The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-18
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find a woma's handkerchief and
the yellow stub OF theater
ticket. ~.
JIMMY RAND, his son. goes
to MANSFIELD. where the thea.
ter, Ia. The stub Is traced 70
THOMAS FOGARTY, Who says
he gave il to OLGA MAYNARD,
cabaret singer.
Jimmy meets and falls in love
with MARY LOWELL Later he
encounters Olga. She faints
when she learns police want her
for murder. Mary, cut with
SAMUEL CHURCH, . wealthy
lawyer, sees. Jimmy lift Olga into
. taxi and misunderstands.
Olga tells police the stub and
handkerchief might have come
into possession Of Z man who
picked her up" two nights be.
fore the murder.
Jimmy receives mysterious
warnings 70 leave Mansfield.
Later he IL followed and attacked
by two men, from one of whom
nc wrests a blackjack and es-
capex
with Jimmy. and Mary es.
tranRed, Church presses his
courtship for Mary through her
mother.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER Xxx
Jimmy Rand awoke the next morn
ing with violent headache, the af-
ter effects of the previous nights
encounter with his two mysterious
shadowers. His car was swollen; he
ached in every muscle.
| He lay in bed longer than usual,
turning over in his mind the tumble
Of events that had crowded in on him
put some scmblancc Of order to his
chaotic thoughts.
The landlady konckcd on his door
and, when he opened il, hande! him
a letter.
1T just came, Mr.. Randi 1t was
a special delivery. She hcsitatei 4
sort Of thought you might not be
after last night, and fixed some
breakfast for you. III bring il
right up"
That's mighty kind of you. Mrs
King, I'm sure. You shouldn't have
1
was little uncomfortable in the face
Of this unexpected kindness.
He sat on the bed TO open his
and was from Detective Mooney
Mrs. King found him witt. puzzled
frown on his face when she returned
with the breakfast tray.
II hope it's not bad news, Mr.
1 DupI ~ Che rO,,lI v~xt knoo fh6
curiosity out Of her voice. This new
roomer of hers. with his mysterious
phone calls and strange encounters
He smiled. mo, Mrs. King. It's
from an old friend in Grafton. He:
just telling me the news"
"Oh!" She trust her hands in hcl
apron pocket and left the room.
!; Between bits of buttered toast
Jimmy read the letter again:
"Dcar Rand: I'm writing to tel
YOU a new angle on this case o.
yours. It's the dog-gondest !
was ever on and it's got me ncarl,
batty. You remember that the da,
clerk in the Garfield Hotel said tn,
man who Registered for the room
your father was found murdered IL
gave the name of H. A. Jones o.
New York. Well, the clerk shows VI
! Yesterday with word that he hat
, seen this man Jones on the strec'
the day before.
"He tried to follow him, but he los
'him and came in to tell US a'bout 1t
We've been looking for him eve
since. Now think you're on 9 wilt
goose chase, sticking around in Mans
field. This fellow probably has
Ipretty good reason for hanging
around Grafton. and that's wher'
we'll find him if we do.
"You're letting this Maynard won
an kid you. She's in on this some
Ihow. and that story of being picke'
up by somebody who got her tlcke
stub and handkerchief sounds prett!
thin. I'll bet she knows who thi
Jones guy is and she's covering u
) for him. She never thought IN
thing would be traced to her and sh
| had time to think up yarn whe!
the police got her. My own PR
vate idea of this thing Is that thl
guy Jones is operating some sort
blackmail gag and he uses woma
now and then to help him out. II
answers the description Of . ma
3 who's been doing that sort OF thin
in cities around this neck Of tn
woods for some time. ~
"In the case of your father he "a
! UP against the wrong man and
got scared and killed him. You sc
| If I'm not right. You might thin
this is some kind Of wild dream ~
rot, burt l think l know what ~
talking about. At any rate, Mr.. /
A. Jones isn't in Mansfield and
think you're wasting your TIM
Why don't you let them bring tn
MAYNARD woman back here and com
back yourself?
MOONEY"
'.Mooney, you're dead wrong" jim
Imy said softly as he folded the LEI
ter. IF the man I'm looking Tor
lin Grafton, how do you explain tines
warnings I'm getting TO leave town
And how do you explain that af1a1
Hast night! No., Mooney, If H. !!
Zones, or whatever his name is. is ]
Grafton. then H. A. Jones isn't tn
man we want. He's right here
Mansfield, and need Olga Ma!
nard to help me find him."
He finished his breakfast hurriedl
and then sat down and wrote Moone
an answer, telling Of the. warning
and the. attack of the night befor
"Of course" he wrote, "you mustn
think I'm ignoring the possrb!ll'
that H. A. Jones may be in Graftol
Keep on looking for him. But there
q lot going on here that ! want
find the reason for"
The days that followed were ~
eyentful. To Jimmy they were who'll
unsatisfactory. Despite the effor
Of Lieutenant O'Day and the best q
tectivcs at his command. the soil
ton to the identity Of Jimmy's y
sailants on that eventful night w
still as far away. apparently, as eve
And as for the man whom Olf
Maynard mentioned o having g