"
You're right about that" l replied,
"and say. look here. Why can't you
meet me somewhere tomorrow after
noon There are a lot of mysterious
things happening In the Granddeck.
Maybe you can help me in trying to
clear them up"
"It's a date. I'll be in the back room
of Jim Connor's place over on Third
avenue at three o'clock waiting for
you"
'I1l he there" I said. as I babe him
good night.
Hold on a minute" he said. "Do
you know where Lefty Moore's wife
lives nowS"
I recalled the number she had told
me TO give the taxi man and repeated
IL TO him. an address way over on
East Siyty-second street near the
river.
81 like TO know them sort of things"
he eyplained. ain our business you
never know when you'll be needing
Them"
On my WAY home after I left him, I
CONGRATULATED mvse,f m bavjnn made
James Germans acquaintance In
him I had found a man with police and
detective exnerience The fact that
he held a responslbIe nositlon with a
bia hotel ought 70 no sufficient voucher
for his honesty. ar course Miss Brad
ford must he consulted before I met