The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07
CAST OF CHARACTERS

PEACE WARREN-a 6 = year.
old traveller en- rOue from Boston
to Los Angeles.
WAYNE DENNIS - agreed to
deliver Peace safely-a larger Or
der than he expected.
RHODA LOWELL - Wayne's
fiancee thinks Peace a nuisance
Doesn't like crossing the country
to get married either.
CAROLE LOVE - a movie star.
DARBY AND JOAN-Peace's pet
turtles.
YESTERDAY: One of Peace's
turtles disappears but Carole finds
a duplicate in a pet shop. Mrs.
King continues her detective work
encounters Rhoda and Bertram and
reports to Carole: 81 saw his
moll talking to the awfullest gang
ster."
CHAPTER vi
The woman was crazy. Read too
many detective stories. Saw too
many movies.
But you're away off. The mans
her cousin!' Carole answered.
Denny paused and frankly lis
tened. If they were talking about
Rhoda-!
IT don't care what you say"
Mrs. King went on. 1--WE got proof.
out the torn telegram. ''And this.
All gangsters look like gentlemen,
nowadays. You saw how they dress
ed in the movie just now. Well,
take a look at those headlines"
Denns, screened by a made-up
berth between him and Carole's Sec
ton, had not caught every word;
but he had heard the gist of it.
He began to think back. There
was no doubt the King woman
really believed he was a kidnaper.
She probably had seen or heard
the fracas at the North Station
in Boston. She had set Carole to
questioning Peace about her re-
lationship to Denny. Now she had
a torn telegram sheet. Could she
have found the one he threw away?
What had he written? Something
about being spotted by a female
pest. Well, wasn't she?
He began to smile. The realiza-
ton that dear Cousin Bertrand had
been taken for an awful-looking
CANISTER made him almost chuckle.
Then he grew serious. This &C.
counted for Carole's apparent in
terest in him and in Peace. She
was afraid for the child! Nonsense.
She wouldn't fall for a thing like
that. Or would she?
Anyway, it was too good to miss.
Denny was no eavesdropper, but
this might be serious. He could
piture Carole's honeyed head bend
ing over the newspaper.
Give year old girl kidnapped
from Fall River!" shrilled Mrs.
King. There you are! I heard the
newsboys shouting it, yesterday
morning, but didn't connect it with
this until afterwards" She read
on: Last seen by playmates,
talking to a strange man who
offered her candy stic,:s'."
Now, Denny thought Indignantly,
he would not dare give Peace that
little jar. He leaned forward to
hear more clearly.
{" 8. . description obtained from
children, the police are looking for
a man about "a, medium height,
medium weight, candy haired, with
glowing dark eyes. He wore a
brown coat. $50. Surely you'll
admit the brown coat, Miss Love,
Why, it all fits like a glove"
1.-THE glowing dark eyes fit,"
Carole said. But the rest is alb
surd. That picture doesn't mean
a thing-taken when this what's
her-name was 2 years old. Be-
sides, this is a Gwendolyn Kelly.
The kiddy's name is Peace"
"Says who! Says they. Did you
ever hear of a baby named Peace?
Did your"
Lie lltLle girl W IL,
Carole defende d stubbornly.
They're taking her to see her
grandmothr in Los aangeles. I got
that much out of her."
Sure you did. Had to have some
sort of a story, didn't they? But
she's afraid of that Lowell dame,
poor little soul. The grandmother
is probably one of the gang too"
The old busybody-trying to
poison Carole's mind! Sicked her
to pumping Peace and logging his
steps. He'd have to put a stop to
it, but how?
Why should he explain he was
not a kidnaper? Just because one