Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-10-12
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secretary from somewhere out OF
the East. A big ley automobile
appeared in an incredibly Short
time and went streaking out over
the Junipero.
i While all these things were hap
pening Anne tossed and muttered.
struggling to get up and get away
somewhere. Broken scraps same te
them, about Paula who was no,
to worry because Nancy would FIND
"a way out-Jim-murder-a po-
|liceman-mustn't be arrested, be-
cause everything would come out
she must hurry, and send hel
contract over a cliff.
And presently Nancy did moi
|babble, and they dared look at each
other again. Gage had Petry drive
him up to the Perch, and took
Martha with him.
For nearly four days Cleo hae
been virtually alone at Eagle:
Perch. All of her neat plans hae
tumbled once more, but one hard
bright little thought winked up ou'
of the ruins. Nancy. might die.
The first day of isolation she hae
endured, because one could mol
openly do much else when people
were sick, but the second day wa
less excusable, and now her eye
bright with repressed temper.
Added to that was the fact tina,
she was finding it difficult to gel
away. There were two cars now
but they where always in use. Ane
: the saddle horses had been turnee
out somewhere.
Cleo saw the new car come in
and Petry and that woman Marth:
) go around to the back of the house
She met Gage with a pout.
= "I'm awfully glad you've come
I'm getting terribly lonely up here
How is Nancy?"
!. "She's going to live His voice
was dry. Come in, | have some
thing to show you"
!, In the living room he took :
wallet from his pocket, and from
it extracted a neat oblong of paper
'tCleo came close to a gasp of sur
prise, but she checked it in time.
1t was a check for five thousane
dollars, drawn to the order Of
James M. Kennedy.
Kennedy! Why, that's my namE
on it! He's been forging it for five
thousand dollars! He was n Of
our chauffeurs, but l discharged
him. Thank you so much!'
, She held out her hand, but Gag
tucked the check back in his wal.
let.
mo thanks. I'll keep it as evi.
dence. I have a signed Statement
$ from Kennedy, TOO. I'm going tt
put them both in safe deposit"
For a few seconds Cleo fel
: very, very cold. And very angry
but she merely moved a petulan'
shoulder.
you're terribly mysterious. In
t afraid l don't follow you"
think hard,' he suggested
land maybe you'll remember. 1t
not such an everyday matter to pa!
somebody ten thousand dollars tt
I, get another woman out of you
way"
FL "You are simply outrageous
Her face was flaming now, bu
. fear was crowding her close
That's a ridiculous thing to say
| And do you think that anyon'
t would doubt my word against tina
[ of a discharged chauffeur
. broken-down gambler and Sh
e stopped, realizing that she had sai<
too much. Gage gave her a brie
smile.
you're we'll posted on his re
. cord, aren't you? And you didn'
! discharge him, he left. l have evi
dence of that, too. l also have de
! tailed ahdavits covering some O
your conversations with Kennedy
| One of them is particularly in
=. structive. That was the time yo'
, tried to buy back this check from
t him. Maybe you recollect tina
= you'd had a new footman recently
l who didn't stay very long. He wa
an operative from a detectiv
7 agency
:, Really! Perhaps you'll tell m
that Kennedy was a detective too
It's too bad that he was shot tn
), same night that your wife's siste:
, staged a front page exit over tina
cliff"
:. MAYBE he was. But be a littl