The Coolidge examiner., 1939-05-25
CHAPTER XI-Continued

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"And Miss Van Stratten naturally
denies everything. To you," inter-
rupted Mr.. Gormine.
well; no. Not exactly denies it.
But"
''Mr. Sayles, I am really sur
prised at you," broke in the other
severely. Your gullibility is aston
ishing. Obviously, you have let your
self be taken in. l know little Of
women, but 1 am informed upon
adequate authority, that the least
trustworthy of the sex is the straw
blonde type"
The what?"
"Ashen or straw blonde, as I be-
Eeve it is called"
Miss Van Stratten is not a
blonde"
Nonsense! Definitely a blonde,
with Persian-cat eyes. yellowish
and exhibiting what might be termed
disconcerting CLEANS"
The description was too pat to be
misinterpreted. Wait a minute"
besought the breathless Kelsey.
You've got the wrong girl"
by no means. She at once iden-
tilted herself as"
Listen to me. Did she say Sweet
cheese'n crackers? Didn't she?
Didn't she? Speak up, mani"
why, now that you mention ii, ]
believe she did. What, if anything
does it mean?"
Mr.. Gormine will never know. His
interrogator jammed up the receiv-
er, leapt out into the storm, and,
turning the first corner, banged into
Miss Gloria Glamour. He clutched
her in no gentle grip.
"Hey!" protested the beauty-girl.
"Unhand me, villain. Lay off, will
you. Tempy? You hurt"
What did you do it for?"
do what? Hi! Marty! Rescue!
Our star boarder's gone batty."
Martin Holmes came up on the
run. He put his arm around the
girl and drew her into a sheltering
doorway. Kelsey, with his hold un-
relaxed, following.
Break" suggested Martin.
Il want to know why she's been
playing hell with Marne."
Martin gave the girl look. II
told you this was going to turn
around and bite you. Well, ex-
pect he's got right to an answer"
Gloria gaped. Where do you get
your information, Tempy? And
where do you get in on it. any
way?"
Never mind where I got it. The
point is. I've just accused Marne
of having an affair with Snydacker,
and now l find"
'Oh. sweet cheese'n crackers!"
gaSped Gloria. You would do some
thing like thatl Where does that
leave me?"
1T ought to leave you in jail for
the rest of your life. What did you
do it for?"
Fifteen thousand dollars. And
don't even get that"
Easy, there, Kelse," interposed
Martin, as his friend began shaking
the unfortunate culprit again. "She
didn't mean any harm. It'n all be
squared soon. Only we haven't told
Marne yet. There's the car. Hop
in and Gloria will explain"
All three got in and the beautygirl
spoke her piece. 81 figured on max
ing a nice. little cleanup for all of
u.s." said she sorrowfully. But Mar
tin put the ki-bosh on it"
We'll, I'll be-what are we 60
ing to do with her?" Kelsey ap-
pealed to his friend.
Personally, I'm going to marry
her." answered Martin. Before she
can pull any more fast ones"
And I'm going to be good little
gal forever after. Be a sport"
she adjured Kelsey, land square it
for me with Marne, won't your"
I've got myself to square with
Marine first. Suppose you two get
out of this car. I'm in hurry. And
don't break your valuable necks get
ting back to Headquarters any
sooner than you need to-"
A fountain of mud and water was
seen by several astonished observ-
ers. proceeding down the Lake Road
in the manner and with the speed of
a waterspout. At the brook, the
driver made a wild swerve and
pulled up just in time.
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