Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-24
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At last Charlie could unleash him.
self.
Good Lord, Lorry!" There was
actual entreaty in his voice. Wont
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 up tight
er than a drum. They've got our
daughter in their hands, and Aey
tell you plainly that If you don't
come across with a hundred 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, IL 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 'eni to walk un-
s1spectingly right into your bunch OF
nabbers? Lorry! Lorry! A Wop Kid
naper from the East SIDE would
know better than to fall for q ga }
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 picture of the locality IN
your mind %
Il know it well; travel that way
every time 1 motor out to our place
in Westchcster.'
so do know it." Charles
mouth widened comically. Got
chased through there once by a
FARMERS watchdog. And, if youll
&cmember, you've got to be pretty
nearly inside the archway before you
can tell what's going on there. so.
with dozens of automobiles OF all
kinds passing along that road all the
time. your watchers would nave to
be planted practically in plain view
10 see the one that stops and gets the
jack"
Ranger. when he gave it thought,
could not we'll deny the strength or
the objection. His head dropped, the
worried lines began to reappear In
his face.
"And now, this" Charlie caught
I'm 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 y :,
IT meant to speak about that.
Rangers mouth frightened ominous-
lv. .sI'ye had everybody in the
building questioned, but no one ad-
mits being near the office.
sxHbat doea RryAri say Y
at haven't had chance to talk 10
him vet. He left before l did TO go
to Newark, and hasn't got back yet.
7 don't see" He shook his head
nerplexedly. "But anyhow" he grew
grim again, "Im going to give MIN
his walking papers--on suspicion.
"I wouldn't" Charlie demurreo.
"You want a fellow of that KIND
where you can keep an eye on MIN.
Show him this letter and consult MN
about If. You won't learn anything,
hut II will make hir- feel easy. Then
raise his salary. Tell him you want
to show your appreciation OIL MS
faithful services"
He rose, and walked up and down
the room, motioning Ranger 10
"Pye got an idea, Lorry," he said
AZ last: "but l don't want to tax
about it, even to you. You just tol-
low ructions--you've got to any
how. Mrs. Ranger won't stand ior
ANYTHING else--and place those oonds
as they've told you. Then leave the
est to me-"
"But YOU will need help of some
sort?" Ranger puckered his orows.
eYou're not going TO tackle this
crowd alone, single r.
.sWell. not exactly" drawled
: Charlie. "You used to go to the
races considerably, l remember.
Then, If you don't mind, ia Ike 10
borrow a stop-watch and a pair Oh
fieId-gla sses."
CHAPTER X j.
Where the Lone Hill road, one OF
westchester County's main travelee
thoroughfares, dips under the rali-
road tracks, it passes through an
archway of masonry between oV ana
75 feet long; and as this arcnWay 10
high enough to accommodate toau
of hay, and the surrounding country
is one of level fields, the approach
on either side is through steep'
walled cut.
tn get aIOAnu AhNSO
conditions. He did not go home tnat
night after leaving Rangers ONCE
but instead registered at cheap
East Side hotel where he spent the
evening in an exhaustive study of an
automobile road-map of Westchester
County.
About two o'clock he came down
stairs and passed out, casually re-
marking to the night clerk that ne
was wakeful and thought he would
take a walk before he turned In.
At a garage eight or ten DOCKS
away where he had left his motor
cycle, he got it, and chugged briskly
over the williamsburg bridge as II
heading for his lodgings. On the
other side, though, he deviated from
e4he direct route, and twisted aimless-
Nv through a succession of ill-lighted,
tenement streets until he was sure
he had thrown off anyone who might
be trying to trail him, when he
turned north. and crossed back to
Manhattan by way of the Queens
boro bridge at Fifty-ninth street
Dawn found him at little patch
Of woods along the railroad track
~A@..k t,aIf q Y4afIa distant from the