Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-29
FoRTY-SIxTH INsTALLMENT.

Nv YHEN we get to Julia's
| S a | studio" Cathleen said,
NN Julia and / will go in.
| Paul, will you take moth
er home, and then come
back for me?"
Not a step will I CO. Margaret Car
roll whimpered, with my little girl in
danger. Not a step!"
isn't Mummy funny?" Cathleen
! laughed She's seen it in the movies.
/ The poor man simply thinks we are
good for a cup of coffee and sand
wich, darling. That's all. Shall we
ask him if he's hungry, Paul?" She
nudged AlliSons arm. He caught the
| signal at once.
Better not. He's probably ashamed
| to make a touch in front Of SO many
women. I'll stake him to quarter
/ later. After I've taken your mother
home I'll get some sandwiches for all
of us-unless your mother wants TO
wait and help us eat them?"
! mo. I'd better be getting home
The possibility of being caught by Dan
Carroll had taken some of the zest out
1 oc the lark for his wife. My, but that
man gave me a scare"
we didn't want you to miss any
/ thing Mummy" Cathleen giggled mis-
/ chieYously. Wasn't it a real movie
2 y
/ you again If you're going to take 1t so
! seriously
When they reached Julia's studio,
/ Cathleen kissed her mother goodnight
with the promise that she was going to
BE- a regular kidnaper from then on,
and would carry her off at least once
week. Margaret Carroll was happy
again.
"Neilsen's man. of course" Cathleen
said when she and Julia had gone into
the studio to wait for Paul Allison. Il
wonder what he expects to gain by
| stepping on my heels all the time.
Maybe he thinks he'll get something on
me. The plot thickens. oh. Jul1a?"
1T does. And I'm getting great
kick out of it. Except that don't like
the idea of your being alone. Hadn't
you better stop here with me, tonight
at least?"
Couldn't possibly. They'd think I
was afraid of them. I'm not" She
peered out the window from behind the
/ edge of the curtain. The mans lolter-
/ ing across the street. Here comes
| Paul
AS Allison neared the steps leading
| down to the studio, the man came out
| of the shadow of an areaway and cut
across the street to intercept him.
There was a moments murmured con-
versation between the two. Then Paul
came down the steps and the man went
on his way.
"He SWITCHED our idea" Paul Allison
chuckled. depositing paper bag fun OF
| sandwiches on a tabs. He sided up
and asked me for a quarter-Sa1d ne
hadn't eaten since yesterday. He must
have been wise to the fact that we sus-
| pected him."
! trailing 1Is9" Cathleen said
/ THE reason doesn't matter" Allison
! replied, "as long as you're both sure
/ you are safe"
"He's watching me-" Cathleen said
! and saw that Allison was relieved II
wasn't Julia. I'D rather not say any
thing about it just yet"
| Then don't. But II you feel at any
time that l could help you in any
way, I'd apprecite the opportunity to
! do so. I'm pretty good on the mys-
| terry stuff. and I haven't forgotten all
they taught me at Yale about tack
ling"
The supper was as merry as if moth
| ing had happened. Later Paul Allison
| took Cathleen home. One of the new
assistant janitors was sitting in the
! courtyard, his chair tipped back against
/ the west wall as if he had nothing
| more to do than to enjoy the cool
night breezes.
"A man followed me from the Coral
! Cave to Miss Craig's studio around the
! corner" Cathleen told the detective:
IF he follows you in here" said the
detective, they'll be picking up piec,s
of him all this week"
Two weeks later, the six men accused
of felonious assault on Neil Nielsen
were convicted. Cathleen was prepared
for the blow The editor of the Elk
press had explained to her that it would
be better to accept the situation for
| the present.
"We1l take this rap he said. We'll
| pull in our horns on that promise that
the Express would solve the mystery,