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CHAPTER IV--Continued
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such things" said Dunbar. "But We'll
see"
It turned out that the attorney was
!. right. Nowhere In his Office were they
able to find papers of a personal na.
ture that even limited at heIpfulness.
His business correspondence was MI
filed, with serupulous neatness In cab
inets In the anteroom adjoining his
office. The private office contained
only a desk several chairs. tele
phone stand and an deliberately carved
cellaret, convenient to the desk.
careful search of the desk yielded
nothing. Peter turned his attention to
the celaret It was not locked, but
beyond an elaborate arrisy of liquors
and necessary tumblers, revealing
Franklin's tastes In intoxlcants 1t was
devoid OF clues.
1t looked like O stalemate where
else could he file papers Of personal
nature here?s the sergeant asked
Yexedly.
'sTm afraid we've looked about every.
where Dunbar glanced searchinglv
about the room.
"How about the safe?" suggested
the novelist Gould 1t be there? ~
1--WE only file papers Of rather I'M
usual Importance In the safe" Dunbar
demurred II don't think 1t likely TINT
we'd find what you are looking for,
there"
"But didn't he have private com
partment. anywhere In the safer"
Peter was reluctant to admit defeat.
YES" said the lawyer. I'VE each
had compartment In the safe for our
own use. He had key for his. and
had one for NINE Wait and I'll show
you.'
Dunbar searched through the middle
drawer Of his partners desk. 81
thought saw Jim's keys here" he be-
gan doubtfully. Then he found It, "Ah
This looks like It."
Kilday and Cardigan followed him
into the corridor. which separated the
partners Offices, to n large wall safe.
The attorney twirled the combination
knob. and presently the heavy door
swung back slowly. He indicated n
smaller door to the novelist.
THAT'S Jim's compartment. Here.
you open It," He pressed the key into
Kilday's hand.
The sergeant was elated. For In a
subsection Of the commandment, he
found evidence that Franklin had used
this as his personal file. There were
letters there, signed "Choo Choo'' In
round immature scrawl. But there
was no hint here of any other woman.
nothing that would help In the Identl-
fcation Of Franklin's mysterious Wis
ltor In the study TINT afternoon. Both
Peter and the detective were disap-
pointed.
I'm sorry" declared Dunbar. ~
hoped that might be Of some help"
at Isn't your fault yon weren't"
declared the sergeant ruefully. Frank
lin. was Just too methodical. we
found the right place. hut he had de-
stroyed the evidence. before we got
here"
They were successful, however. I'm
identifying three more Of the keys
here. With the two Identified by
Fletcher, this made five--one to the
apartment building-onp for the apart.
ment itself--a third to the outer office
of Dunbar and Frankin--a fourth to
the slain mans private Office One Of
the smaller keys was found to At his
desk. which had. however. been I'm.
locked.
For moment, kilday thought he
had identified the other small key II
was very similar to the one. found In
the desk, which opened Franklln's
private compartment In the safe. II
seemed to fit. when inserted In the
dock. but It failed TO turn the bolt.
"That would have been too much
luck. guess" the detective grumbled.
pocketng the keys.
Only TWO Of the seven now remained
TO be identified. however, one large,
like door key. in addition to the one
he had just failed to Identify.
Peter suggested call on Choo Choo
Train after they left Dunbar. but 1t
was late, and a telephone call to her
apartment elected no response.
"That'll have to wait till morning,
I guess" Kilday complained There
are lots of times on this job when !
wish was twins. so could get around
faster. II you aren't tired, though,
drop by the office. Something new
may have turned up. And he added.
I'm going to have those license plates