The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-02-25
CHAPTER IX-Continued

1.-THE instructions are fine. but why
commit forgery by signing Dams name?
If the original is traced"
Il have signed 1t Mac. and the world
is filed 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 cabIegram."
Lanny relented You might make
detective, at that"
Twenty minutes later Dan Mcnamara
WAS listening to Lannv reading.
Stephens cablegram over his private
line. Excellent was his sole com
ment, "but print 1t In block letters.
Even a typewriter can hetray one.
When Steve files this telegram have
him pay for ii with 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 died 1t. her descrIp-
tion 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 p0lice?''
Mcnamara sighed gnstily. FLYNN
will be In touch with her bank, and
every time she cashes draft on her
letter of credit. Flynn will have a line
on her address"
You're no help" Lanny snapped,
and hung up. fIalf an hour later, from
the cable company's main office.
Stephen dispatched the cablegram.
With Dan Mcnamara definitely out
of the fight Stephen felt lonely and ap-
prehensive He wondered why the girl
had fed 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, *evie.
brough. home from the office, intending
10 show 1t TO Dan. an article by cele-
brated plastic surgeon Of Paris. pene-
went TO Paris 10 consult this French
plastic surgeon and also 10 have sam.
Piles Of her new nose drawn by com
petent artist"
$50 that's how the Paris police In.
formed Dan she was having her por-
trait done BY an American artist, eh
i suppose Ii will he her luck to he In
a hospital undergoing the operation
deport her"
I'm afraid she's balled everything
up. Stephen. Flynn will have the mum
Der of her passport and Dan will have
no time TO fix "a new passport photo
graph on to 1t. They'll not trust TO the
photo TO Identify her If she tries tc
land They'll check up on the passport
number also"
"Nill You never cease discussing
this miserable business, LannyT
Stephen burst out irritably IF II
hadn't been for you we wouldn't be In
this wretched predicament."
In Detective Sergeant 7. Flynn and re
lated 10 him the tale told 10 him BIS
Mrs. Rudolph Merton. Flynn gave nc
sign Of being particularly Interested
Carefully and methodcally 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 lost heiress b,
name Penelope Gatlln, and that she
had a nose that should make her rec
ognizable anywhere. 4
After nine hours of refreshing Stun
Der. Flynn proceeded 10 ponder the case
Of Penelope GatIln Of the saddle nose
II seem to be getting my fill OF girls
with saddle noses who disappear mys
feriously." he decided lazily-and in
stantly something clicked In his braT
and he knew he was on the trail o.
Nance Belden again. An. heiress. eh
Mcnamara had limited az powerful In
fiuences back of Nance Reldpn. and shs
certainly must have hired the exper
help she had had In her escape from
San Quentin penitentiary
Mcnamara knows who She Is
Flynn decided Hes getting his-ir
chunks-tor helping her. I'll bet It.
the same GIRL
He decided not to take Angelloti int
his confidence For two hundred ant
fifty dollars. Angelloti had agreed t
abandon his interest in Nance Belden
whereas l.. Flynn had scorned to quit
and when he had Nance Belden o.
Penelope Gatlin on his Rockwell. sh'
had to pay somebody to keep out 0