The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-18

OF his lats profession. Well, per.
haps he's right He frequently t.
n this case, Of course, ] scos stub.
born. For one thing, ] wanted to
mop those fellows up and discour.
age them from bounding me around
the country. Il I hadn't taken that
attitude, e would have been IN ad.
mission that they had mo running.
What ! suspected and still do 10
that they came down here to ddnap
mo and try 70 shake me down that
way. I doubt Il they wanted to rub
ma OUT I wouldn't b worth much
70 them that way.
AT first I didn't think you might
b exposed to the same danger. Ny
only fear Vas that we might b TO.
gether, unguarded, when they made
one Of their attempts 70 do the trick.
But when you told mo there was .
p1oWler ct your house saw at once
that ! had let you In for something.
Then, that night, when the hoodlum
stepped out Of the bushes ! was
thoroughly convinced. That's why
I may have seemed severe In my
attitude toward your Mr.. Pete
Ryan. ] knew very little Of him
except that he disliked having you
associate with mo and that there
seemed no legitimate reason for his
being back IN town ct just that time.
At any rata, I was not going to al-
low myself 70 b bothered BY him,
% I acted toward him - ] did.
f R:ss:gg' ! was wrong I don't
Kay Ainehed inwardly. She won
dered what Earl Harrow would
think e he knew that Pete had left
the hospital mysteriously and had
bean somewhere loose in the town
q the time Of the attempted attack
n Ida Campboll's ear.
"Your quick-thinlxing saved me q
lot Of grief" Harrow continued.
They evidently stole Ida's car and
tried 70 nab me last night a . last
desperate measure, knowing that I
really had made up my mind to sail
and there might not b another
chaneo. ! don't have 10 tell you
that ! vas grateful, Kay. I've been
grateful al along for your toler-
anee o3 my little idiosyncrasies. I
think you know that WelLthis
= where Spike comes IN"
Harrow turned TO Spike and Kay
looked at tho squatty man expect
'sWsll," Spike said, ssthat's che
dope. So what I tell Earl Is that
here's . chance to kill . lot Of birds
With ono stone and pull OF some
thing I've been wanting % do for .
long time. II New York racketeers
follow Earl Harrow 70 Florida and
hZ . 6dnap him, what's that? I'll
tai you: nsws, big newsl But Earl
didn't 80 + that way. The less
said about Il the less other hoods
might think about the same idea
and the les emphasis there'd Be On
the snatch racket anyway. You sec
how he had Il 6gured3 Well, you
nsvsr know, and ! kept harpine On
Il 70 him, what swell pubfcity e
would make.
"And then ! GOT another idsa.
Ycu remember the day No went out
nshing and you hauled the Camp.
bell out Of the ocean?"
Kay nodded, smiling at Spiks's
oox0oDenoG1.
TT hit M then, like q ton q
brick When ! saw you drag her
out and everything, and you look.
Ing like . million 81 your scantios,
what did ] think? III tell you:
Wow. what . photo! Sea-eoine
vorcoo from sharks Wills on 6shine !
trip with Earl Harrow, the famous
producer: Get it But Earl says
b cheap publicity. He'a
funny like that, ! tell You. You
don't know the trouble ! have with
hin" Spike said, glazing with mock
indignation Of his suavo employer.
ANYWAY, ] kept Ill that IN my
mind. And when Earl finally rot
the ida last night that be wsnfed
. d eomsthing big for you, I
sprung & On him Ill e oueo. Here
wes h3s chance. He'd BEEN talking
~ alooe about WISHING s. could
hslp you without being too obvious
-anothsr a. his notions. So, I said,
Why not make . ten-strilce3 Cash
n q Tho Saeketeers, help Kay and
help yourself Ill at once.s
Kay loohed IN embarrassed b.
wi!delment from Spike 10 Harrow.
Sptko plunged On, though:
= oaids xays . bue On boats and
can swim Ike . zeal. All right,
make e look uks the racketsers
havo mos0ed up Jour boat, have Kay
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