New Britain herald., 1926-03-16

And then he addressed himself
 judgment in not kcepin this Olga Maynard locked up when we had
 her. We should have kept an eye on
 hcr all the time"
 Jimmy's anger fIarrd. "I didn't
 think you'd say I told you SO at d time like this. You're talking like that about her and the poor girl might he dead for all we know,
 Why--'
 "There now, lad, don't take it to
 heart. I didn't mean anything. But 1 I think fl might have been better for hor if shed been in iail."
 "Of course" said Jimmy hotly. "Lock tho barn door after the horse is stolcn.'
 "Well, how do you know she hasn't taken this way of flyin' the coop" O'Day challenged.
 "You seem 10 take it for granted that she has" rotorted Rand.
 If I do, you'll understand why later. In the meantime were not .gettin' anywhere standin' here and argun'"
 "Hayc you ,ot any theory as to what took place."
 "Thcory. and that's all. Here 1t is. She called you, you say, 10 tell you that she had socn Jensen 20 in Ithc house across the street. Her hat and coat aren't hcrp---at least, not a hat that's ordinarily worn on the Groot--so we'll take if for granted she was out somc place and had seen Jensen just before she came in the house.
 At any rate. she evidently wasn't wachin' from inc window. or her coat would he hore.
 "WcIl say, then. that she was .comin' home from downtown-may- l." from thcatcr or sOmct hiug-and .that Jensen was hanEin around the and trailcd her home.
 "Wc'll say thai he shadowcd her from the other side of the street, an she got nervous or something an turned around an saw him just as hc passed under that street lamp on the other side of the street.
 she said he had gone in the house right across the way. All right | that's the one opposite the lamp , See" He led tho way 10 the window. |
 "Thon we'll say that Jensen, sccin her turn an look at him, tried to cover up by turnin into tho yard of that house. By walltin up on the porch, he could give tho impression that he was goin' inside"
 He paused. "Followin' me-" he asked Jimmy.
 Co ahcad,' Jimmy begged. "It sounds plausible enough so far"
 All right. Just a theory, mind you, but nothin' better 10 go on yet.
 Now then. She has seen Jensen an recognized him. Maybe she jumps or bctrays herself somehow so Jensen knows that hes been rcCog- nizcd. Maybe she starts runnin' into the house after sccin' him. At any rate, we'll say that Jensen thinks hos been recognized, an that Olga doesn't know that Jensen has been her.
 Now then, what docs she do? She runs straight in the apartment an goes straight 10 the phone without closin' the door. We'll say she doesn't even turn the light on, because. in the first place, she knows the lay of the land in here an she doesn't need 1t. In the second place, she's in hurry an got her mind on phonin you. In the third place, the light from tho window might bctray her 10 Jensen across the street.
 "All right. Now it's my opinion hat Jensen, if hes got any dirty h work on, has got someone with him. Maybe the other guys followin in m automobile"
 Jimmy nodded. That's reasonable There were two of them, you know, he night he and T." !,
 Exactly" broke in O'Dav, and Jimmy felt sudden admiration for he shrewdness the other revealed in his clear, straight thinking.
 Well say. then" O'Day contin. led, that Jensen had someone with lim. On the theory. we'll say thI |, 1e signalled for inc other fellow to ( 'atch up with him an then the two h ,f them came in this building. |,