The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-17
NOW GO On WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER NIJu

What tie - O-Day spu.sercd.
81. Jimmy Rznd laid a finger over
his mouth.
/. Go ahead. answer it. Lieutenant.
7 !. rs for ire. il mus. be from some
one eso knows VIVA, took place here
4. tonight. Go on" ne urged.
/ And O'Day. still greatly puzz ed.
I did as ne was told.
/: Hello ne called into the telc-
! phone. trying 20 disguise his voice.
/ .tnis is Rand talking. Who's speak
! !ng-"
7: Then. while he stood there with
/ ;ae receiver ciapped to his ear. lis
.en!ng. Jimmy saw his face slowly
! color until it turned nearly purple.
O'Day looked like an Infatuated bull,
but he. somehow. managed to Keep
! himself under control.
He uttered a monosyllable into the
mou:hpiece. Yeah" Then. "Say
who is this? Who the"
| He turned to Jimmy. the phone
! still clutched in his two hands. his
face still Sed with rage. well. I'll
be damned" he roared. "Of all the
why" he sgroped helplessly for
! words that would do his feelings JUS
| ticp
Il don't know. damn en-. They
| hung up on me-"
well, what did :aey say Who
| ever it was?' Excitement had laid
its hand on him. He was trembling
| with it.
Heres what they said" answered
ODay. regaining some OF his COM
posture. TT was a mans voice. He
said. Hello. this you. Rand!
Il said. Yes. this is Rand and he
said, ALI right, this is absolutely the
last warning. The girls out Of the
way. You're next I never"
any Cod" Jimmy broke in, "havc
they killed herr
| II never heard the voice before. 20
nv knowledge" ODay finished.
Then answering Jimmy's question.
Lord knows what they've done to
her. give up. It's got me beat"
He picked up the phone again.
"Wait y minute. Pm goin' to try to
have that call traced. Not chance
in q hundred Of gettin' anywhere.
guess, but I'm not goin' to be kick
ing myself later for overlooking a
bet"
Jimmy said. after O'Dav had fin
ishcd talking to the operator, "You
still think after that phone call
i that there's anything in that second
theory of yours, that Olga might
have framed this ?"
ODay hesitated a moment before
answering. lord. Rand, I'd forgot
ten about it for the time being
He frowncd. "Still. if the whole
thing was a stall. thcrc'd be nothing
to prevent her having this guy call
| % IN
you. In fact. Olga would be the only
one to know YOU were here at this
time, unless Jcnscn--if he really did
follow her hcre-hcard her mention
your name while she was talkin' to
YOU"
He said, rather mystcriously,
Jimmy thought: "I'yc got pretty
good reasons for thinkin' the way l
do, Rand. I'll tell you about them
later. ! just want to do some
checkin'"
"All right, go right ahead. Ny own
private opinion is that Jensen kid
naped that girl because he wanted
to find out what the police were
after him for. He wants to know
how much she's told about him. The
whole things mystery to him, for
] believe he knows nothing whatever
about the ticket stub.
Imagine what he must feel like.
He's absolutely in the dark, and
probably worried to death. Well, I'm
going home and 20 to bed"
"And Kelly here" said O'Day, ges-
turing toward stalwart policeman,
us goin' with you. He's goin' to
have a new beat tonight-right in
front Of your door,
He produced cigar and savagely
bit off large hunk of it and started
chewing it.
Pm keepin' an eye on you, my
lad he said.
When Barry Colvin reached Graf.
ton. his first thought was of Janet.
and he went swiftly to the Rand
home.
NO use arguing with Jim," he in
formed her briefly. Hes going to
stay in Mansfield until he finds
| the murderer. That's all there is to
It. There. no persuadlng him any
Il thought as mucn." Janet re.
marked quietly. "You showed him
"Yes, and he thinks Ne knows who
IT'S from. A police lieutenant in
mansfield by the name Of O'Day
used to know your father, it seems.
Mnen ne was boy. And he told
Jimmy the story
Briefly then he repeated the story
81 Marie Real and Henry and Thad-
deus Rand, as it was told to him
si,s @ ssilas y saln.y. And this.