Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-16

you were leaving the building
here."
She answered with q nod. u
guess It's my fault. II anythIngs
happened" she said. pretty humbly
for Babe. II know how he found
her. all right You see. i an
swered bis ad myself. He tele-
phoned d In, the morning after
Max had brought NE home Max
had asked me that night IL her real
name wasn't Rhoda Mcfarland I
took the ad over the phone and got
Forster's name and address. Id
tried 70 Get Red 70 answer II the
night before. but she wouldn't IL
said something % her advantage
and | thought II probably was. 50
I called him up at lunch time M
the Worcester and told him In he'd
write her a letter. care OF me. I'D
forward II TO her. 7 didn't see how
that gave her away. but Y must
have. somehow. I suppose you'd
like to bear me 10 for butring IN
like that"
He ratted her shoulder instead.
-It's no use worrying about thar
now" ne said. I'm glad you told
me. IT'S between him ana the Ceve-
land woman. then They are hght-
ing each other. that's one good
thing. But one OF them has Got her.
somehow. IL that had been "a plain
broken connection she'd have called
again. Y"
The telephone bell interrupted
him. Babe was nearest and caught
up the instrument before he could
Get 20 II.
Red" she cried. lis that voua'
But II wasn't Rhoda. Babe was
looking rather puzzled. ~No.r Mar.
tin heard her say. "She hasn't come
back YET. We're expecting her.
This is her friend. Babe Jennings.
Say. who is thlsf"
Martin started over IN take the
telephone away from her. but she
clung 70 II. pressing the mouthpiece
tight against her chest.
Martin r. she cried excitedlv. II
think it's the woman az the station
the Cleveland woman Listen.
and see II she sounds like she did
when you telephoned 10 her this
afternoon"
He'd been m~oticning 70 her fran
tically TO take the transmitter away.
-She can hear every word you sly
when you hold il like that Talk
20 herl Ask her where she is Give
me the receiver 20 ] can hear what
she says"
But AT he was 10 time 70 herr
was the click or disc0nnection.
Claire had hung Hp on them.
well" Martin remarked as NE
himself hung up. thanks 10 that
chest trick OF yours she knows how
We framed her and Max this att
ern0on- But she hasn't got khoGH
or she wouldn't have called LID here
10 ask for her. That makes the
Worcester cur bat bet. I'm 60
inr there now and try 60 find her.
You stlck-tight. you understand
70 that telephone 80 thar you can
answer the sFco1d she calls. r she
does call again"
with that he snatched It's LAT
and fed.
Fifteen minutes latcr. in m telo
phone booth in the lobby of ihe
Worcester hotel. ne looked up FOTs.
ter's number and telephoned from
there.
when a mans voice answered
with n "Henof who Is thisfrhe said
that Ne was n reporter from the
News and he wanted q personal in-
terview with Mr.. q y. Forster. The
rather surprising answer came
back. -Thls Is ar. Forster speak
ing. What was II you wanted 70
speak 10 me about~
Apart from the fact that you
wouldn't have expected Forster to
answer bis own phone, there were
two queer things about this The
rhythm Of his talk wasn't right
The man wasn't speaking for HIM
self. He was being prompted.
That meant. OF course. that he
wasn't Forster, but was imperson-
atlng him under orders from some
4 else. The other strange thing
was that hts voice was one that
Martin hair recognized: felt. at
least. that he ought 70 - able to
recognize.
~ don't much want 10 talk about
II over the telephone" Martin said
and then added casually-and ]
don't believe you 90. either"
Evidently they-whoever they
were at the other end-had 70 60
into conference I've this remark.
for it produced quite 9 silence.
Finally the man who said he was
Forster asked, who r. your
what's your name?' On Martins
telling hlm he sad: II you've
really cot anything 70 say you y
have your interview. But you'll
have 10 tell wpp what it's about"