Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-04-25

thing that must lave convinced him
of Susie's total innocence of sapphires
during her trial certainly she had not
carried them to San Quentin with her,
and the obvious conclusion was that
she a pawned them to raise money
to pay her attorney. In the hope of
discovering the identity of Susie's lat
est victim (who, he assumed, had re-
deemed them for her) Flynn had there
upon made a round of the pawnshops
and located the n from which the
jewels had lately been redeemed from
the pawnbroker he had secured a de-
scripti0n of the one who had redeemed
them. No p~awnbroker would be likely
to forget Nance Belden's nosel
Mcnamara %shuddered. If Nance
should visit Sapphire Susie now, she
would undoubtedly walk straight into
the arms of the waiting Flynn or An
gelloti.
Well, Nance Belden had stolen q doz-
en- pairs of silk hose, but apparently
Penelope Gatlin paid her debts. The
chief wondered If he had loaned Nance
Belden or Penelope Gatlin two hun
dred dollars. for of course they were
two separate and distinct personalities
inhabiting the same body. II Nance
Belden had accepted the loan, then Nc
Namara could kiss the money good-by.
II, on the other hand. Penelope CAT.
lin had accepted 1t, then. some day,
when Nance had changed places with
Penelope, he would get 1t back. Well.
he could trace her progress through
the world by the drafts she would
cash. Her bank In San Jose would give
him that information.
He took down the telephone and
called the bank. Yes, n draft had just
come I'm. Drawn for four hundred and
thirty-fiye dollars in favor of the
French line. dated three days previ-
ously at New York. 1t had come across
the continent by air mail. Mcnamara
thanked the president of the bank and
called up the French lines San Fran
cisco office. After some difficulty he
discovered that four hundred and thir-
ty-five dollars was payment of one first
cabin passage to Havre and that the
lie de France had sailed from New
York during the past three days.
Instantly Dan Mcnamara shot a
straight telegram to police %headquar-
ters in New York, requesting that the
passenger list of the lie de France be
checked to see whether Nance Belden
or Penelope Gatlin had taken pass
age on her. Four hours later he re-
ceived a reply to the effect that Nance
Belden was not aboard but that Pencil
ope Gatlin was.
Nothing is lost If you know where
1t is Mcnamara decided happily, and
sent a cable to the project of police
at Havre, requesting him to pick up
Penelope Gatlin on her arrival at that
port, shadow her and report by cable,
collect, the girls destination, the names
and addresses of those who should
meet her and any other Information
that would aid in keeping track of the
girl.
The following day Mcnamara sent
for Detective -Sergeants Flynn and An
gelloti. AS they ranged themselves,
more or less at attention, in front of
his desk, the chief leaned back In his
chair and bent upon the pair a long,
severe and penetrating look. They grew
a little tidgety before he spoke.
swell, boys, how are, your private
affairs prospering?"
Both shrugged, unwilling to be def
mite.
"They are un%prosperous,' the chief
challenged. so | have called you in to
express the hope that you are now
quite willing to abandon your private
practice and return to work for the
city and county of San Francisco. You
draw salary from the taxpayers, you
know. | may have been mistaken, An
| gelloti, but ! thought | saw you out
In Mission recently when you were
supposed to be working on that racke-
teer killing over in North Beach. How
/ CfCiy 4 II I'VE fOOk llit WI Tie USSuUD-
ton that you permitted yourself to be
led astray by Flynn. Flynn, you lay
of Sapphire Susie until that enterpris-
ing young woman does something you
can pin on her. Then bring her In"
"She's done something and ri pin
1t on her vet" Flynn growled. "and
you know what 1t u.s." Flynn, being
Irish, was unwilling that his chief
should regard him ms deficient in In
telligence and enterprise.
I'VE understand each other thor
oughly, Flynn. You've been after that
Belden girl and you've made n mess
Of It." He opened his desk drawer and
drew out two envelopes. One was adj
dressed to Flynn and the other to An
gelloti and both envelopes bore the re-
turn address Of a prominent New
! York hotel. hut were neither stamped
nor postmarked. these two envelopes
came In a large envelope address d
to me-" Mcnamara explained They're
I sealed !" He handed each detective his
letter and watched as they opened
them and drew forth typewriter let
tiers and two hundred and fifty dollars
In bills. Flynn's letter was, undoubt-
eddy, a carbon copy of Angelloti's.
Flynn perused his letter and handed
1t to the chief, who read:
Dear Mr.. Flynn:
"You poor dear. you have worked so
l hard apJ AZ iutpliu qnfly md I'm cuoh