Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 289, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 April 1929 — Page 12

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thi - > *1 \ n iurrjvrn MILDRED LAWRENCE rtn* STFPHFN ARMTTAOF, when !< r* <• her In :-;f rrMr * thWf Thc-r fr*r.rt*t.j g:r.t ■ until PAMELA Jt.DSOS. r ■ ' ■ - • ■ ' CUV irr t.'t. nvck CONNOR beotne* .r '*t\ nfri • llh PAMELA M ' n’*Vs both men. Her brother. HAROLD it tr. love with Mildred ' trie*, to keep him from grab;in* with Httch - crowd When Stephen contißßet •.'•eitift Ml.tired ten him *hr to msrrj Hwrold for hie Bone; Hdefends the giri and Pamela os' .• hrr • father lo discharge her Harold tr: to have Mildred reinstated ! • I:. p * -• . -eeed mind against Mlidrtd at.d the latter ! fares dr' B r (lav* tn *earch of wore. ; Then Pamela tne to break with Huts | i>it ■* hen he objects •<.. him she and . Steph'. are engaged. She tells Stephen that te the on 1 v rr she ran get. ; r;d of Murk and plead: tth him to ; confirm, the e:.,...gen.cnt H commands Harold to prevent Pamela . marriage to Stphen under fa- of egpo;tire concerning a lor. and i rl-eric. Harold tell: him i- can’t i • | IN.:.- jo Mtiek plans to dispose of S rP A prospect guarantees to buy * *** I ftp dr: ear :s S’*;.' et. r v...n It no a , hundred, and taken out ‘ the eotit * r l for the rift:,onuration. After t: ■ ' | th< man a he is satisfied but wants to stop a' h friend’- house or ::•<• I wav back Stephen walks into their . trap fend the car NOW >■<> ON WITH THE >TORI CHAPTER XXVI ■t t then Mr. Mettle, red-faced W and highly agitated, bangdtl tip the receiver after talking to Stephen he whirled about in hi: rhair and ordered his secretary to get the insurance people on the, Wire immediately. Shortly thereafter they sent Car’ ; Short, one of their best men. and Mr. Mettle went over all that he knew of the theft. The investigator listened in silence, not once interrupting him. Bui when the irate manager sput- j tered to the end of hi. recital the j other began to ask questions. Did Mr. Mettle know anything : about J B. s place o He didn’t It’s a sore spot on Long Island. ” 61 sort said quietly. Mr. Mettle looked startled. ”A hangout for gangsters,’’ Short went on; "smaller try.” Mr. Mettle began to sputter again. What was Armitage doing in such I a place? “Precisely, ” the investigator nodded. “Hr'll be here before long." Mr. Mettle declared with a thought in his mind that foreshadowed an uncomfortable session for Stephen. “I ♦old him to come in as soon as the ; police were through with him." “That may not be for an hour i yet if they know anything out there about J. Bthe other said, glancing at his watch. Then he looked at Mr. Mettle’s secretary. She was unaffectedly listening. He asked her to work in another room. "Now let’s have the history of the j young man.” he said when she had r K rv< e. J “Well.” Mr. Mettle began, think- ! Ing back over Stephen's record, “he : came to me from a firm in Indiana pretty well recommended. Just one i mark against him. He got a fool Idea about trusting people that resulted in the theft of several cars . ts tt ft OUDDENT.Y 1m paused and looked and at the i’.“,cstwator with astonishment. The association of Stephen's connection with those thefts and the present one had not before occurred to him. H was now (surprised that it hadn’t, “What was that?” Short became Intensely intere ed on the instant. Mr. Mettle explained about Stephen’s honor svstem. but as he talked he felt that the facts were too blunt. After all, Stephen was just a young fool. Took too many chances, perhaps.

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The next day. the last Sunday before Thanksgiving, ushered in the first intense cold of the season. Snow which, the day before, had begun to melt, was frozen, to a brittle crust. Breakfast table conversation blithely concerned itself with coasting. skiing, and sleigh-riding. One of the old heirlooms, to which Nils Johnson as purchaser ol the farm had fallen heir, was a beautitul. commodious sleigh, intact donn to sleigh-bell harness for the horse. On Nils’ motorized dairy 7 iarm. however, the only horse available was a fat and placid mare, old enough to expect a decent retirement. "It won't hurt her to work for her board one day." Cherry decided. "All in favor of a sleigh-ride to Church say 'aye.'" "Aye." chorused George Pruitt, Harry Blame. Nils and Crystal. •Til stay at lifime with Hope. You know Lena has Sunday off.” Rhoda reminded her sister-in-law, but she did not look at all unhappy over the prospect. "Wish I could go." Tony said regretfully, "but I have to stick around and wait for Dick. I borrowed his car lasi night to come back in. you know, and he'll be coming for it. Rotten luck! I'd like nothing better than a sleigh ride. Maybe Rhoda will let me amuse myself by helpiftg her cook dinner." Crystal stole covert glances at the girl who had been through a harrowing experience the night before. Except for faint shadows under her blue-diamond eyes—in spite of her alleged sleepiness Crystal knew that she had not slept until nearly dawn Tony seemed as gay and carefree as usual. After the jingling sleigh, drawn by a surprised and slightly indignant old mare, had swept down the drive, trailing ribbons of laughter and blithe bood-bys. Rhoda anji Tony stood silent for a long minute. their arms about each other’s shoulders, their eyes fixed upon the Christmas-card landscape but not seeing it. filled with visions of thfeir own future. At lasi Tony flung back her head and took a lung-filling breath of the cold wind that whipped their coats about their knees. Then: “I teas so serious about wanting to help you cook the dinner, Rhoda. It's time I was learning ” “I hope you’ll be as happy as I'm going to be—with Ben, Tony,”

ou‘ Mr. Mettle was ready to annihilate Stephen for having allowed he sports car to be stolen, but he was not prepared to believe him a thief. The important point was that neither he nor Short had put the •hour! ■ into words. Yet each knew that the other entertained it. And nto here Stephen's trouble began to take definite form, for the investigator now had his premise ready made for him. He continued to question Mr. Mettle until he learned all that the latter knew about Stephen. The young man's friendship with Pamela Judson. which Short mentally checked as requiring liberal funds, Ins loans from the other salesmen, and. finally, his urging Mr. Mettle to let him demonstrate the sports model in a road test. These were the high lights in Stephen - life that reflected suspicion. The theft of the car and the big mistake in Stephen’s earlier career err matters that needed only suspicion to fasten them upon him as definite charges. By the time Stephen reached the office Mr. Mettle had been warned n ' to say anything to put him on guard, “until we've finished our investigation.” Short had said. “If there’s nothing against him, you'll be glad to know it.” I'm through with him,” Mr. Mettle exclaimed heatedly. “Guilty or not guilty. I'm through. If he didn't take that fellow Flint out to steal the car then he's got mighty poor judgment anyway. I'm through with him.” “Not until I tell you.” Short Insisted. “Give him the devil if you want to, but don’t fire him.’ When Stephen returned Short was talking with the salesman who first approached Flint when the latter came in to look at the cars on display. From him Short learned that Flint was a hard-looking customer. Mr. Mettle had said the man was a bootlegger, or claimed to be. “Probably a member of an organised gang of thieves,” was Short’s opinion. He had a chance, as Stephen hurried across the show room to Mr. Mettle’s office, to observe the young man unnoticed. Stephen's appearance was a surprise to him. He most certanily looked the antithesis of a thief. But Short did not rely a great deal upon appearances. a a a HE wound up his questions by asking the salesman if he'd ever seen Flint before that day, and let him go. Then the secretary came up and told him Mr. Mettle wanted him m the office. He found Stephen standing before the manager’s desk, whitefaced and shaking with suppressed anger over the caustic remarks his employer had just finished hurling at him. Mr. Mettle was reduced to a purple speechlessness, having said all that, he dared in the face of the restrictions Short had placed upon his tongue. So rt nodded brief 1: to Stephen a., Mr. Mettle waved an introduction and mumbled their names. "From the insurance company.” the investigator said. Stephen nodded again. “Sit down.” Short went on. Stephen dropped wearily into a chair He suddenly felt dead tired. ••I’m afraid I’ll have tc ask you to go over the story again.” the in-

, Rhoda said shyly, as they turned : back into the house, i “You've guessed then?" Tony I asked. “Yes I am going to marry Dick, but no one knows but you and Crystal. I'd rather you pre- ; tended not to know, Rhoda. . . And thanks for the good wishes. “Not much chance —oh. that’s nonsense, isn't it? It's up to me, | of course. . . Now, what’s the dinner program? I want to watch you ; cook every dish on the menu." "Cream of spinach soup,” Rhoda 'began obediently.• but with a de- ; mure twinkle in her eyes. "Roast i ciuek with chestnutt stuffing and ! apple sauce, baked sweet potatoes, and Spanish cream for desert.” The crunching of wheels on the snow-bordered drive announced a ! visitor. I -If that's Dick, where did he get ; a car?” Tony puzzled, and ran to -die window to find the answer to her own question. After one look ; she started back, anger blazing in ; her eyes. “It's Dick and his fathe-! I wonder if he thought that was j necessary? Or— or perhaps —” Wild, exultant hope routed anger. . (To Be Continued.)

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: vr:-: igator said half-tfpologetically, with careful attention to the details." Stephen sat up a little in his . chair and started his tale anew. ’ Short interjected a question now and then and Stephen answered as explicitly sis his memory enabled him to recall the events of the day. No. he had noticed nothing to arouse his suspicions until the actual theft, had occurred. Did he think he might have been followed from New York? He did not believe so. What was his opinion of the theft? It was the first time anyone had asked It. but Stephens had formed an opinion on his trip to town. “I believe my pocket was picked by one of those men In the room who might have seen me lock the car and put the keys in my topcoat.” he said simply. ‘•Then yon do not believe that the theft was planned?” tt tt tt STEPHEN sat up suddenly. "How?” he asked. As Short answered with a question of his own he observed Stephen closely. "Hasn't It occurred to you that- this man Flint is a suspicious character?” “He might be,” Stephen agreed. “Didn’t you think it queer that he should ask you to stop at a place like J. B.'s?”

“It seemed the sort of place he’d hang out in, in a way,” Stephen Veplied. “In what way?” “Well, he's a hard-boiled egg even if he has a fine taste in cars.” “So you didn't think it out of the ordinary' that a man who could afford to buy one of your cars should have friends in that neighborhood?” Stephen considered that he had answered the question once so he simply said no. Short got up to go. There was a matter he wanted to attend to at once. “Well have a report for you in a few days,” he said to Mr. Mettle, nodded to Stephen and went out. On the street he hastily called a cab and gave the address that Stephen had written after Lefty’s name on the list of persons desiring road tests of the agency’s cars. Back in the office Stephen was learning, greatly to his surprise, that he was not to lose his position. But he was so far from liking Mr. Mettle's manner toward him that he would have preferred to be discharged. He felt that his future with the agency was doomed. No doubt, he thought. Mr. Mettle was only keep* ing him on to close a few r sales he had in prospect when, very likely, he would be kicked out. It was after closing time when he left Mr. Mettle's office, but several of the salesmen had lingered to talk with him. Stephen was disinclined to go over the story again. Determinedly brushing the men aside, he made for the door. Outside he decided j he'd go home without stopping downtown for dinner.

He almost went past his station in the subway so deeply was he plunged into thought on the train. But not once did it occur to him that he himself was under suspicion of anything graver than misjudgment. a a tt WHEN he got to his room he remembered that he had a date with Pamela. And he felt as much like keeping it as he did like sitting on a flagpole. But he thought he’d better call her up. She might let him off. Pamela most emphatically refused to consider it. "Margola is giving the thing in our honor,” she said of the party to which Stephen was to take her. “Our engagement, j you know.” “You said you wouldn't announce it until your father came home,? Stephen reminded her. “It's nothing formal. Nobody will take it seriously until dad gives it j out,” Pamela assured him. “But ! you’re not going to let me down J tonight. Stevo, old dear?” "All right,” Stephen said resign - edly, “but I’m feeling punk, Pam. I won’t be a bit of good." “We’ll fix you up," Pamela promI ised. “Don't be late.” Stephen changed to his evening | clothes with anything but pleasant i anticipation of the evening ahead | of him. Before going to Pamela he got a light meal in the restaurant of his hotel. While he ate it he wondered what : Pamela would say when she learned I what had happened. He hadn't even ! any prospects to marry on now. And hanged if he was going to live on his wife's money. Very likely her father would squash the engage- ! ment anyhow. j He got up to go with a feeling ! that the day had been a disastrous one for him. As h? swung down i:he street he was unaware that his leaving the hotel had been noted by a keen watcher across the street. (To Be Continued.)

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