Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-22
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robbed and murdered durfnE an
management party she is Eiving
for her secretary, MARY HARK-
Mss. MaTy's sc~npegTace brother.
EDDIE. n supposed 20 have bern
Tn the house nj the murder hour.
DIRK RUNTHER. blur-bIooded
young lawyer. Nary's hance. nd
vises her 60 keep silent about
having range 20 meet Eddie
secretly. until he ran locate the
Toy. Eddie has disappeared.
Vary prevents a maid. BESSIE
from telling BOWEN. police re-
porter for the star. about EddIr'a
thut he has found Eddie and win
take heF TO see him that after
noon
ROW GO on WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER VIII
MARY mastered a wild desire TO
- shout al her future mother in
lax. Could nothing crack that
MAGNIFICENT self-assurance? But
Tcri APPS hrs Ruyther hadn't known
hos important the matter was.
When she finally got through to
rirE. Mary could hear him growl-
ins siecpily; "What time is IT.
Thrce-twCntyT Oh. damn II. why
wasn't / called? Mary7 Listen.
Get q can and 60 to the corner OF
Third Av5:us and - Street.
The northwest corner. Eddie will
mcr, scu there AZ four. You've
half n four. but you may make II
II you hurIy. uot 10 All right.
run. Iii come rs fast as / can"
She turned from tie instrument.
her thoughts twirling.
Better get a taxi. Bowen was
waiting for an answer to his re-
quest that he ne allowed 10 60 with
her u meet her brother, but Mary
mctioned him away %absently.
81 can't talk TO you now" shs
said hurTisdly. and went out. The
newspapernan hesitated but there
was nothing 10 do but leave so he
followed. Under the portico stood
a ramshackle car which Mary, IN
desperation. was eyeing specula.
lively. Empty taxicabs don't ply
the Long Island by-roads. She'd
nave to call up the village. and
precious seconds were ticking
away
Bowen. observing her dilemma,
advanced toward the car, opened
the door and paused with a foot on
the running-board.
"Ill take you wherever you're
going" he offered. mo fooling," be
offered. mo fooling. | won't FOL.
low you'll take you there and
run. I've got an edition to catch
anyway"
There was no choice. She must
hurry or run the chance OF miss
Ing Eddie. She got in swiftly and
they went roaring of toward town
at a gratifyingly rapid pace.
A block before they had reached
the corner Dirk designated. she
asked him TO put her down. To
make up for her obvious lack OF
trust she thanked him warmly.
BOWEN had seen girls who wore
that look or dewy innocence
before. in his travels about New
York. Later he had discovered to
his sorrow that they were harder
cookies" than himself. which was
saying a good deal. At least they
profted a great deal more from
their endeaVors than be did from
his.
Well-if be didn't find a te!e-
phone pretty quick he wouldn't
make the final with the story ne
did have. He chugged along %
the corner. looking for a drug store.
There was one across the street.
He had 10 stand and wait outside
the only telephone booth the store
Afforded. Cursing under his breath,
he paced back and forth before Its
closed glass door. His impatience
mounted rapidly as a glance .uto
the dark interior showed him that
the young man within was not ralk-
ing-just standing with his elbow