Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-09

reporter. ne required time Co think
IL Max ri already IN the fat
there was nothing to be gained by
following him Even unarmed, Max
could beat him to a pulp and would
be able to identify him, besides,
d one Of RhoGa's allies. Call a
policemanf That was no good,
either. Police Intervention meant
a story In the papers. And this.
for some reason he could only half
guess. was a horror to Rhoda-
But was that Max's taxi7 There
was no chauffeur In IL though the
motor had been left running. The
obvious inference was that the
chauffeur had been tipped to 70 ir
and carry out luggage. such rs .
trunk.
Would Max have the nerve 70 ash
a taxi driver 10 assist him in his
burglary Well. be might II he
were smart enough Martin hac
just reached that point In his spec
ulations when they were confirmed
by Maxs emergence from the door
way. accompanied by the chauf
feur Juggling the trunk.
Martin said 10 his chauffeur.
That's the man I want And ]
think I know where he's going. but
! can't be sure enough 70 risk II.
Follow him. win your"
II made him feel frightfully
cheap TO give an order like that.
But the heroic alternative offered
no chance nc all OF success Tie
could think OF nothing better than
to tag along. make sure where the
trunk went. and try 70 invent some
way OF blufiing this pair OF con-
~spirators out OF their booty up in
C1aire's fiat after she'd Joined Max
there.
Automatically. OF course. he'd
been watching the other taxi Now
as they approached the drive he
was AstonIshed TO zee IL turn south
instead OF North: down town in
stead Of up. That wasn't the way
to CaIre's fat. Yet her instruc-
tons TO Max had been explicit that
he take IL there. Was Max start
Ing something on his own account !
~-betraying his ally7 Or had he
observed that he was being fol
lowed and was he trying to throw
or pursuit.
I'm a reporter for the News"
Martin told his driver, land that
chap with the trunk Is a peach OF
a story IL ] can get It He isn't
going where / thought he would
though"
Probably going TO one OF the
depots. isn't he. with that trunk"
the chauffeur suggested.
Il believe you're right" Martin
agreed. If he Is the story Is
even better. But I've rot 70 find
ont where he's going"
Their quarry showed no signs OF
consciousness that Il was being
followed. It's destination proved
to be the Union station
Where will he 70 with that
trunk III he wants TO check it7~
Martin asked
1T depends on whether he's got
his ticket" the chauffeur told him.
IF he hasn't he'll stop and get II
half way down the ramp. If he
has he'll 20 all the way down TO
the lower level
Evidently Max hadn't his ticket.
for his taxi stepped half way
down. pulling up a little beyond
the entrance to the concourse-
But the person who left the cab TO
buy the ticket was the chauffeur.
Max apparently didn't want to
leave his precious trunk Until 1t
was safely checked
Martin slipped cut of hls cab
and followed the chauffeur boldly
I'D 10 the ticket window and stood
at his elbow while the man bought
a ticket and a lower berth. the
number OF which Martin noted. to
New York on the Pennsylvania
limited that afternoon. he re-
turned as inconspicuously as he
could to his own tax. The other
cab had already stnrted down the
ramp.
At a safe distance Martin fol-
lowed and saw Rhoda's little nat
trunk checked. saw Max drive
away unchecked, ID him -
with. no doubt, what wag LEFT OF
her three hundred dollars in his
rocket. Those identical twenty.
dollar bills that Martin had seen
paid for the ticket had been very
likely a part Of the hoard Ia her
bureau drawer. And he had stood
looking or and. not done "a mortal
thIngl Wei, what could he have
dana9 what ennld hM % nnWf