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/ quer the-lung condition" Again
her voice and manner made it clear
that she was not asking Of wanting
sympathy.
McNann tapped on the edge OF
Borden's desk with his pencil.
Then: IF I remember correctly
and 1 think I do-Saturday was a
very cold and windy day"
But the sun was shining" Miss
Manning reminded him quickly.
Where did you walk? And how
long?"
II had lunch first-milk and fruit
and rollS--in my room at the Aero
polls, and then walked the streets
until about half-past one. when 1
went into drug store to telephone
to Mr.. Borden"
(Which drug store?" McNfann
caught her up sharply.
Promptly she gave the name of
one of the busiest drug stores in the
downtown district.
"And talked with Borden?" Nc
Mann suggested, with an effort of
casualness.
mo" Martha Manning smiled
slightly. "a woman with an Irish
brogue answered the phone. Said
she was the cleaning lady, that Mr..
Borden had just stepped out for
a minute, but would be right back,
and please, wouldn't I hold the
line?"
Amazingly, the contralto voice was
gone, and in its place Minnie Cas-
sidy's pleasant, cracked old voice,
rich with the brogue she had
brought from Ireland.
Ruth smiled, but McMann did
not. "And-then?"
Martha Manning resumed her
own voice. I'm minute or two,
the cleaning lady told me that Mr..
Borden would not talk then, but
wanted me to call him again in
fifteen or twenty minutes"
"And you said"-McMann leveled
a forefinger at her and narrowed
his gray eyes to SlitS-"you said:
Tell Nh. Borden that if he is wise
he will talk to me when call
again Your last warning, wasn't
| it, Miss Manning?"
IF you wish to call it that" the
woman shrugged. What I meant
was that, if he did not keep his
promise to establish a trust fund
for our son, would go through
with the suit to make him support
the child, as had threatened on
Friday night"
"And yet'-McMann pounced-
you were SO dizzy with joy and
relief when you came out of his
office Friday night that you had to
lean against the door for support!
How do you account for your sudden
change of hearth"
TINE great, dark eyes suddenly
l. looked utterly weary. 81 was
| afraid he had promised just to get
rid of me on Friday night. want
ed to talk with him again, to ask
him if he had seen his lawyer, as
he had promised he would, or had
made the appointment to do So"
Birdwell opened the door. Here's
Miss Dubois, chief"
Have her wait out there till
call for her." McMann directed i'm
patiently. Nov, Miss Manning,
why didn't you call Borden fifteen
or twenty minutes later? Why did
you wait until after Q o'clock.
Ruth, watching the woman close
ly, her own heart beating heavily,
wondered if it was fear or merely
indignation which made those great
dark eyes dilate as they did.
after two?" Miss Manning re-
peated. 81 did not wait until after
two! I called at five minutes of
two, and Mr.. Borden answered the
phone himself, He again promised
to see his lawyer Monday"
"Just minute!" McMann cut in
sharply. Suppose I tell you what
happened! You came to the Star
bridge building to see Borden again,
after you'd made your first call"
That's not true!" the woman
cried.
Shut up and listen to mel" the
detective commanded harshly. you
came here, knocked on Borden's
door, he asked who it was, you an
swered, he recognized your voice.
refused to admit you, you deter
mined to see him or talk with him
somehow; you remembered that
John G. Hayward's offices lie di-
rectly across the airshaft from Bor-
denis; you went to his door. posi-
bly, to ask him to let you use his
phone, even to solicit his aid in
forcing an interview for you with
Borden"