The Monroe journal., 1921-05-27

eF--i1l.zil iiu Nrfc ~tIfsTl i''niln oii ef
their s.s.s., ai.i arn,. afraid iu make a
m"ye. an,l how ihr new >IalwrS all
ever ih.. state W. r. SAVING thar il vas
in>i what they lad eNPsyir,l-ihat TN.
r.iilroad was cgooscd ia n,ol and
branch. and lLai sood man couldn't
say with II luu- enough 10 se, his
breath.
"Thu the new general manager has
l,,s.u aIG,o.uiris" ! asked
lie n.sli,i S,rar fellow by thc
name 81 p.,muh- don't know him.
ana neither 4ae> Herinck. lie Is On
h.s way Yves, noM. they say"
Mr Nern,~> hasn't shown M at
Mr. CLaiNOa'S chicago ofi,csy |
v,uiurtl
''Nn The telegraph people have
hecu WiriU- everywhere and can't gei
auS traa. q, him.
"Tea them "a ry ,ialeShurs. That's
where his peePc Eve"
Il know De- said: AMI he made a
a.,le nl ihe aiir.>> cn the hack of nm
envelope Then hr c:ine al me again.
pn lhc "lisrci." Is a lawyer would
ny.
~YuaNe lctu c'o>cr ~ NorcroSS in
u intimate May than any ~ u> liia-
r.ie haven't yau seen ~ heard some
thing that would hc,p 10 turn little
more li-h, ga this iamnahle hlow-upt"
| hadn't ont >.ir of the one thins
couldn', talk about and told him
-. and at this h. let mc Sre II little
more of what Was going ON in his
own mind.
You're nne of u>, IN way. jim
nile. and ran talk freely 10 you.
Mrs. Macrae insists that there has
been foul play ~ some sort. You say
YOU weren't present when Hatch called
on Norcross at The once that nlghtr
No: came in just after Hatch
went away"
Did NorcrDss say anything TO make
you think there had been a ightr
He told me that Hatch was abusive
and had made thrests-ln = business
way"
In a business wsy' What DO you
mean by thatg
| quoted the boss own words. rs
nearly as | could recall them.
so Hatch did make a threat, then'
Can you add anything more'"
could. but didn't want TO. Mr..
Van Britt didn't know anything about
the Sand Greek siding hold-up. or |
supposed he didn't and didn't want
to be the first one 70 tell him. Resides,
the whole business was beside the
mark. Maisie Ann knew, and ! knew.
that the boss. strong and unhreakable
as he was In other ways had simply
thrown up his hands and quit because
somebody had told him that MIS-.
Shella had husband living. SO |
Just said:
Nothing that would help out, and
after he had talked a little while
longer our only millionaire went down
stairs again.
It's so funny how things change
around for person just by giving
them time TO sort OF shake down Into
place and nj themselves together.
After while the chin edge ~ The
! wedge that Mrs. Sheila had been try
ing to drive into me began 10 take
hold. Just little. in spite OF what
knew-or thought knew. Was IL
barely possible. after all, that there
had been foul play of some sortl
In the first place. something had
been done to me 10y somebody; II was
a sure thing that hadn't crippled and
haIf-killed myself all by my lonesome.
Then they had said that the boss
stayed up with Mr.. Ripley that night
until after ten o'clock. and had then
gone up to go 10 bed. That being HE
ease. how could anybody have got 10
him between that time and the leav-
ing time Of the midnight Fast Mail 10
tell him about Mrs Shella?
/ Anyway 1t was stacked up, 1t made
a three-cornered puzzle, needing some.
body to tackle II right away, and
when | finally went TO sleep. II was
with the notion that. sick or no sick.
was going TO turn out early In the
morning aud get busy.
was well enough to get up the next
morning. and when phoned TO Mr..
Van Britt he sent his car out 10 ms
ma jors to take me down to the offire,
Just before | left the house, Mrs
Sheila waylald me. and after telling
me that | must be careful AMI noi
take cold In the burnt hand. she put
In another word about the boss dis
appearance.
II want you to remember what
said last night. Jimmie. and not le'
the others talk you over into the he
lief that Mr.. Norcross has gone away
because he was either discouraged OI
afraid. He wouldn't do that: you
know It. and know II. We are hi'
fr'noas. you and l. and we must stand
by aim and defend him when he ISM
here to defend himself"
II did me good TO hear her tail
thai way. had been sort Of gettinI
ready to dislike her for letting th'