The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-21

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 As a woman would, she dished out all manner of purse trinkets. Lip- stick. Handkerchief. Pencils, Coin purse. Note pad. Tiny scissors. Nail file. A snapshot of her father. Mir TOT. And - 9 caliber rifle cart ridge. She called his attention to the cartridge silently with her eyes. Instantly the man turned to his cash register and pressed button.
 Cling -clang!" the machine sounded, and a "No Sale" sign popped up. From a drawer he , calmly took .22 cartridge of his own, fingered it a moment for her to see, dropped it back and closed the drawer. Betty Mary felt her pulse quicken. This was the third person today to whom she had ex- hibited her cartridge, and this time it had worked. The other two, a waiter and the traffic policeman outside Fl Casino, had shown no response.
 You you are one of uS," she murmured, tentatively.
 No, one is near, but is best not to talk too much in a public place, he suggested. Luis gets careless, I think. He is too sure of him. self"
 He is quite capable" Betty Mary said.
 "Oh of certain, senorita! But caution is always good"
 Surely, senor. I am, uh, new, in his - his organization, as you doubtless know?"
 Don Luis never speaks to me of his helpers" the cashier said.
 T am interested in narcotics, /" she said quite frankly. T know where perhaps cargo worth a hundred thousand can be had. Cheap.
 "A hundred thousand pesos? For how much?"
 No, dollars. American dollars. For tenth of them. Can-can Don Luis send it safely across? Do you think I should tell him where he might contact this cargo? I do not wish to - uh, interfere too much in his plans and affairs. He might not even be interested in narcotics now. Heretofore I have helped only with aliens"
 "Ha! Senorita is indeed new with the grand one! He has sent in more contraband chemicals than men. He ships 1t in sacks of beans. He ties it on the underside of freight cars that cross on the rail- road. He even has littel boys trans fer it to the American side when they go wading in the Rio Grande! He is the smart one, this Don Luis!"
 Then when I am sure can get the new cargo for him, will tell him." Betty Mary was not look ing at the man, lest her eyes re- veal something of the excitement she felt. "A deal of this size should be profitable to us all."
 He woulud send it by submarine, no doubt. It is the safest way"
 '"Oh. You mean-?"
 "i senorita. To the Peraltas. They have-hark, here are people coming! We talk too much!"
 He turned to his cash register again, rang up sum as if for a meal, and was giving Betty Mary some small change when four peo- pie filed in. Betty Mary took the money and departed.
 By submarine?
 The Peraltas?
 She wished she had learned more! he couldn't quite put two and two together here, but she had enough to know that Luis Barro had several avenues for smuggling dope, and that his "sub- marine" was considered best Would it mean employment of an actual submarine off the Pacific Coast, up to California? Hardly that, she knew; it would be far too expensive as well as impractical.
 Well, it was not yet noon. She could cross to Fl Paso and contact Sheridan and Hope about it. She hadn't been there in three days, she could legitimately go and call at an art store, restaurant, then a picture show, without losing her front of being tourist on leisure