The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-16
NOW GO ON WITH TUE STORY
CHAPTER KILN


Jimmy swung around suddenly, ia
face O'Day as the latter was button
ing his coat. The police lieutenant
coiored guilty and tried to hide his
confusion behind sudden fit Of
coughing.
But if he had noticed anything pc
culiar in the others demeanor,
Jimmy did not betray it. Instead
he asked. as he looked anxiously,
inquiringly. at ODay: where do
you suppose how can we even begin
to look for herr"
ODay. relieved to find that his ac-
ton Of hiding the picture in his
pocket had been unnoticed. said loud
w: "Give me time. Rand. give me
time.
"Thcse women" he added. halt
dolofully. half ANONYMOUSLY, 'arc al
ways causin' trouble. It's chcrchie
la femmic -or whatever you call it in
your fancy Frcnch-for sure now"
The policemen that O'Day had
sent out to search the ncighborhood
! came struggling back.
Nothing doing. Lieutenant" they
reported. We've been to every
house in the block. No roomne
houses in the neighborhood. and they
all swear they never even saw any
one like Jensen hangin' around"
O'Day turned to Jimmy. "Wha'
time was it you got the phone call ?"
81 don't know exactly. 1t must
have been about midnight. called
you Immediately aftcrward."
well, it was just midnight when
you called He turned to his men
"Of course. Jensen wouldn't dare Il
be Twin in this neighborhood.
didn't expect you to find anything
And then he addressed himself
again to Jimmy. I'VE showed pool
judgment. in not kcepin' this Olgs
Maynard locked up when we had her
We should have kept an eye on hel
all the time"
Jimmy's anger flared. Il didn'
think you'd say 1 told you So at I
time like this. You're talking likt
that about her and the poor CIR
might be dead for all we know
Why"
There now, lad, don't take it II
heart. ! didn't mean anything. Blu
, think it might have been better fol
| her if she'd been in jail"
cot course" said Jimmy hos y
"Lock the barn door after the horse
is stolen"
"Well, how, do you know she hasn'
taken this way Of flynn the coop ?
O'Day challenged.
you seem to take it for granted
that she has" restorted Rand.
IF | DO, you'll understand VIII,
later. In the meantime we're no
gettin' anywhere standin' here ane
arguin'."
"Have you got any theory as tt
what took place."
Theory, and that's all. Here i,
is: She called you, you say, to tel
you that she had seen Jensen 20 in
the house, across the street. Her ha,
| and coat aren't hcre--at least, not q
hat. that's ordinarily worn on the
| street--s0 we'll take it for granted
Jensen just before she came in the
house.
"At any rate, she evidently WASH,
watchin' from the window, or hel
coat would be here.
"We'll say, then, that she was com
| in home from downtown--maybe
1 from theater or something-ant
| that Jensen was hangin' around tn.
ghborhoOd and trailed her home.
well say that he Swallowed hel
from the other side of the street, an
she got nervous or something an
turned around an saw him just as h,
passed under that street lamp on tn,
other side of the street
"She said he had gone in the hous,
right across the way. All right, that,
the one oppostes the lamp. See?" H,
/, led the way to the window.
"Then we'll say that Jensen, seem
her turn an look at him, tried t,
cover up by turnin' into the yard o
that house. By walkin' up on tn,
porch. he could give the ihnpressio,
that he was goinv inside"
/ He passed. "Followin' me :" h
asked Jimmy.
go ahead" Jimmy begged. Il
sounds plausible enough so far"
"Ali right. Just theory, min
you. but good as FAR as it goes
There 'sNn0thin' better to 20 on vel
"Now then. She has seen Jenscl
an recognized him. Maybe she jump
or bctrays herself somehow 40 Jen
| sen knows that he's been recognized
Maybe she starts runnin' into tn
house after scein him. At any rate
we'll say that Jensen thinks he
been recognized. am that Olg
doesn't know that Jensen has bee,
shadowin' her.
"N0w then. what does she do? Sh
fFMnA & h ls4l NJ 49, go
straight to the phone without closiu
d.