The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-19
ty Julia CIef-Addams

ling how well she paid him fol ithsse services, Georgie spoke witf
 confidence.
 Gill, expect you've read O
 the accident to MT. Townsend? Yol
 know, the airman? You've seer lhim coming in and out, here c lot"
 Gill nodded He was by na- ture silent. In fact, his taciturn- ity was a by-word
 You may have read, too, that
 he was only married this morn ing?"
 Gill said nothing. If anybody asks you pursued ! Georgie, which of the two Miss Revells he married, what would you say?. It's rather import ant you should get it straight in your mind because newspaper men may call"
 Gentleman who came to see you just now asked me a lot of ques- tions,' vouschafed Gill.
 oh, what did you"
 He didn't get nothing out of me"
 Georgie whistled her relief Gill's eyes twinkled and for a moment she thought he was going to laugh, but he swallowed 1t.
 Its Miss Jenny who married MT Townsend" said Georgie, look ing very straight at him. T don't know whether ever told you, but if I were to marry I should lose my job So you remember which one of us it is who is really Mrs. Townsend, won't you?"
 Gill crooked one knee across the other. standing precariously on one leg the while, and knocked out his pipe against the side of his boot. Georgie waited patient ly It was not use ever hurrying Gill. Then she remembered that she had not touched on the none tary consideration.
 You may have to deal with quite a good many enquiries" she added Suppose I give you an extra five dollars week for as long as still work for MT. Match ing?"
 Gill strengthened himself. He seemed to be considering profound ly. She was just about to raise her offer when he asked
 "Is that all right with Miss Jenny-me saying that?" Georgie frowned. Then she smiled. Gill couldn't know that Jenny had already consented to she-well the lie.
 Because, seems to me" Gill was Iaboriously proceeding, "If I was to say Miss Jenny was married to any friend of hers well seems to me might give the wrong idea"
 Georgie laughed amused.
 ''She hasn't any special friend who would care one way of the other" And then. as Gill looked linconvinced-"Perhaps you'd bet ter ring her up and let her tell you herself that she doesn't ob- ! ject. Get the hotel will you?"
 He obeyed. And while she wait ed she saw Record in the cor ner picked it up and read it's stop press news MT. Eddie Townsend, who was at wheel when his car came into collision with a bus had just left City Hall after his 1 to Miss Georgie Revell." thought Georgie grim y, what lot they had given away | n that one sentence! No wonder he Old Man had collapsed.
 "The hotel, miss"
 Georgie took the receiver.
 T want to speak to Miss Re- ,ell."
 Another delay Then Jenny's voice murmered something.
 That you len? You've seen the aecord?"
 "Yes I've seen it."
 "You'll help me out, of course?" .. You know in what way nean?"
 'I-yes I know what you mean, l But"
 T want you to start by telling | Iil-he's here on the phone now now to stall off enquiries. :. You know what1l mean"
 "Yes," repeated Jenny's voice. | even more faintly. T know what | you mean. Will it do if I see Jim tomorrow in the evening?"
 Well, why not speak to him low?"
 There was no answer.
 Besides, you must be around |