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9 him with Il until this case IS settled
II ought to go 10 the jury by Friday
night, and Saturday morning will
be time enough. Maybe if he find!
/ out held out this anonymous letter
he'll fire me and save me the trou-
bic of resigning'
She tried TO forget the blackmail-
/ ing letter, with its unspeakable in
/ sinuation against Iris Morgan. but
/ her mind tugged and worried al
the thing. while her heart followed
John Curtis Morgan to the court
/ house.
Evans. the middle-aged, sour
mouthed clerk, arrived just as Nor
gan was leaving, and Blake, the
young lawyer on salary, raced in
and out again in time to catch his
chief at the elevator.
If only she could go with him
/ could be there to ward of evil-If
she. not that silly Blake, sat at his
+ elbow. she could sense trap before
. il was sprung. warn him, save him
T the ghastly humiliation which, if
/ the anonymous letter-writer was to
: be believed. awaited him at the
I courthouse today. He had told her
often enough that he counted on
/ her intuition
I A MESSENGER boy with the
"A court stenographer's transcript
of the case interrupted Mans mill
/ ing thoughts. She seized upon the
bulky manuscript, fercely determ-
/ ined to WinnoW the prosecution S
J evidence so thoroughly that no clue
10 the real truth, however in.
hnitesimal. might escape her.
The clue, when she did find it,
almost escaped her. it was SO tiny;
just a name, an odd name, and for
: some obscure reason. familiar TO
Nan. The name occurred in the
testimony Of chambermaid Of the
/ Riverside Country Club:
/ @. District Attorney. How long
have you been employed as a cham
/ bermaid in the Riverside Country
/ Club?
A. Since Sept. 5. Annie Crayf1sh
/ recommended me for the job when
+ she was leaving, sir
O. District Attorney: Please
+ confne yourself to answering queS-
tons. Now, Bertha, what we're your
hours on duty?
Nan knitted her broWS. Craytish
Why was the name so familiar? She
herself had written that name, had
laughed at it-Ohl OF course! The
head cleaning woman of that very
Office building was named Crayfish
Nan had learned her name at
/ Christmas time last year, had writ
ten it on the envelope containing
Morgan's Christmas gift of money
for the woman. Undoubtedly Annie
Crayfsh, former chambermaid of
the Country Club, was related to old
Mrs Crayf1sh of the Sanderson
building
ImpulSively, her brown eyes shin
ing. Nan called the superintendent
of the building upon the telephone.
This is Miss Carroll. of John Cur
It's Morgan's Office, Mr.. Bennett. I
very much want to see Mrs. Cray
fish, head of the cleaning staff. Is
she on duty noW?"
Not until 4 O'Clock. The old
danes work until 10, you know, '
Bennett answered.
Gould you give me her address.
please. Mr.. Bennett? It's terribly
important, really, or I shouldn't
bother you Nan pleaded in her
sweetest voice.
II
EIVE minutes later. Nan, having
l. left a resentful and bewildered
clerk in charge of the front Office,
was on her way to the address which
Bennett had supplied.
Mrs. Crayhsh had no telephone !;
there was no time to be wasted on
kilograms or messenger boys. She
was playing a long bunch. at the