San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-11
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I been Worrying about you but see
you're all right
"Her-auntw Mike repeated again
as though in a daze.
"Yeah, and when the Teller said he
saw she was all right the young
lady backed IN on to the step of the
running board again and l thought
it was time for me TO butt in. says
to her: If you like I'll take you to
that address, miss. if it isn't any
further than New York. It's already
paid for, you know She looked sort
of undecided but the Teller spoke up :
That's all right, chauffeur I'm a
confidential clerk in the employ of
this young lady's uncle and if she
told you to drop her here she knows
her own business best. / hope you'll
hurry, miss; your aunt's anxious
He lifted his hat again, and walked
off fast up Martin street, the way
we'd come, and the young lady
stepped down again. gave me a ten
Street. 1t was to the junction of
Martin and Brook that I'd brought
her. thought it was pretty funny
but i turned back up Martin Street
on my return trip. l didn't see that
Teller anywhere and on bunch /
circled the block to Brook again just
TO see if anything was doing and
there on the corner of Brook and
Railroad Avenue he and the young
lady was talking together as pleas
antly aud friendly as if they'd known
each other all their lives"
SIS that all?" Mike had regained
command of himself and his tone ex-
pressed amused contempt at his in
formant's interest.
mo, it amt ~ the latter retorted.
"All the way from here she was
scared to death-at the pace 1 was
hitting up, / guess-and yet urged
me on faster, and see how smart she
was getting me to name OLDHAM my
self, well knowing that the only busy
corner in the whole town was Martin
and Brook Then she pretended not
to know the Teller and to be scared
or uncertain = when he wrote her
aunt's address on that card and
handed it to her. She just crumpled
it up in her hand without looking at
it. so l didn't get sight Of it, either
although l was trying to-
If you were so suspicious of Them"
Mikes tone was bland. why didn't
you hang around a little longer and
see where they went?'
Il did better than that" declared
Frank. Il parked the car amongst
the others across at the railroad sta
ton the better to watch them but
they separated in a few minutes, she
going into the side entrance of that
department scoIe that fronts on
Brook, and him back up Railroad
Avenue. l follered him into drug
store and when he went into tele-
phone booth / took the next but
@Aen l found l couldn't make out a
word he was saying | beat it back to
that department store. / had a
bunch I'd better keep mr. eye on the
main entrance around on Brook Gee
I waited there more'n three hours.
siy,lling back and forth to the cor
ntr Of Railroad Avenue but L didn't
s &c anything more of that slick
looking guy
He paused for breath but Mike
win quick glance at Lieutenant
Trevor. who was lowering near, de-
manded eagerly:
THE girl, Halloran! Had you lost
her too?"
"Wait till I tell you! / was still
hanging around the entrance to that
department store at about three in
the afternoon when woman came
out of the hairdressing place next
door and started past me toward the
station. She had on a blue serge
suit and little blue hat and carried
big tan bag. l saw she had black
hair and was turning away, but
something made me take another look
and it was the same girl. I'd swear
it anywhere !"
Mike uttered a sharp exclamation
did she see you?"
"Nope. She was looking around
pretty hard but l guess it was fol
that Teller. There was train fol
New York just pulling in and she
almost ran to catch it. with me after
her. / got out on the platform in
] time to see her climb aboard just as