The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-27
TIL e LADY Is
RECKLESS
By ROB EDEN
CHAPTER TWENTY-sIX
BY ROB EDEN

CHAPTER TwENTY-SIx
While she had no intention of
"welshing" on her deal with Tony
Baredo. Jill also had no intention
of acceding to his demand that
she keep their negotiations entire
ly secret.
Bob Brock should know about
this. Immediately. she decided. He
might refuse to countenance her
deal with Tony, but she'd insist on
going through with 1t, it was
worth $4,000 to her to get the
box in her hands. to have the proof
she had been seeking which would
finally bring Fenwick to justice
for the crime he had committed
wears before and which he had
shouldered onto Thomas Mac
query.
She found the card Bob had
given her and phoned his office.
She recognized the secretary's
voice. No, Mr.. lands wasn't in,
the girl said. She didn't know
when he'd return. Was there any
message?
Jill told her to have him call her
a. soon as he returned, and then
dialed his apartment number. The
phone rang and rang, but all she
heard was the dial tone. 1t was
not answered.
Finally, she phoned Judge Cor
don's office. A secretary said the
judge was out, so she didn't ask
for Bob. Discouraged, she hung
up.
She wanted Bob to be with her
very badly, when Tony returned,
| IL he returned. Bob could arrange
for cashing the bonds very quick
~ through his office connections,
as he did carry on an investment
business even If it was merely a
cloak for his real purpose in Rawl-
ton.
Not Sure
She wasn't sure whether she'd
be able to cash the bonds herself
or not.
They might demand identifica-
ton. She might have to wait un-
til she returned home, and deal
through her own bank.
The afternoon dragged along
slowly. At half hour intervals, she
called the three numbers Bob had
given her, but entirely without
success.
When she phoned his office at
five o'clock, there was no answer
and she supposed the secretary
had gone home.
Is Hungry
At seven o'clock she realized
she was hungry but hesitated to
leave her room for fear Tony
would show up during her absence.
She had her dinner sent up, in
stead, together with the evening
papers. Perhaps Bob had been in
an accident?
The thought almost paralyzed
her with fear and she glanced
quickly at the headlines.
No, there had been no spectacu- :
lar accidents. No shootings. She
remembered the attempt to wreck
his car the previous night.
Perhaps whoever was response
BILE for that would try again!
Maybe he had been lured into dam
ger somehow, had been trapped.
Almost Frantic
She was almost frantic with fear
as she pictured various things that
might have happened to him. Shed
read about people being taken for
a ride" Perhaps he'd been lured
into a car, driven far out into the
country and shot.
She knew that things like that
had happened. She also knew that
sometimes 1t was days before
victims of such rides" were found.
She forced herself to turn away
from this morbid train of mind by
thinking of Tony Why didn't he
come back? Was his visit to her
room another trick of Shores?
Or was Fenwick somehow mixed
up In it? Did they have some
special object in trying to keep her
In her room for number of hours
50 that they might have leisure to
dispose of Bob without any check
being made?
Dials Number
The thought sent her to the
phone again. 1t was useless to call
his office, but she dialed the num-
Der anyway after futilely calling
his home. There was no answer
at the office, either, and it was
futile to phone Judge Gordon's
number. He must long since have
gone home.
A knock at the door. sent her
rushing to open it. Perhaps it
was Bob
But 1t was only a bellboy. lie
had a special delivery letter on a
small silver tray-a letter from
her mother. She was worried about
jill because she hadn't heard from
her for two days. Was anything
wrong?
Jill laughed bitterly. Anything
wrong
Writes Note
She was sorry she had caused
ner mother any worry, and forced
herself to sit down and scribble
off a note telling her that she was
all right. 1t helped fill in the time
too and gave her something to do.
She told her mother things look