New Britain herald., 1929-06-27
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vate sscrstary to Attorney Joha his eases and he depends on her. work and in her prospects for soon passing the bar examtnationa. The only discordant note ia her days Is the insolence of Iris Morgan, beau- tiful and selftsh wife of Morgan, who treats Nan as if she were nsenial and . servant.
 Because of her brilliant mind. Nan h abls to help Morgan with his cases and he depands on her. When Willis Todd. an ardent suitor Of Mans proposes marriage to her for the fifth time, she refuses, say tng she cannot give up her position. Willis, jealous. accuses her of be- tng in love with Morgan and Nan. stunned by his words, is at last forced to admit to herself that they ere true.
 Being honorable and square as man." she despises herself for be- ing in love with another woman's husband and determines to turn in her resignation the next morning. At the office she finds a blackmail note warning Morgan to Hay off tho enemies of Grace Cox" forme. telephone operator of fashionable country cluh. who is indicted for blackmail and whom Morgan is now defending. A postscript to the note contains . nasty insinuation about Iris Morgan.
 There is no opportunity in the rush of the busy morning for her te turn in her resignation. When the transcript of the case arrives, Nan scans 1t studiously for some clew that might lead to the real truth in the Cox case. She finds A = in q few words which send her flying to locate Annie Crayfish. former maid in the country club. Annie admits to Nan that Mrs. Fleming sent her (Annie) west be- cause Annie had seep her writing . suspicious note with her left hand. Nan believes che has run down the truth at last and pleads with Annie to rush with her to the courthouse to tell what she knows about Mrs. Fleming. tnus saving Grace Cox and winning another vic- tory for John Curtis Morgan.
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 CHAPTER VI
 In less than two hours 1t was all over; the sensational Grace Cox biackmailing case had come to a sudden and dramatic end. with John Curtis Morgan the undisputed hero the superb last act of the drama. and humble Annie Crayfish its heroine. For Annie had testt- fled simply. convincingly and un- shakably to the facts which she had previously told Nan Carroll. and Martha Fleming. pseudo-society woman and adventures, had col lapsed into . snivelling confession almost as soon as Morgan had put her upon the stand which Annie Crayfish had just vacated.
 Grace Cox was free, or would be as soon as red tape had been cut, for District Attorney Brainerd. confronted with Annie Crayfish's testimony and Mrs. Fleming's own confession, had been forced to ask tho court to dismiss the indictment against tho hysterically happy tele- phone operator.
 Nan Carroll received and desired none of the congratulations which were beirs showered upon John Curtis Morgan. No one but Nor. gan himself knew that 1t was his private secretary who had discov- cred and brought Annie Crayfish into court. and it was Nan herself who had insisted that her part m the drama be kept . secret.
 Don't dare tell the press how we got hold of Annie Crayfish," she had whispered urgently to Morgan when she had turned her witness over to him. Remember the papers are going to call you the greatest criminal lawyer in the state when this trial is over. and they mustn't get an inkling that accident and luck had anything to do with it. And was working under your orders. wasn't l? Hadn't you told me to go over the transcript Of the case? You had hunch. and you let me play it-that's all"
 But Nan would not have been human if she had not remained in the background. drinking in every detail Of the dramatic triumph which she had helped Morgan achieve.
 The anonymous letter. by which Martha Fleming or someone associ- ated in crime with her had attemp- ted to blackmail the defense attor- ney, was still safe in Mans hand. bag. The teeth of the tigress had been pulled by her own confession. A rumor was already current that Martha Fleming would plead guilty and throw herself on the mercy Of the court, without subjecting the state to the expense of . trial. John Curtis Morgan thanks to his sec- retary's culpable tampering with his mail, would in all probability never know that his peace of mind ani the "sanctity' of his home had been 
 Lets get out of this, Nan" Mor- ran called to her across the re- porters who were still clustered about hir1. I've got lot of work pile up at the office. boys. Ex- cuse me, wort you?"
 Blake. the young lawyer who as. sisted him with routine work. had already been dispatched on red tape business connected with obtaining Grace Co.'s immediate release rom jail, and Nan was heiping Morgan pack his brief case when blithe voice interrupted:
 Hello. Morgan! Been trying to