Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-15

slightly bored. She works, then?"
AT Mason & Marsh's brokerage
house. She's stenographer. But
, not after next month-she's to be
Mrs. Keller then"
MY heartiest congratulations"
said Pelham. Shortly thereafter he
made his excuses and his departure.
r
DELHAM walked to his apartment.
All the excitement that had been
in his mind had left 1t. Certainly
the president was beyond suspicion.
Pelham happened to know that the
cashier was one of the chief stock
holders Of the bank and could hardly
be suspected of completely in robbing
his own institution. And as for
Keller. his honesty was too patent
to be questioned
The failure Of the mechanism OF
the grating was a coincidence, then,
that had been fortunate for the rob-
bers. And the moment that Pelham
admitted this he ceased to believe in
the existence Of the Gray Ghost.
For coincidence never aided nor
hfndered that master OF crime. Chance
never entered into his schemes; they
worked with mathematical exactI-
tude
Jerry Tryon called him up that
retained by the bank authorities to
run down the criminals
And l didn't tell them that I
thought it was the Gray Ghosts
work" chuckIed Jerry with good-na-
tured malice. "If ! had, they'd think
I'd gone cuckoo. and I'd lose a ten
thousand dollar retainer"
"All right for you. Jerry" Pelham
laughed back at him. "but if the
Gray Ghost does show up don't say
! didn't warn you. The evening pa
per says that the bank is Offering a
hundred thousand dollars reward for
the recovery of it's money and the
arrest Of the criminals"
Yes, it's a nice mark to shoot at"
said Jerry. when are you going
down to Maine?"
"In the morning" replied Pelham.
well, I wish I was going with
YOU" said Tryon. Hope they're BIT
ing"
Much obliged" answered Pelham.
a T noon next day Pelham left for
"A Maine Two mornings later he
was seated in the bow of an Old
town canoe, industriously whipping
the waters of Lake Shennebago. BY
o'clock he had caught eight beau
ties, and his guide was propelling
him back to camp.
During the after breakfast smoke
the guide, one Slim Dickinson by
name, discussed many things, finally
fastening his speech upon New York.
1.-The way I look at it," pronounced
Slim, cit don't take no more to be a
big guy in New York than it does to
be big guy in my home town of
Juno. II Teller has git-up-and- git
to him he'll succeed anywhere at all
Amt I right. Mr.. Pelham"
at guess you are" Pelham COM
coded. did you say that Juno was
your home town."
Certainly did" said Slim. Born
| and brought UP there. Know every
man, woman, horse and dog in the
township. Why? Ever been there?
Know any one there?"
"No, 1 don't" admitted Pelham.
| 'but friend of mine Is engaged to
| marry a girl from Juno. Her names
Minnie Grey. Do you know herr"
Minnie Grey? Course I know her
I can remember, like it was yester-
day, the day she put UP her yellow
hair. Used to hang in q pigtail down
her back, yellow as corn"
THE Minnie Grey I mean has black
hair and black eyes," said Pelham.
Don't know about her hair now
Slim said. "She may have got crazy
ideas like the rest of the girls that
go to New York. But her eyes was
as blue as blue. And they amt found
any way Of changing the color OF
eyes, have they?"
Maybe I'm thinking of another
/ Minnie Grey" suggested Pelham. He
was shaking with nervousness.
mot from Juno" declared Slim
with decision.
Perhaps you're thinking of her
sister," argued Pelham.
Minnie never had no sister," stated
the guide. "She was an only child
an orphan, who lived with her aunt
Pelham cross-examined the guide
but the man stuck stoutly to his
story. He vowed that he could not
be mistaken.
IT<wENTY-roUR hours later Jimmy
j Pelham landed In New York. He