San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-04
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Hope Ranger, daughter of wealth,
parents. disappears after luncheon
at the Plaza A reward of a hundred
thousand dollars is offered for her safe
return. Eustice Highly, at. ,ney. and
Jnarez Charlie, adventurer. both warm
friends of Ranger, assist the father in
his search for his daughter.
Frank Bryan is Rangers private sec.
rotary. A message comes to Lorine
instructing him to buy hat for Hope
and leave it at specified place. Lor-
ing acts according to instructions and
IN due time receives a picture of his
daughter taken in the hat he pur.
chased.
George Kelsey is detained at SAM.
tarium and makes friends with a girl
registered as sister to nurse named
Copley. Now go on with the story.
With sigh of relief, Charlie sank
into chair and busted himself in roll
ing a succession of cigarettes.
Perhaps finger-print man could
help u.s." Ranger was still dwelling on
this theme. THAT letter and the
photograph must have been handled
by the person who put them in the en-
velOpe. and it might be-H
At last Charlie could unleash him
| self.
"Good Lord, Lorry y" There was
actual entreaty in his voice. won't
you understand? Won't You realize
what we are up against? You talk
about making those people pay. and sit
here weaving kindergarten schemes to
trap them: and all the time they've
got You sewed IN tighter than a drum
They've got your daughter in their
hands. and they tell you plainly that
If you don't come across with hun
dred grand by tomorrow-and play
square with them. too-you'll never see
her again. What are you going to do
about that?"
Ranger flinched for a moment be-
fore this vigorous presentation, but he
rallied.
"Why, If I can't do anything else.
I'll deposit the bonds as directed, and
then have enough men close at hand to
| nab whoever comes after them.'
And you expect 'em to walk unsus-
pectingly right into your bunch Of
nabbers? Lorry! Lorry! A Wop kid
naper. from the East Side would know
better than to fall for a game like
that. Do you know this place where
you're supposed to plant the bonds?"
Certainly. Behind loose stone in
the archway where the Lone Hill road
runs under the railroad tracks,"
Got a picture of the locality in
your mind?"
II know it well; travel that way
every time ] motor out to our place in
Westchester."
80 do l know it," Charles mouth
widened comically. SCOT chased
through there once by farmers watch
dog. And, if you'll remember. you've
got to be pretty nearly inside the arch
way before You can tell what's going
on there. So. with dozens of automo-
biles of all kinds passing along that
road all the time, your watchers would
have TO be planted practically in plain
view to see the one that stops and gets
the jack"
Ranger, when he gave it thought,
could not well deny the strength of the
objection. His head dropped, the wor-
ried lines began to reappear in his face.
"And now. this" Charlie caught
up the letter from the Combine. "You
say, you found it On your desk when
YOU came back from luncheon. Any
idea how it got there?'
Il meant, to speak about th..t."
Rangers mouth frightened ominously.
1--WE had everybody. in the building
questioned, but no one admits being
near the office"
what does Bryan say?"
81 haven't had a chance to talk to
him yet. He left before did to go to
Newark, and hasn't got back yet. /
don't sec" He shook his head per-
plexedly. .'But anyhow" he grew grim
again, I'm going to give him his walk
ing papers-on suspicion"
81 wouldn't" Charlie demurred
"You want a fellow of that kind where
you can keep an eye on him. Show
him this letter and consult him about
it. You won't learn anything, but it
will make him feel easy. The raise