New Britain herald., 1926-03-13

about that ring, and Marie Real. I'm leaving fer Grafton early in the morning."
 'Oh yos~~and by the way, Earry, here's i funny thing" Jimmy pro- duced 4 letter from the pocket of ! his coat, which vas hanging over ! the back Of a chair. T got this let ter today, Now, as a smart young criminal lawyer, suppose you see | what you make of it."
 Barry read it. Who is this Miss ! taton?' ne asked after he had fin l iSh"d. referring to the signature.
 She was 6 stenoerapher and a sort of secretary 10 that fellow Por. ter who fired ne from my job with the laundry"
 'And she says she thinks you were the victim of a framn-up." He read from the letter: "A man came in that morning and asked if Mir Rand worked there. l showed him to Mir, Porter and the two of them talked q while and l heard them mention your name. Late that afternoon you were discharged, I'm sure that's what they We're talking about. The reason l wrote to you is that I saw the same man today, riding in all automobile,'
 Barry raised his head from the letter. There you are framed. all right. The bozo who is so anxious for you to clear out is trying to make it easier for you"
 Don't talk about it." said linn my. "1'm wsary of it and I'm 20. ing 10 sleep"
 Barry left for Grafton the next morning, taking with him the ring and promising to be back as soon as possible.
 You need Q hodyguard. vou chnmp.' was his parting shot at Jimmy.
 Left to himself, Jimmy retreated to the quiet of his room and there sat down with valiant resolve to ap- ply his mental machinery to the for Taulation of some plan which might lead him to the root of the mystery,
 Fogarty, Jensen. Diyis, Olga May nard, ODny, Thaddeus Rand-the images coniured by these names tloated mistily before his eyes, and, disappearing again. left him groping vaguely in an attempt to rationalize th" strange procession of events.
 That evening found him with Lieutenant ODay at police head quarters.
 Did Thaddeus Rand have any brothers or sisters?" he asked.
 O'Day sat and pondered. I'm not sure,' he said finally. There was some talk or rumor that he had sister, but it's been too long to rom"mher, I sort of think there was g. sister"
 Jimmy said: Barry CoIvin brought a ring when he came here, It had the name Marie in it and my fathers initials on 1t. It was Marie ltedl, of course.
 More than likely" assented ODay. but does it mean anything ?"
 Nothing, except that I'm going to run it down if I can. I'm sure that the motive for my fathers comes somewhere from out Of his past, That's why it's worth investigating"
 He reached for his hat. If there ] were any way of tracing my grand father-if he did have any sister that might be able to tell us some |, thing. or that might help us clear up this, this fog-then we might get |
 You can never tell. Rand. Maybe someone who loved Marie Real and | was jealous of your father"
 Hardly. She would be as old as my father now. It would be wait ing long time for revenge"
 But people are strange. Some times they do wait for the right ehance-some Of them"
 He felt certain. as he threaded 1 his way home. that old Thaddeus Rand somehow held the key 10 this oaffllns mystery.
 Perhaps old Thaddeus was dead,