The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-09
THE MAN I
WANT
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
by ROB EDEN

1t was tough going for some
distance. and again the trail Wild
ened, and Morrow waited for Kay
70 catch up.
Thought We might have lost
you. Don't want you wandering
around these hills all by your
self. Wouldn't be very pleasant
I'm sfaid, unless you knew where
you were"
Kay answered that she had a
pretty good sense Of direction and
was quite sure she could always
retraee her steps in case she should
get separated.
How did you put in the eve
ming ?" Morrow asked. Have din
ner with Jetta ,"
No. Melody brought 1t to my
room. Later. I heard someone
playing the plano and went into
the living room. Thought maybe
you were a musician and had been
hiding your talents"
1T was Jetta, of course. She
plays marvelously."
"Devilishly / should say"
"Oh, she was in one of those
moods. Ell? But you didn't spend
all your evening in the house, did
you ?"
After listening to the music
for awhile, went back to my
room and went TO bed"
Sure you weren't out for a
stroll ?"
Then Kay tumbled to what he
was after. Someone must have
seen her leave the house before
dinner, when she slipped into the
woods to keep her tryst with Stan.
Morrow had been told that she
had left the house.
"Oh. yes. I took walk before
dinner. Felt the need of exer-
else"
"A long walk ?"
"Oh, don't know-just $3.50.
Not long and not short"
Il wonder what could have hap
pened to this Gilbert person ?"
Morrow went on.
II haven't the faintest idea what
his plans are" Kay answered,
truthfully.
Did he say what he was going
to do when you left him?"
Nothing, except that he pre-
ferred to let me get my business
with Barry over first before he
saw him."
Then you think he went back
to Reno ?"
Il haven't any idea about his
plans, l said. He may have gone
to Reno, he may have gone to
San Francisco, / don't know or
he might have returned to South
America understand he has in
terests there. Mining interests"
Questions
This information seemed to ex-
cite the secretary. and he piled her
with further questions about Gill
berts South American business.
She told him what little she knew
there was no reason she could
see why she shouldn't. Besides it
wasn't much, although Morrow
seemed to think that it was.
This gives me something to go
on, now" he said. so he's a South
American mining man? There
should be some way for me to find
out about him If he's of import
ance. You said he has interests
there ?"
That is my impression"
The information apparently wor-
ried Morrow a bit, too, as he kept
returning to the subject as they
rode along for another half hour.
I'm sure Barry hasn't any in
terests in South America, or I
would know about them" he said
at last. In five years. something
would nave come up, and I'm GER
tain that it wouldn't have escaped
my attention.
I'm sure of that" Kay COM
mented. a trifle sarcastically. but
the secretary didn't appear to no.
tice.
so far as I know. he doesn't
even know there is such a place.
We certainly never talked about IL.
But then. he wasn't very talkative
about his business when we were
together. He told me scarcely any,
thing about the Falling Star. ex-
cept that he is half owner. don't
suppose Jetta knows anything
about Mr.. Gilbert, either. does
she >"
Never heard Of him. Anyway.
she doesn't believe he could have
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