New Britain herald., 1928-04-17

v working on your symra,hies with them dying calf eyes of hers" Better let me handle this, honey Pop Bsbce interrupted again. this time more firmly. Turn the child loose. Ain't a bit of use breaking her arm. Now, folks l might as well tell you all just what happened. and then try to get to the bottom of this matter When the worst of the storm was over Mrs. Byhec left the show train to look for me, to sec if ] Was Jlurt or If she could do anything for any one who was. She hadn't been out of the stateroom all evening till then-not since she'd put some money into tue safe right after supper. She found the boy Dave starting out to look for Sally, and she ordered him to stay on the train to keep an eye on it, in case tramps or crooks tried to board it. There wasn't anybody else on the train. That right Mother?"
 Ilt tul lltu u 4hl lbS ptt, NjIO nodded angrily.
 ''She told him shed look after Sally, but he'd have to stand guard on the train. She didn't say any thing to him about the safe-just told him to patrol the train while she was gone. The safe is under a seat in our stateroom, and far as we knew. nobody knew where it was, except Sally here. who hap pened to come into the stateroom days receipts
 Please, Mir. Bybee.' Sally inter rupted, memory struggling with the panic in her brain. "Someone else did know! Nita knew. When l loft the statcroom that last day ill Stanton I saw Nita disa ppcaring into the women's dressing room, and l thought she'd been listening. She-'
 Hold on a minutcw Bybee cut in sternly. How do you know she'd been listening? Any proof?"
 'Yes, sir..' Sally cried eagerly. Mrs. Bybee had been telling me that she'd found out that Ford isn't my real name, that the 1oman I always thought was my mother wasn't really my mother at all. She said she guessed I-that my moth- CT was ashamed I'd ever been born And that same day Nita called me a--a~-bad name that mcans-' She could not go on. sobs began to shake her small body again and her face was scarlet with shame.
 That's right" Gus, the barker. edged toward Ryhee through the crowd. T found Sally lighting in- to Nita for calling her that name. And Nita didn't deny she'd done if. Reckon that proves she was eavesdroppine. all right. And if she was listening in. she was prob- ably peeping in. too, or heard Mrs. Rybee talking about the safe. Was the door open. ma 'am?'
 II don't know" Mrs. Bybec snapped. "Yes, it may have been. It was awful hot. And didn't know anybody was on the train"
 Tt was open little way" Sally cried. T remember distinctly. Be- cause I worried about whether Nita had overheard what Mrs. By bee had been telling me. And there's something else - some thing that happened that night, when David and I were walking ' Memory of that blessed hour in the moonlight brought tears to her eyes, hut she dashed them away with the wrist which bore the marks of Mrs. Eybee's rage.
 What was it, Sally" Pop By bee asked gently. All we want is to get at the truth of this thing Don't be afraid to speak up.'
 T hate being tattle-tale," Sal ly whimpered. T never told on anyone before in all my life! But David and l were sitting under a tree. not talking, when we sudden ly heard Nitas voice. She couldn't see us for the tree. but we peepcd around the trunk of if and we saw Nita and a man walking aWfulIy dose together, and Nita vas talk ing. We just heard a few words. She said No monkey business now. Steve. If you double cross me I'll cut your heart out. Fifty fifty or nothing
 I-,ao-u,ia,,,.I,, hor ,n;,. 17aJ mimicknd Nit1s. so that to the sta r'led carnival family il seemed that Nita. the Hula dancer. had ap- peared suddenly in the car.
 Sounds like Njta all right" Gus. the barker. nodded with sat isfaction. "'Stcvc.' huh? Who the devil is this Stcyc?'
 What did he look like. sally"'' Byhee asked.
 T don't know shc answered, her big blue eyes imploring him to believe her. We couldn't see their faces. We just recognized Ntias voice and her yellow hair that looked almost white in the moonlight. He wasn't tall. not any taller than Nita, and I guess he wasn't very big either. because they were so close together that they looked almost like one person. We didn't hear the man say word. Nita was doing all the talk ing
 "Nita uould.' q voice from the crowd grouleJ. Reckon I can tell you something about this, Pop. was just ready to ballyhoo the last performance of the 'girlic' show when Nita came slOuching up 10 me, pulling long face and 4 song and dance about being knocked out with the heat. Bessie had tainted al the last show and l thought Nita might really be all in, so l told her she could cut the last per formance and go to the dress tent. never seen hair nor hide of her again, and" he paused signlfi-