Evening star., 1939-10-15

his eyes Three hours later we find the truck
on back road near Anacostia. The driver,
Barker, is full of holes from thirty eight. He
has been collecting all day, but his pockets are,
empty. Two or three hundred missing. Some
of the packages have been torn open, and
stuff taken out. The only clue we have is
gray hat. 1t wasn't Barker's, so the guy must
have knocked it Off going through the pack
ages, and forgotten it,
Il guess you traced the hat"
Sure Had cleaners mark inside. Went
to every cleaner in the city. Finally, one re-
membered whose hat it was. Belonged to old
Senator Plohm.'
Tommy laughed Was it his hat, really"
Yes, he admits it is his hat. Says he lost it.
Doesn't remember where. He doesn't said
Lieutenant Rauth evasively like cops.
II guess you want me to talk to Plohm.'
Yes, it would be nice if you could get him
to remember where he lost that hat Give us
fresh start, anyway
1t would be lovely thought Tommy Tucker.
if he could clean this up in few hours. 60
and on the next day get married. impossible,
he murmured to himself. utterly impossible
He ambled out of the gray. brooding building
that was Headquarters, stepped into small
'35 model roadster. and in fifteen minutes was
tasting sherry opposite slim girl nodded into
tailored suit a girl with shining gold hair
piled all up on top Of her head
tsl>o oTfo
you will have to get an apartment. Look at
some of the places along Connecticut Avenue,
and around Massachusetts,, at Observatory
Circle You'll have to go it alone I've got
million things to do
Joan" he said waiting for the explosion,
I'm afraid l can't do it - not this after
noon." Her gray eyes darkened. She looked at
him - at him and through him - and omi
nously said nothing.
The Bull" he explained hopelessly, won't
let me off have to work If clean up the
job today, then surely tomorrow l will get
our apartment"
Tommy, are you certain you want to
marry me?"
Joan, of course want to marry you I'm
going to marry you. love you. You're like
long, cool drink when man is thirsty, your
eyes are more beautiful than. :.
Never mind the poetry. Listen to this.
You were going to get an apartment month
ago. But there was a slight matter that came
first - the embezzlement at the Monroe Ma
tional Bank Three weeks ago it was kid
napng that turned out not to be a kidnapping.
Two weeks ago it was a woman who put
poison in her husbands S soup. Last week they
sent you to Michigan to bring back prisoner.
And now " what is it?'
1T is murder" he said, land hat
She looked into her glass, so her lashes hid
the tears, and said: when we were at school
l never thought you'd be policeman
thought you d be a broker or sell insurance or
bonds. or maybe get a job as government
economist But now you are policeman, and
you love being a policeman more than you
love me"
"Oh, no, don't love being policeman
But The Bull has house in Chevy Chase ...'
The Bull, " she snapped, always The Bull!
Have to 60 through my life competing for
your attention with a man you call bull?
Tommy" she added seriously, II won't do 1t.
I'll give you until six O'Clock this evening to
find an apartment We will either have an
apartment today. or we will never have an
apartment at all - at least not together
She rose from the table and departed, with
L. L-cl