New Britain herald., 1926-03-16

The girls ut the phone, Maybe It
 takes her quite Il while 10 get your Inumbcr--"
 Jimmy interrupted, "lt must have
 been quite q while. l heard tho
 phone ring downstairs in the hall and, not knowing it was for mc, l didn't answer 1t right away but sat there and just let it ring. Then 1 went down."
 "AlI right, That fits, then, It at
 least is lonb enough to let Jensen and whocver's with him come in tho door downstairs and sneak up here. There's heavy carpet on the steps. I noticed il as l came up.
 NOW, shes got you on the line an shes tellin' you shes seen Jensen an for you 10 hurry up an get here Just about that time Jensen an the other one with him tiptoc in hero an grab her rhat'd be when you heard her holler
 'Or ma. be she hears them an turns around an then gives out yell when she secs them. At any rate, we'll have 10 suppose that they clapped hand over her mouth, or hit her on the head, or did somc- thing 10 keep her from screaming. If they hadn't, an she had yelled. shed | have aroused everyone in the build. | ing,
 My own opinion is that if they came in here at all they chloroform. ed her. If they had been bent on killin' her why would they take her away"
 unless" put in Jimmy. "thry wanted 10 question hcr 10 see how much we had on Jcnscn."
 "Perhaps," admitted O'Day. "Now what's yoIr opinion about the affair.""
 "l cant imagine anything differ cnt from what you have described. It looks very much as if Jensen had kidnapped her. Probably he and whoever was with him did choloro- form her 10 keep her fror. scream ing"
 '1t's just theory, mind VOL" said O'Day. "rhcrc's nothin' here 10 give us any kind of clcw 70 what happened. The only thing at all VAS that musscd-up rung. Looks as if she might have kicked it when tl,v grabbed her.
 And" O'Day added, that's hls' one theory Do you want me 10 tcu you the other enc I havc?"
 There was Il mysterious ring to h,s words Jimmy thought, and q qu2lj. cal expression about his eyes.
 "Tos, go ahead" Jimmy answcr,al
 "Well, before tell you, lei me ask you not to rear up an get hot. headed again. Honest, every ,imc air my views about this MaynarJ girl you get on your high horse am act like you're goin' to take my head off"
 Jimmy laughed. "Go ahead. Lieu tenant. I'll behave"
 "An' you'lI let me finisho"
 "Yos I'll let you finish. won't interrupt once"
 "All right, then. Now I've just cy- plained that what I've been sayin' is one theory. An you'll admit if sounds reasonable"
 Jimmy nodded.
 An' this one is just as reason. able. It's just this. Supposin' this girl really was implicated somehow ln your fathers murder. Suppose she hasn't been tellin' the whole truth about it. Now she's succeeded in ronvincin' most people that shes innocent. but there's still il cloud hangin' over her. you might say.
 Now suppose she thinks it's time Tor her 10 do the disappcarin' act? What could be better. Or more con- vcnient than to frame a little thing like this here?' He waved his hand about him. Let me finish now" he reminded Jimmy as the other was lbout 10 interrupt
 Now. that's every bit as reason lblc as the other theory. an"
 An Interruption came from an un- expected quarter, It was the tole- >honc bell ringing. ODay waved he others aside as he picked up the instrument in his hands.
 Probably from headquarters he sr(nted, and said, "Hollo."
 He pressed the transmittcr agains, lls chest. "It's for you, Rand"
 He held out the telephone to Jim. ny and the latter. about 10 take il II his own hands. abruptly stopprd queer expression came over his ace.
 For me?' he repeated. That's unny."
 He raised his hand, checking )Day, who still held the phone cx- ended.
 You take that call" he shot n; 1Day. "No one on Gods rrccn arth is supposed 10 know where m,"
 (To Be Continued)