Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-04-29

besides, I'm not quite ready 70 COM
NIT suicide" And then to me. Jim
ME, suppose you go and tap on the
door and tell the ladies we're pulling
into Portal City"
/ hung around while the boss was
telling Mrs. Sheila and Maisie Ann
good-by, and was in the baggage
room, digging up the put-Off stun, at
the gOod-by minute. But / guess they
didn't quarrel any--the boss and MIS-
Sheila. She was laughing a little 10
herself as / helped her down from
the car, and when l asked her where
she wanted to go, she said might
ask one of the porters to carry the
traps, and we'd walk to the hotel,
which was only a few blocks up the
main street.
She took Malsie Ann on the other
side of her and let two Of the blocks
go by without saying anything more
and then she gave that quiet httle
laugh again and said, Your Mr.. Nor
cross amuses me, Jimmie. He says
l have no business to travel without
a guardian. What do you think
about it?"
told her l hadn't any thinks COM
ing, and she seemed to take that Tor
a joke and laughed some more. linen
she asked me if I'd ever been in New
York, and felt sort of small when
l had to tell her that / had never
been east of Omaha in all my life.
With that, she told me not to worry
that If l stayed with Mr.. Norcross
I'd probably get to go anywhere l
wanted to. as@m
Something in the way she said 1t
made it sound like a little slam on
the boss, and of course wasn't 60
ing to stand for that.
Z "There is one thing about 1t: the
boss will make good wherever he
goes" hit back. "You can bet on
that"
II like your loyalty she flashed out,
ut is a fine thing in a day that is
much too careless of such qualities.
And / agree with you that your Mr..
Norcross is likely to succeed; more
than likely, if he will only learn to
combine little gentle cleyerness with
the heavy hand
II don't think you have any cause
to blacklist Mr.. NOrcross," said
Hasn't he been right good and broth,
erly to both of you this evening"
"Oh, didn't mean that" she said
real earnestly. "But in the stateroon
in Mr.. Chadwick's car: the ventilation
was open, you know, until Maisie AnT
got up and shut it, and-we couldni
very we'll help hearing what was sale
about the kidnapping. Neither Mr.
Chadwick nor Mr. Norcross seemed
to be able to account for it."
"Can you account for it?' ! asked
bluntly enough, | guess.
At this she smiled and said, Il
would be rather presumptuous for mi
to try where Mr.. Norcross and MI
Chadwick failed, wouldn't 1t? Blu
maybe l can give you just wee llttl
hint. You saw the two men who wen
over to the auto and smoked Will
they were waiting for the other tw
to come back? II am not mistaken
have seen them many times before
and they are very well known here !
Portal City. One Of them, the smalle
one with the derby hat and the shol
overcoat, was either Mr.. Rufus Hate
, or his double; and the other, tn
heavy-set one, might have been M
: Gustave Henckel, Mr.. Hatch's partne
!. in the Red Tower company"
/ This didn't help out much, but 70
: can bet that l made note OF the tW
! names.
l "You are going back to Mr.. Cha
e wicks carr" she asked, when she VIZ
: telling me good-by and thanking n
q for coming up to the hotel with theT
: told her / was, and then she can
d around to the kidnapping bushes
s again of her own accord.
r "You may give Mr.. NorcrOss Il
s hint | gave you, if you wish" 81
6 said; "only you must be good DO
e Jimmie, and not drag me into it."
d II see," nodded; "Tll tell Il
It boss, when / get good chance, al
e YOU can bet your last dollar he wor
e, tangle you up in THE isn't put
q gether that way"
well, then, goodnight" she smile
lie giving me her hand And with tn
o. She sort of edged the little girl In
the elevator before we could get
is chance to shake hands, and l hea
I her tell the boy to take them up
+, the mezzanine landing.
a By and by, l went down to the 81
Or ton and began to hunt for the Ale1
Or The boss and Mr.. Chadwick we
!" facing each other across the tab
2? which was all Uttered up with papt
it and maps and reports, and they hal
D. " noticed me when l blew In a
~ sat down little to one side.
Just after l broke III, Mr. Norcrt
b, jumped up and began to pace ba
lie and forth before the table, with
IS, hands in his pockets.
,e mo, / can't see it, Uncle job
4 he said. still sort of stubborn and
h. termined. "You are trying to I'D
ed me believe that l ought to take
N. biggest Job that has ever been set
fore the expert in any field; to d.