Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-23

TT seemed IKE listening TO me. /
car read lips. you see. Martin.
dear. don't you remember long ago
at the Alhambra. how / saw you
ask me IL / didn't want to be res
cued? And you asked me after
ward how ! knew the exact words
you said. and 7 laughed and told you
Il was telepathy7 I lost some OF
II tonight. OF course. when they
turned their faces away. But when
ever / could see their faces 7 could
hear Just rs well as II I'd been In
the room"
He sat silent for a while after
that. not exactly thinking. but en-
joying the SAVIOR OF the term or en-
dearment. she had u-nconsciousIy
used. When his mind got back on
the rails he took up the kink In
Forster's explanation. which he had
been conscious OF not straighten-
ing out at the time Forster made Il.
What the old man had said about
the contract seemed straight
enough. and squared with the facts
as Martin knew them. III Rhoda's
father had died. as apparently be
had before completing his dis
covery, II was obvious that the con
tract vas or no value. Claire.
though. apparently thought 1t was
valuable. There seemed 10 be no
doubt that II was the thing she'd
been trying all the time 70 steal. II
wasn't Incredible that II Forster
knew she'd failed to get il (since
he knew in whose hands 1t actually
was) he might have offered her a
hundred thousand dollars for 1t IL
pure Malice. as he said. But Forster
did think that Ii was Claire who'd
stolen Rhoda's trunk, and unless
Rhoda's observation had been at
fault, be had held his breath while
he waited 10 see whether she would
rise to his bait OF not.
He knew the contract wasn't In
the trunk. but didn't he believe that
something else was, something that
he wanted very much, something
perhaps be felt be couldn't be
happy without?
That seemed highly probable 70
Martin Why. unless there was
something among her fathers pa
pers that he wanted, had he spent
all those weeks advertising for
Rhoda7 Why had ne cent his man
Conley 10 run down the tip Babe
Jennings had given him over the
telephone7 Why had he himself
taken the trouble to lie In wait out
side the studio In order 60 identify
Rhoda for himself and hnd out
where she worked?
The only answer Martin could see
to air these questions was that Fors-
ter believed Rhoda had something
he wanted. He looked up mt her
doubtfully, torn between his impa-
tlence 70 examine the contents Of
that little trunk Tonight and his re-
luctance. AFTER all she'd been
through today. to subject her 10
any more experiences, possibly har-
howing. To his surprise he found
her looking at him, with eyes alight
and a faint flush Of color I'm her
cheeks.
Martin she asked. win you DO
something for me tonight ! know
its getting Late and you must be
tired
I'll DO anything" he said.
~Rhoda. dearest, you know Y will
Any possible thing that you wast
me to d."
What I want to d." she said.
ia to write tina whole story to-
night: what they did to fnther six
years ago. EDrster and Stafford and
Claire, % that II can be I'm tomor-
rows paper" The leak I'm fds face
must have answered her, for at
kfhat point aAe broke CT % ask IN
! creduiouGiy, why not7 Martin.
do you mean ysu wcn.t even write
&C. tonorr0wY
Il can't write IT, Re said ~0r
k I did the boss wOuld Kill it,
"Whyr' she asked hiankly.
1T isn't news News In what
M&AMIa @ AbE&E @ REE
20 hang &c On yeu can % back.
But there's only one peg 7 can think
Of strong enough TO hold that story
II we could 20 before the grand jury
and get Forstsr and 0aira indicted
for conspiracy. but / don't believe
we could get the states attorney "
listen to A. Claire couldn't testify
against Forster without incrim-
mating herself. and he couldn't tes-
tify~ against her without incrim-
mating himself, no the fact that
they hate each ether doesn't Do u
any good And the go-between Is
dead. IL we ran the story without
soEaedRzknG de6nkta hine that TO hang
on weid be I'm for u E~ilknnrdnRlax
lhbea nuit before NIGHT. Els Shoot
ing her would make X news tf she'd
talk but she won't. She's got him
las long as she keeps still"
Rhoda didn't protest nor argue
the matter with hilns but - NV