Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-05-16
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"The instructions are fine, but why
commit forgery by signing Dams name?
If the original Is traced"
81 have signed it Mac. and the world
Is flied with Macs. When Dan has
reached his Office, telephone him and
tell him TO do something that will
prove In any court he was in his office
when | filed this cablegram."
Lanny relented. you might make
q detective, at that"
Twenty minutes later Dan Mcnamara
was listening to Lanny reading
Stephens cablegram over his private
line. Excellent" was his sole com
ment, "but print 1t in block letters.
Even a typewriter can betray one.
When Steve files this telegram have
him pay for 1t with a hundred-dollar
bill. and have him wear large black
goggles and the rim of his hat pulled
down all the way round. The girl who
receives 1t will think one crook is
cabling another. II she's ever asked
what sort of man filed II. her descrIp-
ton Of the sender, plus my own per
feet alibi, will put me In the clear"
How are we TO manage after she
has eluded the Paris police"
Mcnamara sighed gustily. FLYNN
will be In touch with her bank, and
every time she cashes a draft on her
letter of credit, Flynn will have a line
on her address,"
You're 40 help" Lanny snapped.
and hung up. Half an hour later. from
the cable company's main office,
Stephen dispatched the %cablegram.
With Dan Mcnamara definitely out
Of the eight, Stephen felt lonely and ap-
~prehensive. He wondered why the girl
had fled to Paris in the face of Dan
McNamara's Instructions to flee to
Lower California, to enter which no
passport is required. He asked Lanny.
"Oh, that's no mystery, Stevie. |
brought home from the office, intending
to show 1t to Dan, an article by a cele-
brated plastic surgeon of Paris. Pene-
lope read 1t with great interest. She
went to Paris to consult this French
plastic surgeon and also to have sam
Piles of her new nose drawn by q COM
petent artist"
$50 that's how the Paris police In
formed Dan she was having her por-
trait done by an American artist, Ell?
/ suppose 1t will be her luck to be In
a hospital undergoing the operation
when the Paris police receive word TO
deport her."
I'm afraid she's balled everything
up. Stephen. Flynn will have the num-
Der Of her passport and Dan will have
no time to fix a new passport photo
graph on to it. They'll not trust to the
photo to identify her If she tries to
land. They'll check up on the passport
number ALSO"
"Will you never cease discussing
this miserable business, LannyY'
Stephen burst out irritably. III 1t
hadn't been for you we wouldn't be In
this wretched predicament."
When the captain of detectives called
in Detective Sergeant p. Flynn and re-
lated to him the tale told to him by
Mrs. Rudolph Merton. Flynn gave no
sign Of being particularly interested.
Carefully and methodically he ar
ranged In his mind the facts as stated,
and when he left the presence Of his
superior, all he knew was that he was
to strive TO recover a lost heiress by
name Penelope Gatlin, and that she
had q nose that should make her rec
ognizable anywhere.
After nine hours Of refreshing Stun
Der, Flynn proceeded to ponder the case
Of Penelope Gatlin of the saddle nose.
II seem to be getting my I'LL OF girls
with saddle noses who disappear mys-
teriously," he decided lazily-and in
stantly something clicked in his brain
and he knew he was on the trail Of
Nance BeldeD again. An heiress, Ell?
Mcnamara had limited at powerful in
nuences back of Nance Belden. and she
certainly must have hired the expert
help she had had in her escape from
San Quentin penirentiary.
Mcnamara knows who she is
Flynn decided. Hes getting his-in
chunks-for helping her. I'll bet it's
the same girl"
He decided not to take Angellotl into
his confidence. For two hundred and
fifty dollars, Angelloti had agreed to
abandon his interest In Nance Belden /;
whereas r. Flynn had scorned to quit.
ae would pick up the trail again alone,
and when he had Nance Belden or
Penelope Gatlin on his Rockwell. she
had to pay somebody to keep out Of