Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-14
GOLDEN DAWN
By PETER B. KXNE
tcopyrirht. 1900

That bird don't slip very far, take
1t from me. chief, He met me on the
street the day before yesterday and
noticed I was wearing my big ring and
my eardrops. Hello, kid he says. !
see you got your sapphires on again.
/ says to him, Fall dead, you bunn,' and
walked on. And the next night he came
up to my room. Nance Belden got
them sapphires out OF hook for you,
Susie, my dear he says kindly. ] want
that frail Where Is she2"
And you wouldn't tell him, even II
you could2"
That's a fact. I wouldn't snitch on
her"
"You wouldn't expect me TO interfere
in the work Of detective sergeant
when he appears to be doing a good
job would you, Susie7 But ] give you
my word. Susie. that II you run straight
in this city III see TO II that you're not
harassed, OF course, you helped Nance
Belden TO escape from San quentin,
and I know it. but can't prove II,
If could, I'd put you In the bird cage
the case, although II he gets too rough
I'll stop him"
Hes got me scared to death" Sap
phire Susie declared, and commenced
to weep a little; whersat McNarnara
realized she had been really frightened.
She shook his hand warmly, thanked
him and departed.
For several minutes McNamara sat
thinking. smile, family tender, nlumi-
mating his rugged countenance. SO
Lanny had kissed Sapphire Susie and
given her hundred dollars and begged
her to be good girl in the future. What
rare good sport Lanny was! And
how good God had been to all con-
cerned! In their pursuit of Nance,
Flynn and AngeIoti had followed such
hot trail they had forgotten Sapphire
wards, when the trail grew cold, they
had suddenly remembered her
That Flynn was a marvel, and Mo
Namara sighed TO think the fellow could
net be promoted instantly. In all proba-
bility he had not at FIRST connected
Nance Belden with the glory of Susie's
sapphire. Undoubtedly he had Jumped
to the conclusion that the girl had been
up to her old trick of Matchmaking some
wealthy and socially prominent mascu-
line jackass. So he had looked up her
record in the police flles. Here he had
discovered something that must have
convinced him of SuSie's total innocence
of sapphires during her trial; certainly
she had not carried them 70 San Quen-
tin with her, and the obvi3us conclu-
sion was that she had pawned them 10
the hope of discovering the identity OF
Susie's latest victim (who, he assumed,
had redeemed them for herr Flynn had
thereupon made round OF the pawn
shops and located the one from which
the jewels had lately been redeemed;
from the pawnbroker he had secured
a description Of the one who had re-
deemed them. No pawnbroker would be
likely to forget Nance Beldens nosel
Mcnamara shuddefed. II Nance
should visit Sapphire Susie now, she
would undoubtedly walk straight into
the arms Of the waiting Flynn or An
gelloti
we'll Nance Belden had stolen
dozen pairs of silk hose, but apparently
Penelope oatlin paid her DEBTS: Ine
chief wondered II he had loaned Nance
Belden or Penelope Gatlin $500, for Of
course they were two separate and dis
tinct person alitieS inhabiting the same
body. If Nance Belden had accepted
the loan, then Mcnamara could kiss
the money good-by. II. on the other
hand, Penelope Gatlin had accepted it,
then. some day, when Nance had
changed places with Penelope, he would
get it back. Well, he could trace her
progress through the world by the drafts
she would cash. Her bank in San Jose
would give him that information.
He took down the telephone and call
ed the bank. Yes, q draft had just
come in. Drawn for SASS in favor Of
the French Line, dated three days pre-
viously at New York. It had come
across the continent by air mail. Nc
Namara thanked the president Of the
bank and called up the French Lines
San Francisco office After some din
Guilty he discovered that $435 was pay
ment of one first cabin passage TO
Havre and that the lie de France had
sailed from New York during the past
three days.
! Instantly Dan Mcnamara shot
straight telegram to police headquarters
in New York, requesting that the pas
senger list of the lie de France be
checked to see whether Nance Belden
and Penelope Gatlin had taken passage
on her. Four hours later he received
a reply to the effect that Nance Belden
was not aboard, but that Penelope Cat
lin was.
Nothing is lost If you know where
it is Mcnamara decided happily, and
sent a cable to the prefect of police at
Hayre, requesting him to pick up Pene-
lope Gatlin on her arrival at that port,
shadow her and report by cable. collect,
the girls destination, the names and
addresses of those who should meet her
and any other information that would
aid in keeping track of the girl.
(To BE Continuedl