Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-06

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known the Chief TO be late?"
"No, haven't" said.
Then / took up a magazine and
buried myself in IL until my
fathers knock.aroused me.
Just three minutes of g."
Katharine murmured as / went
TO the door.
1.-The federal man didn't call"
My fathers infection made his
sentence declarative instead of in
terrogative.
enc one called" I answered,
and he took a chair near the
telephone, saying:
They're usually on the dot
TELEPHONE RINGS
Just a second before S the tele-
phone bell rang and my father
took the telephone from its cradle
and spoke into it. while Katharine
and l breathlessly followed the one
sided conversation.
This Is Spencer" my father
said. "WhO il this: Hagner?
Good. Now, listen carefully.
You know that book which was
taken from the library - that
important one of which we could
find no tracer"
Katharine's eyes met mine in
amaZement. A child could have
told that book" was a camou-
1age, and if Miner was listening,
as my father had planned. he
would believe the conversation re-
lated 10 the important document
he had distracted from Stephen
Redfelds shoe while the actor
lay unconscious from Noels blow
the document Miner thought
was the same one which had been
passed to Redfeld, but which was
only an ingeniously altered copy
made 10 be useless for the con-
lspirators.
NO" my father said next.
I'VE haven't recovered IL, but
we have a line on H.. We have
very strong suspicion as 10
who has Il, and think you may
assure Y that we shall have il
back within the week.
on THE TRAIL
: mo, the fault doesn't lie with
your Organization. You may set
your mind at rest on that. /
: haven't found out yet where the
leak IL. but I'm on the trail. and
would wager much that I'll
, have the book and the person
who now has II In much less
than a week. No use promising
too much, too soon.
Yes, I shall be right here IL
you want to get In touch with
me, and II there are any new
developments I'll advise you. BY
the way, this IL off the record,
and f.t.o. Good-by."
! Katharine and I barely had
time TO wipe the shocked amaze
ment from our faces before he
replaced the telephone and turned
z toward US. To both of us il had
seemed impossible that this could
: be my father talking thus loqua-
ciously over the telephone; the
; Chief, famed for his extreme reti.
Z cence.
GOOD POKER FACES
"You have good poker faces,
both OF you," my father said.
, smiling and in high good humor.
: II certainly cannot call yours n
telltale face this time, Mar
garet, but am sure that you
: are wondering at my garrulous
p indiscretion.
: '1t IL not within our prov
ince to indulge in conjectures,"
| told him, and when Katharine
paraphrased "Ours never to rea-
son why" he gave one of his
rare laughs.
: Because you are such good
soldiers, I shall explain" he said.
This performance was staged
solely for the benefit Of the
gifted Mr.. Miner, who, have
no doubt. had his car glued to
= an extension line all the time.
II gave Hagner a bad few
minutes wondering II senility
Uhu ONefIhkeU me- nut perhaps
YOU noticed my parting words TO
hims"
YES" Katherine and / as
sented.
MEANS NOTHING
"'Oh the record means moth
ing OF itself, but Was a signal 10
watch the next words or letters,
and ito means for theater
only From that he knew I was
staging something solely for the
benefit Of an eavesdropper, and
that he could dismiss the whole
thing from his mind"
My fathers mood was so genial
that I ventured a question.
do you think Miner realizes
that YOU know he took the docu-
ment from Steve's shoe?" ]
asked.
Continued Monday
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