The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-26
Chapter 14
 FRANKS CALL

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 TWEEN Paula. my maid. said that
 w he had phoned and asked If l were home, you construed that to mean that Ortega wanted to be sure that was available for abduction but don't think so. Perhaps he just wanted to call to say goodbye: but changed his mind. 's
 "When those two men came in. he wasn't with them. They" She re- pressedN an involuntary shudder. They held me so couldn't scream, One of them gave me hyperdermic. Another man-I never did see his face-was outside. was conscious that he was there when they put me in the car. :"
 Did he have a beakish nose?" asked Frank.
 Janice shook her head. q don't re- member." Greene made a little sound. He breathed:
 What a story! What a story! I've got most of it here" He held up ! sheaf of paper. When break this what a-"a
 eff them here," said Myberg. looking coldly at Greene with his obsidian eyes.
 Greene passed them over. Myberg grasped them with his pudgy hands and ripped the sheaf across. He dropped the torn paper into waste paper basket. Greene made a small, strangled sound. Winslow chuckled.
 Greene" he observed. considers that vandalism. He is an artist"
 "So wass Munchausen.' grunted Myberg. But the newspapers get nodding of this. The public wouldn't believe 1t. They would laugh at it for a lie. l don't mind if they laugh at you. Greene, but Miss Kent iss no joke"
 Greene looked miserable.
 Frank said tindly, Don't take it so hard. old man. You'll get other chances. You're a good publicity man. Miss Kent told me so herself. She couldn't do without you, really"
 At Janice's nod. Greene looked pleased and important. e "l work hard he said. "In fact, I go to considerable time and expense Q develop these stories. r."
 Janice interrupted him with a swift look. ''He gets perfectly stu pendous salary for developing these stories. and l couldn't do without him. really. That is. he would be most difficult to replace. Wouldn't you. MT Greene?" She smiled at Him sngagingly. IT
 At. the fieeting expression of dis content that arrived and vanished on Greene's face. Winslow laughed aloud. lea Myberg drummed his knuckles i'm patiently on the desk. Fs~
 There is nodding to do now ex- cept to get on prodooction. We will not try to ind out any more why's and wherefors. With the police fin It, the newspaper fellers would coon out with stories. will get some men from an agency to watch oudt for Janice. That iss all." s THE discussion had been conclud. q ed early in the afternoon. Janice had gone home and rested. She had eaten light dinner. and thought once in a little furry of agita tion that she Dight run over to friends house, and not be at home-actually --when Frank Grahame called. fis But this device, she realized would be useless. Sooner or later she must talk with5 Frank. She sus pected also that it would be littie scowardly. She'd see him tonight since he wanted it and Her com pressed lips relaxed. What woult she tell him?
 It was nine-fifteen when she en tered the drawing room on the loWel floor. Frank stood before the log 'fift that burned cheerily in the grate His wide shoulders bulked agaifis the glow. He held a newspapel cienched in his hands: he seemed tt be hypnotized by the cracking logs 50 intense was his concentration.
 She spoke his name twice befor' he seemed to hear her. He turnet fhe fixed. absent stare of the thinke upon her. It was apparently an eifor for him to bring his thoughts bacl to this room.
 "Janice. have you read the eve ming papers?"
 'sRlO. l. What is 1t. Frank? Is 1 something about last night?.. Tel mea-r
 He shook his head impatiently.
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