Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-18
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INsTALLMENT XIII.

NETER stood restlessly, putting his
- weight first on one foot, then
on the other, on the steps OF the
4 Madison avenue entrance OF the
Ritz. He was in an agony OF
nervousness. He'd obeyed Charley to the
| letter-but the least slip would be fatal,
and the successful execution of Char
| ley's plan called for the coordination
! of so many factors in which luck, after
all, must play decisive part!
How long would it take Connolly to
| go through the formalities. get his war
rant, turn up, armed with it, ana
| thenceforth, not to be denied, at Car
OILS? Could Carol do her part? She d
seemed to understand, over the tele-
phone, nor had she seemed to consider
| that what he was asking her to do was
anything especially dangerous or I'M
reasonable. Charley had said she
wouldn't.
women, Pete" he'd said. don't give
a damn about the law. I guess that's
maybe because they've not had much to
say about what the law ought to be.
Anyway, you take the incest, straightest
women you know, and they'll break any
law they please, and look you right in
the eye while they're dom it. They
don't even feel guilty, the way a man
will. I'll duck a case that's got a wom-
an mixed up in it every time can"
The necessary use Of the telephone
had worried Peter, too; he'd been afraid
of q tapped wire. But Charley had
laughed at that.
I'm not saying that sort Of thing
amt done, Pete" he'd said. 1T is-but
it amt done half as mucn in real life
as in detective stories. And you can't
manage it in five minutes, either. We
can fix it to tap wire when we're sure
a guys UP to sometnin' an we can't
hang anythin' On him, but it takes time.
And Connolly wouldn't see any call for
that now. He thinks he's got an open
| and shut case as 1t is-he amt lookin'
for the madam to give herself away
over the phone"
The actual plan had been simple
enough. Carol wore, good deal, cos
tune that included hat with a little
half veil: rather conspicuous costume,
as it happened. And, If all had gone
well, she had gone out. openly, wearing
it, few minutes ago, taken a cab, and
then returned, almost at once, as If
she'd forgotten something, leaving the
cab waiting downstairs. And-Martha
was to come down in her place.
Cab after cab came down Madison
avenue; dozens of them, 1t seemed to
Peter, drew up before the Ritz. Then,
suddenly, he caught glimpse through
window, Of familiar dress. He hur-
rted across the pavement and stepped
into the cab as the doorman held the
door open.
go south-over to Park and south"
he ordered
It was Martha-Martha, white and
/, trembling, but free!
81 don't understand. Peter" she said.
But it's all right, suppose"
cts going to be!' said Peter, elated.
Even this rnomentary, temporary tri-
umph over Connolly delighted him; 1t
represented action, at least Now, If
Connolly held his hand for another
hour, and, according to Charley, there
was every chance in the world that he
would. since he could hardly have an
ticipated any need for special haste,
they might bring it off!
The cab turned east at Fortieth
street. went south, then down Park ave-
nue. and turned in the tangled traffic