Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-26

dence of the wide connections of the
Black Menace In the mart set.
W. have only to go a few blocks
to my garage" he replied. Il sup
pose it As the big a that we will
want?"
We lost no time in getting into the
car and were soon across the city and
Mer the bridge looping along the
hilly roads of the North Shore. Or
dlnarily it might have taken us an
hour or more to make the journey,
but as Speed showed his car along, 1t
seemed almost no time before we were
approaching the village which seemed
almost no time before we were p
preaching the village which was the
center OF h many millionaire estates
at Heaton Hills.
Finding the Garage.
We had no trouble In locating the
garage, which was or a back street In
the village.
1T doesn't look as though anybody
vas here, remarked Speed as he
pulled up before it.
We Jumped out and began a hasty
examination. The door was locked
and h place was apparently empty
and dark. Finally kennedy managed
to turn the lock Of q back window
n we entered. As he flashed a
pocket light about the place, 1t was
evident that II there flan been any
other car or cars, they had been re-
moved. A search of the garage SEEM
ed to reveal norhing.s There was a
desk in a little office, but it was
empty. A few tools and some worn
out tires that were nothing but scrap
were the only things of value in the
place.
Double crossed ?" concluded RAY
email. as he looked about.
Suddenly there was a jangle from
the wall telephone just inside the Of
lice, | was standing nearest to it, and
l took q step toward it to, answer,
when I felt a hand on my shoulder.
1t was kennedy.
Don't, Walter" he cautioned in q
whisper. There is a house ius,
across the street. Run over there and
get on the wire there. Find out from,
Central the origin of this call before
I answer it,"
I turned and hurried out of the
garage n across the street. The
people were very obliging, and I was
soon able to find out that the nun
Der, that was calling was 100 Main"
AS l thanked them and left the house
l inquired about the garage across the
street, but the people did not seem to
know much about it, except that a
couple of strangers had rented it re-
Gently and were very quiet, which was
all that seemed to interest them.
Back in the garage I found that
Kennedy had answered the call, but
n a 1t had led to nothing. 1t seemed
n a whoever was at the other end
Of the wire had for some reason be-
come suspicious and, not recognizing
the voice which answered, had re-
fused to talk and hung up.
The Number Traced.
Central told me that the number
was 700 Main whispered to him
outside In the darkened garage.
Good" he exclaimed. Nov the
next thing to do will be to go to the
telephone office and persuade them
to tell US what 100 Main really is,
A nasty conference with Speed fol
lowed. and again We in his car.
picking our way by a short cut to the
telephone building.
1t was now quite late when we ar
e at the telephone building, and
after considerable parleying Kennedy
persuaded the GIL in charge that =
was all right to tell US the address.
ITS the big colonial mansion on
the Rocky Hill Road" she said At
length. II don't know anything about
1t and II Il did, / don't think that I
would dare to ray anything"
h was something, however. in
the tone and manner OF the strl that
Vconftrmed Kennedy in his suspicion
That the telephone girl might well
prove to be worth tracing. VIVA +,
might lead us to, he could not say. hut
could see BY his manner that ne
much preferred to make t~htrSinvast
CATION by himself.
Outside Kennedy appeared TO he
very much concerned about the VS.
IN which Miss Claremont might feel
aareE her sexcttdng experience OF the
speed" he aid ct lenrth. ~ th,nk
|it~.would be much better IL xGn tnnE
Miss Claremont home and whom Won
go, mAke ArEanGements&swtt the po-
lice % that there Will IS eornehodv
near her home; within call ali niphf
There'A little bit ofswork that JamS.
n I must do out here and /
think W can DO II bettsr BY ourselves.
s An Order to wait.
AZ speeds carSWhisked awnv dnr,n
turnpike. Kennedy ana Netarte6
along the main street of lthe fnrsms
until 1eSlA8t we ann 70 the afatfnn
where q lone ..fIivvsr'.. W. vuitins
x0r poa1.ble passenger. Kennedvs
nd va were soon "a our
Nay rom the town and aions &
9 Dut poorly hghted. country ron6.
hAA rome psrhaps I nillo snd 1870
back. speaking through 4he m
nodded 81.
90 rtEht, r.su.as u kennedy.
a 1870 SsE. 1hsss's ! lisht Ire. Yca
driver ran his "a cloae IA ths
os q sssl vs,,, I ana gsels "a ! a.