Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-16

proven true. nor Inc Investigations OF
kindly Ed Bloor had unveiled the slight
est iota of evidence In behalf of man
doomed for the penitentiary.
had been able to find but little enthusi-
Z, asm for her activities of the air. The
ancient automobile had become magnet
like now. as though somewhere about
it's rickety frame lay an explanation
Ann called to Ed Bloor. the detective
wandering forth from the marquee one
day.
Ed" she asked. ct couldn't have
been possible for Joe to have forgotten
to put that bag in the box and for II
to have bounced out of the care"
You mean to leave 1t on the back
seat or something like that? Hardly
But we even checked on that Took up
the cushions. in case he had mislaid 1t
and went over every foot of the road
That was the first thing I thought of
when we opened the box in the execu-
tive car and found the currency gene
Besides, Joe is positive he put that bag
In the box and slid the bolt"
Bloor came closer.
Ann" he said. maybe this Is UNI
kind. Are you sure of Joe? He didn't
think anything of that Mason girl, did
he?"
Certainly not Ed"
well, I didn't know A fellow
thinks lot of things when he gets UP
against brick wall She's been buying
lot OF new clothes. About the first
thing woman thinks of, when she gets
money, Is to throw it on her back"
But he was hardly civil to her"
Ann countered. THE longest time he
ever talked to her was the {: crnoon be-
fore the robbery and then he was really
talking to me and simply included her.
because she happened to be there. AS
Tor her clothes told her to get them.
l didn't like the ones she'd been wear
! ing
Ed Bloor lit cigar.
| Wen. fellow has to check on every
thing" he said. When is Joe's trial?"
Day after tomorrow" Ann answered.
with a gasp at the realization.
HE lights came on, the ballyhoo tri-
angle sounded and the first of the
evening crowd began to wander about
the lot Ann Forsyth remained in the
| old car. The chaos was slowly clearing.
Ed Bloor had mentioned Dot Mason's
clothes in manner of suspicion, only
to withdraw his accusations on AIMS
statement OF her responsibility. Yet.
she reasoned. she had not told Dot to
buy those costumes. Instead, the offer
mad been voluntary. bewilderingly so. at
time when Dot Mason had apparently
accomplished a desire to be relieved
from her contract. The aerialist sought
reason and found 1.-THE advice of
some one else that this would be a moor
time to leave the circus.
shed be sure to think that. II she
had guilty conscience" decided Ann
somewhat awed by the powers of her
deduction. Then with an inspiration
She knew about that money: Joe told
us both how much he'd taken In that
afternoon. And She" Ann suuirmed
excitedly. told somebody else, and that
| somebody"
AS if in answer to her own thoughts
the voice OF the ballyhoo lecturer
drifted across the midway:
Now, friends, this little gentleman
you see before you ceased to grow in
his second year. Although only %
inches tall. weight a fraction less than
"a pounds. body so small that one can
span 1t easily with two hands. he pre-
sents marvel of mental and physical
prowesS. This little gentleman hit,
| weights and performs feats of strength
far beyond the power of one twice his
| size and weight. Only % inches tall.
ladies and gentlemen. the seventh mar
vel of the world. this little mite of hui
manity-"
X y r X
| a mn FORSYTH had ceased to listen
She was jerking with all her
| strength at the rear cushion of the old
automobile. Once 1t had been thrown
aside she paved about in the darkness:
then suddenly Strengthened. From a
distance came the music of the big
shows grand entrec. At the front door
the ticket takers bawled their an
| nouncement of the beginning of the
performance. Long before this she was
usually in the dressing tent. making