Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-17

Forster owned the hotel and she
seemed sort or scared when she
found she was going ID to that
bungalow or his on the roof. Con
ley came down IN the private ele.
vator 70 take her up
What time was thisf-
II don't know" said the boy.
This afternoon sometime. say, 90
you think they're keeping her up
thereg"
Martin nodded. He hadn't
thought 50 until a moment ago
But a bungalow on the roof offered
opportunities.
I'm going up 10 see n she's
there. anyhow"
"How you going TO get in7- the
boy wanted to know. The private
elevators locked up except when
they run IL themselves. The only
stair-except the service stair
comes down into Forster's Office on
the top floor. That's all locked no
now"
How about the FIRE escape?"
Martin asked.
The boys face lighted az this
suggestion. but chiefly. Martin was
disappointed 70 discover ID al.
mlration or the reporters nerve IN
contemplating H. There's a FIRE
escape landing outside the window
right az the end or the corridor
on the top floor. And there's n
steel ladder goes UP from there
that curves over a sort or stone
railing az the edge or the main
roof. That ladder must Be pretty
scary. climbing right up over the
edge OF nothing
II may be confessed that n
struck Martin that way. But all
be said was that IL looked like the
best bet He shook hands with the
boy and walked away, with the
best air OF unconcern he could as
sumo. 10 the elevators.
las far as you 20" he said in
response TO an inquiring glance
from the elevator boy. He hoped
the phrase would conceal his Il.
norance OF the actual number OF
the top floor. and II did. He per-
ceived. though. that eve the brief
est hesitation on his part when be
steWed out OF the elevator at the
top would be fatal to his plan. The
boy would ask him whose room he
was looking for. He must choose
In advance which way 10 turn.
Very well. he'd turn 10 the right
10 seemed 1t first that he had
made q dlsastrousiy bad guess, for
be found himself walking straight
toward a transverse partition OF
glass and oak with a door I'm the
middle OF IL marked &C. j. For
ster." The door was atar and
there was a light inside. The ele-
vator hadn't started down. The
boy was certainly watching him.
The only thing he could possibly
DO was to push open the door and
walk In and see Whist happened
after that.
Nothing happened. A sense that
he had no time 70 waste ali but
betrayed him into = mistake. The
project that was on the raus or his
mind was the q he'd come I'D IN
the elevator with. namely. 70 get
out the window az the end or the
corridor onto the Gre escape, and
be had his hand on the knob when
the thought or something else halt
ed him. The helpful bellboy who
had remembered RhodA had spoken
or a stairway leading from the Of
fee up into Forster's apartment.
He turned back at once and start
ca through the suite OF Offices
looking for t.
When be saw 1t going boldly up
from the second room he entered
evidently the stenographerT
room. since there were four type
writer desks In this first thought
was that this was too easy to be
true. II wasn't as easy as X
looked, however. for he found &
the head OF II q solid mahogany
door locked. re would take = COM
petent burglar with q foil set or
tools 70 get In through that door.
he thought despairingly.
He gained u advantage. though.
from It's sclIdity. There would be
no harm IN making n light ard
having q look at IL He rot out
his cigarette lighter and struck m
light. There were two small pieces
or electrical apparatus screwed to
the wall above the door. One of
them he recognized mn an electric
buzEer. and this as he th@nght
IL. seemed rather queer. Why
wasn't II the other way around
the push button on this side and
the buzzer I'm Forster's apartmenkf
why should anyone already h the
apartment have 60 ring q door bell
TO get into this p0blic otice7 The
door Was i0rknd agafnmf the nf4ea