The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-13

train bumped"
"But what's that you're hold
ing2"
Joany's not hurt at bit. Seer"
Peace opened the wire lid. There
lay the torpid turtle on paper
napkin. Look, Uncle Denny"
Peace lifted corner Of the nap
kin. "Joany's rnattwessl Carole
says"
Mrs. Kings option = the whole
$500. And her gold cigaret case.
She's hunted everywhere for It,"
Denny whistled. The old crook
Using a child's toy to hide his loot.
I knew he was faker. Doubt II he
ever saw an oil we'll. Did he see you
two were left by the train2 You can
see an awful distance in this coun-
try. And from that road, I don't
think he could help it."
IF he did he must have thought
we were clump of desert growth.
At any rate, the car was a mere
speck by the time the train van
ished. hadn't examined the corn
pepper" Carole related, land ]
yelled and waved like anything
After I discovered the money I
was terrified for fear he would
discover the substitution and come
back That's why we hid"
Substitution"
Eyes. This smart little trick
saw him packing her cornpopper."
with Joany in It," Peace inter-
rupted. MIR. Hogden had been
giving her swim, and she got
losted. I didn't know she was in
the porncopper till.
HE put Joany on top of the
money so that any one discovering
the cornpopper would think 1t just
cage for his pet turtle" Carole
went on. "Only Peace decided
she'd rather have her 'porncopper'
than the box he'd given her when
he planned his getaway. So. when
Ogden wasn't looking, she switched
EN-. When he opens his bag and
finds that empty box-l"
Won't he be madp Peace said,
seriously. mot to find little
Joany"
Denny chuckled. We'll, young
ster, you've redeemed yourself.
But I still don't see why, If you
had your pesky pet. you had to let
60 Mrs. Kings hand when I'd
told you to stay right there"
Hunting for Joan. Peace didn't
know she was in the cornpopper."
Mr.. Hogden said she felled out
the window. I went to look.
told the conductor Joany's losted,
but he said Johnny who?'" Peace
reminded him. II told Mrs. King
too, but she just kept crying,
Caleb! Caleb"
The childs mimicry was perfect.
Denny held her closer. How care
less he'd been! If he'd been on
the Job, she would not have had
time to be alone in Mr.. Ogdens
drawing room, long enough to
swim the turtles and change the
cornpopper. How fortunate the
man hadn't seen the cage tucked
under Peace's arm, when he ran
from the tain.
THAT car didn't meet him by
coincidence. He must have pre-.
arranged for 1t with some con.
federate. If Mrs. King only knew
her gangsters better"
See how dark It's getting. Like
a blanket" Carole stared at the
sky. "Oh, Denny, it'll haunt me
to my dying day-this little blue
figure suddenly popping up from
behind the sagebrush while
leaned over the rail of the obser-
walton car. When she wasn't with
Mrs. King, had a hunch."
odd that the brakeman didn't
see her. Nor I. I'd have sworn
there wasn't sign Of life on that
other side Of the train. I was sure
she'd gone aboard with Mrs. King.
Rhoda said"
The name silenced him. Rhoda--
to whom he was flying. His flancee.
For moment he wanted to tell the
pilot to turn around and fly the
other way. But there was Peace'S
grandmother, soon to meet the train
in Los Angeles. And there was Hol-
lywood, waiting for its star. The
stars in the sky began to twinkle,
and below an occasional cluster Of
dotted lights proclaimed a town.
Denny sighed. Anyway, Carole",
how naturally 1t came to him to
call her by her first naine-"you'll
get lot of good out of this"
She looked up at him. What
more could I want? With her safe,
and - and this unforgettable ride
with your"
Bless her! But the publicity.
Movie stars thrive on It. don't
they?"
Il hate it." carole replied
quietly.
"You doP I don't wonder-the
usual sort: MOVIE ACTRESS
ROBBED OF $4,000 NECK
LACE But this is different. This
Is heroism. 'CAROLE LOVE LEAPS
FROM TRAIN TO RECUE CHILD
LEFT ALONE IN THE DESERT
N0A - A Aa~He