The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-10-31
rAsT oF CHARACTERS

CAST Or SHANASA INS
MYRNA DOMBEY - heroine
Wife of the sensational s~ins
band leader.
ROBERT TAIT-hero. News
paper Observation-Disclosures;
ANNE LESTER-Myrnss clos
est friend.
DANNIE FREELEY-offieer as
signed to investigate Ludden
Dombey's murder.
Yesterday: The Newspaper 40
Salt runs is answered. a mes
.enger brings the answer to ait
rooms. Feverishly, he wonders II
il contains Myrnas freedom
solves the murder.
CHAPTER XIV
Dannie Feeiey, his long, Old
fashioned nightgown trailing be-
meath a battered bathrobe, OPEN
ed his front door and blinked at
Bob TAFT. w
"For the love of Nike" ne
growled, have you got a con
sunacy on to keep me from sleep.
ing. TAFT? In the devils black OF
this mornin' you ring me out OF
bed BY telephone-and tonlght
YOU pound on my own peaceful
door at H." .,
you'll be glad l did" TAFT said,
stepping inside. "Danme - I've
found the musician were looking
forp' -,
"George Weeks? You're crazy"
TAFT gPinned excitedly. Maybe,
I was crazy enough to play my
bunch and put that ad IN the Per,
sonal column. And | got this.
He handed Feeley the letter he
had received from the messenger
half an hour before.
Bewildered, Feeley read the
letter. Then read it again, this
time aloud: Dear Sir i can
write a song similar to the one
you mention in your CLASSIFIED
item in the paper. In fact, l can
tell you some things about that
song which may surprise you: II
YOU want to talk to me ] will be
in the lobby of the Pacific-Plaza
hotel at 8 o'clock tomorrow. l
will be standing by the Number 4
elevator. Yours very truly, G. X.
Weeks"
:Feeley looked up. 1.-THE guy is
nuts
"At least slightly. That's what
I banked on when ! put the ad IN
the paper. He couldn't stand to
have it rubbed in-and no doubt
the $4,000 had something to do
with it." -
"What ten thousand?" said Fee
ley -wrily. He showed the letter
into his bathrobe pocket. All
right. You started this. What
do we do now?"
"You become song publisher
and interview Mr.. Weeks"
Feeley rumbled his thinning
hair. "Why don't you be the song
publisher"
There's the chance that MIR.
Weeks may know me, and know
that Pm the manager of The
Swingateers. Remembering a GER
tain night in the Millbay district,
think it's a good chance, too. So
IN go along with you and pre-
tend I'm interested because my
band will introduce and plug the
song that you select to publish"
"Okay, Bob. I've been every
thing else, might as well try act
ing a song publisher. Got any
idea how they act?" --
sSure. They act dumb-like a
detective" TAFT laughed. "You
won't have any trouble"
Get out of here" Feeley
roared. And I'll meet you in
front of the main entrance of the
Pacific-Plaza at quarter until 8
tomorrow"
Good TAFT said. "By the way,
did You have Media Starr
watched"
Feeley nodded. mike Dumphy's
been watching her. She stayed in
her apartment after you left her,
apparently. and then about 10
O'Clock tonight she went down to
the Golden Bowl. Mike 'phoned
me from there. told him to stick
with her"
WAS Rogers with her."
mo. He may have gone after
you left-or he may still be in the
apartment. Mike had one of his
men stick around to see if Rogers
came out and where he went if
he did come out. | haven't heard
from him, so | guess there's moth
ing on that"
.-', TAFT pulled a magazine from his
pocket. 81 don't know whether it's
anything or not, Danpie--but look
at this"
" =
II was the reprint comics maya
zine which TAFT had picked up