Evening star., 1935-10-08
INSTALLMENT xxx.

tude of the two plainclothes
men. the hotel clerk admitted
~ readily that Senator Run
brecker and a Carl Balmer had been
registered there. They had checked
out. he said, shortly after break1ast.
The door1nan remembered the two
gentlemen perfectly an oldlsh
man, rather distinguished looking, ana
q powerfully built young man who was
a bit unsteady on his feet and smelled
strongly of liquor They had gone on
In a Black and Yellow cab. Yes, he
could identify the driver-name was
Tony. Nice young fellow
"Sure I remember where I took
EN-" said Tony Fachetti at the taxi
cab office. II took em to Berwyn
Field. The young egg give me two
buck tip. He was plastered. He was
talking his head off"
What time did you leave Berwyn
Field after taking them there?"
Three or four hours ago, guess.
Right around half past 9. -"
A few minutes later a police cruiser
darted away from the curb in front
Of the taxicab ofice and went off
with siren Shrieking.
It could not have been later than q
quarter after 10 when Lee dropped
down onto Berwyn Field.
IT don't know what is the matter
with Carl" Senator Runbrecker told
Lee. "Unless the strain he went
through with the kidnapers got the
best Of his nerves. He was all right
until about o'clock this morning,
when woke up and found he mad
been out and brought up a supply OF
whisky. He has been drinking ever
since. And"-said the Senator, trrl-
tably-" talking He's completely out
of his senses-so pay no attention
to anything he says"
Whats he talking about, SENATOR
They were walking to the tield ONCE
then.
Deans and Fuhrman's deaths,
principally" Senator Runhrecker SAID.
.You need not be surprised If he &C
cuses YOU of the murder. He has al
ready charged that I killed my own
SON."
Lee shook his head. "Too bad. Well,
we'll load him in and get started
Is Selma with him?"
The Senator said sadly that his
daughter was not with them. "They
told Carl we would find her at home
when we returned. L don't know,
Lee. I've feeling@
The door of the little Office burst
open and Carl stumbled out. well,
If it-Lee, old boy, old boy, how goes
good old Lee and where
go along with the Senator, Carl,
while I get your luggage" Lee said.
I'D like to get of before a crowd
gathers"
With the aid Of the field personnel
they got Carl inside the cabin and
settled in seat Three minutes later
they were in the air-Washington
bound.
It was almost 3 o'clock when the
Chicago police cruiser screamed its
way UP to the Berwyn field hangar.
A mechanic gave the detectives the
information they wanted, then one OF
them went into the Office to telephone.
Presently he came out and led the
way back to the car. THAT cleans
it up for U.s." he said to his COM
panion. "'They're advising Wash
ington the planes due there any
time Too bad we didn't get the
tip of sooner. I'd like to get look
at Lee Monday. Wonder where he
figures in with the guy we're after?"
Bill Hudson was glad the Justice
Department had asked him about
Carl. He didn't give a darn about
Carl, but 1t gave him something to
think about-something to think
about instead of the thing he had
been thinking about constantly since
he had left Ann at the apartment
yesterday. Twice this morning he had
practically decided to kick over the
traces-his own better judgment, his
loyalty to Lee, his job if necessary.
Ann loved him. He was sure of that.
Not because of what her father had
said. Ann had made it all too evi-
dent when she told him good-by ;. .
And God knows he loved the very
ground she stood on.
But here they were just pulling out
OF Baltimore and he hadn't kicked
over the traces and that was
over now. BY the time Ann met Lee
at o'clock he'd be far away. And
the farther the better But he was
o fool just the same. Her father had
called his number. A man with
gumption wouldn't have stalled
around while another man married
the girl he loved =. Let him! Why,
he had engineered the whole thing,
right from the first. Ann never would
have met Lee if it hadn't oeen for
him. And then when she talked
to him over the phone after pulling
him out Of a booze joint that night
she had as good as told him she was
In love with him. And what had he
said then? Told her she had to
give Lee q break Fool! Fool!
Fooll %.
Bill stared out the window and
counted telegraph poles But his
thoughts ran on, feverishly, inter-
minably. He had been a fool and a
coward. He had stubbornly refused
the only thing in this world he had
ever really wanted. Worst still, he
had left Ann to 60 through that rot
ten farce alone What If Lee had
mtllionsi Ann didn't love him-and
II she didn't love him ..
Bill was standing in the vestibule of
the coach when the train stopped at
Philadelphia. He raced into the wait
ing room, found the Information desk.
What time does the next train
leave for Washington"
The face Of the man behind the
desk came up, slowly. "One on track
6 now If you hurry" he said.
Bill wheeled about, then suddenly
froze In his tracks. Better be sure
you mean business, you big lummox," +"
he told himself. "If you go back,
you've got to go through with it."
Ann called Mollie from an F street
shop. It was only q short distance to