Evening star., 1937-07-25

determined that the letter would never be
mailed, even if she had to resort to violence
This feeling was heightened by her evident
chagrin when refused to allow her to take the
letter to the box as usually did, Her dark.
unattractive eyes fairly famed with resentment
and she insisted on walking with me to the
mailbox. A small voice within me kept telling
me that the girl had no intention of letting me
mail the letter But was not intimidated.
But whatever her intentions were, they
never came to fruition Just as we were passing
some shrubbery man leaped out. My blood
ran cold as his hand clutched my wrist. My
voice rose in startled scream. The lights Of
an approaching automobile swerved and. for a
brief moment, the face of my assailant was
held in a spot of white light. What saw,
Bernard, dear, almost robbed me of my reason.
The man was this Kyrl Franklin!
OF course, looking back, it is easy to see r
that this creature had been merely posing as
literary figure in order to rob a defenseless
woman and that he had taken the letter out of
my hand in order to get at my rings The
approaching automobile thwarted this plan
however and he escaped without anything but
the lncOnsequentlal letter.
1t is also easy to see, in retrospect, why
he said what he did when the light flashed
across his face. He realized that he was recog-
nized for what he was. and thinking fast (Which
is something suppose all crooks can do), he
played upon the weakness of your secretary
in desperate effort to save himself. He cried
out, 'Goodby! l love you! I'm going to
1,o
vanished.
Dearest, am not vindictive woman. You
know that. But think everybody owes debt
to organized society. It was not pleasant for me
to admit that l had been deceived in my
attempt to help young man toward an
artistic career. as l told the gentleman in
the police radio car when it arrived. So,
painful as it was, l gave the officers this
Franklins address.
Your secretary said nothing during all this.
She merely stood in the shadow and waited.
She walked back to the apartment without
word She maintained this attitude of vim
dictive silence all the way to the police station
an hour LATER You see, the police had appre-
hended this Franklin, just as he was packing,
and had asked us to come around and identify.
him.
Well, dearest, we found him standing before
the police captain desk. He studiously avoided
my eye The captain asked me if this was the
man. said it was. Then the captain asked
your secretary to complete the Identification.
Dearest, you would have been appalled,, as
l was, to see how this man, by employing the
theatrical articles of Hollywood. had captured
the imagination of this commonplace small
town girl to the point where she was ready
to commit perjury to save him. say nothing
about her base ingratitude in making the wife
of her employer appear foolish.
Dearest, she simply went Hollywood. as they
say out here. The tinsel became solid
gold to her. Her eyes positively blazed
with infatuation.
Mrs. Kinney is mistaken - she lied
a steadily. This is not the man whom
n we knew. IL can see that very
sl clearly now"
IA am too exhausted by my experience
L1 to go further. Naturally the girl has
left understand she is writing you,
resigning her position. Resigning! The
A. insolence of it! said so when went
to her room to ask her to leave. But
Ia she was 80 busy studying the city of
t# Spokane, in an atlas, that she hardly
n heard my words.
r. With love,
~ ALWAYS yOl1r