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SERIAL STORY
The DARK BLOND
CHAPTER XXXII,
CARLETON KENDRAKE
Millicent, despite her excitement, ro membered to check Norman Happ'e impulsiveness with a warning. "Don't call the name out loud," she said.
Norman Happ, covering the dis tance which separated him from the car, laughed reassuringly.
there's a new development in the caso."
He nodded agreement and said, you feel, suddenly, "I know how Millicent."
Mollified by his quick sympathy, and having rolloved her feelings by her burst of indignation, she said, "How about your father, Norman? Have they found out anything 7"
hor feel along the seat, wormed ander the steering wheel, and felt hla hands under her elbows as he lifted Ilo alammed the her from the car. door shut and, together, they ascunded the three stops which led to the foyer where the names of the tenants were displayed in a long row opposite call buttons.
"Here we are," he said triumph- antly, "Phyllis Faulconer, 309."
Before she could stop him he had jabbed the button opposite the card. "Oh!" she cried in dismay, "you shouldn't have done that, Norman."
t
out
I don't know. That's what wor "Don't worry," he said. "I'm not ries me. Sergeant Mahoney wouldn't entirely a fool."
discuss it over the telephone, but he did say the reason he wanted to see with my "Oh, I didn't mean that."
was in connection "No offence," he told her, laugh-you ing good-naturedly. "I know you father's disappearance."
"Why not?" didn't. I just wanted you to see what
She stared at him with wide, in-1
"Because. We don't want her to took.
heavens, precautions
eyes. "Good
find He unfolded a piece of paper on credulous
should make inquiries and which he had scribbled: "Phyllis they're not going to try to blame that know we're, investigating her. Wo
3820 Barenne avenue."
on me, toe!
"No. I don't link so. Sergeant what she looks like." s face showed her dis-
"We'll know what she looks like," look at her." appointment, as the read the memo Mahoney wouldn't say just what ho
"Oh," she said, "I thought wanted. Ilis manner was very po Norman Happ said grimly, "when randum. "O
necund culiar, but he said he wanted to see we've had
labbed the button Ile it would be t would be Vern you as soon as you could get there;
"Thought
he asked, as her voice that it related to my father's dis- time, impatiently, as he spoke.
"But suppose it should turn out she should be a faded into disappointed silence,
to be the woman in the black ermine She nodded.
don't know anything about de-
coat and suppose
"We'll grab her anyway," he said. tective business," he said, "but I
stranger to
detectives have to be care
"It's all rather strange and com- "We have enough on that woman to understand
possibly justify calling in the police." ful not to jump at conclusions and
He rang the bell for the third time. then try to make the facts fit the conplicated. What could you
ono know that would help Sergeant
There was no answer. connection with that! clusions. A good detective in
"Not at home," Norman enid, dis- who goes ahead and gets the facts Mahoney in
1807" regardless of what they from the "Nothing. He'll find it out after appointment showing in his veit house,
tried the door of the apartment then draws
naked me a few questions." facts."
"Then we'll go and see Phyllis then turned away from it.
"I "Locked" he told Millicent. "You the occupant of "That may be the way a good de
in unless Itective does it, but it stands to rea-Faulconer first, Norman xal. sou it must have been Vera Duchene told Sergeant Mahoney we'd return can't
but I didn't say just how soon that one of the apartments presses an
appearance.
Then," she told him, "we will go back at once. If there's anything 1 can do to help clear that up I want to do it."
who was mixed up in this thing from would be. If I thought I could hein electrie buzzer and releases the door."
"Then, if this Faulconer woman isn't in, we can't even get into the building. We can't
the beginning."
Father I'd do anything, but Sergeant "Not
she told bingit Mahoney is following a false lead and we're helping Father "Certain axily."
Once more he laughed and said, down this woman in "... running - couldn't be this Phyllis Faulconer. I've n Why, none of us even know her." more by
"And none of us," he pointed out, the black ermine coat than we would "I'll show you a frisk. Start press
'in the black be by running around at Sergeant ing buttons opposite the namen
people who have apartments on the "know the
Mahoney's heck
an idea ifth floor." "That isn't I have
Bil. ermine."
Sergeant Mahoney suspects the truth about you-about the Dringold mur-
woman
•
Ito hesitated for a moment, star Ing at her speculatively.
"and
call.
"Why?"
of
"Because," he said, peering at the
"In something the matter?" Milll-der 1 mean. Once you get back directory, "someone will be expecting
cent asked anxiously, becaming easy under his steady appraisni,"
"They want you at the house." "Want me?"
,
"How do you know?" "I telephoned."
un-doubt that he will let you out of his
sight
And unless we clear up of Harry Felding's mur-
"Oh, that's what took you so long." "Yes."
the think; is going to ho come to the elevator to look us over.
they'll keep on me he asked.
a friend, or will just buzz the door open un general principles. Someone on the first or second floors might We can't use the
third floor because der 1 cleared up."
aux-we're getting off there. The fifth "You
floor is the best one to work on."
He found a name and pressed a pecting me
He changed the subject abruptly, saying, "Let's quit wondering about button. She noticed the figure 600 these side issues and concentrate on opposite another name and flanked by After a moment a buzz came from the matter in hand. It isn't very far a button. She pressed this button.
the door, and Norman Happ trium- 10 "Oh," she exclaimed, feeling sud-to Baronno avenue. We can make it
minutes He drove with a set, tight-lipped phantly pushed it open.
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"Whom did you talk with?" "Sergeant Mahoney."
over the telephone. He said you had cent more than any words would have on, young Indy," he told her.
given him your word of honour you done that they were working against wouldn't skip out while he was carry-time--that Norman Happ knew this
and that there had been more to the the third floor. Norman led the way ing on his investigations,"
and
"I didn't give him my word of message he had received from Ser-to apartment 309. He pounded on
honour," she blazed indignantly, "and what's more, I'm not skipping out."
"That's what I told him.".
geant Mahoney than he was willing the panels of the door. There was
Ito disc dress on Baronie
The
Avenue
turned out to be an apartment house.
no response.
He took some keys from bla_poe- ket. "Some of these are, pasakoys.
hope one of them will work."
Millicent felt a strange thrill as the you're not going in!"
Ho
He nodded.
"You told him I was with you?"
7 that! for
car sped across the intersection and heavens Thank
Suddenly she heard the door of the wouldn't have him think I was running swung in toward the right-hand curb. "This is the place, Norman said. What doc's he
"It won't
be long now until we know elevator slide back on its rollers. away for
for anything.
floor. She raised her eyes, something about this woman in the Someone was getting off at the third black ermine, coat."
down the corridor and then, with a Norman's hand and jerked the key out of the lock. sudden glance of dismay grasped
(To Be Continued),
want of 1
"He didn't any."-
me for some "Well, if he wants more questioning he can just wait until I get ready to show up. I'm sick and tired of being cooped up in that house and having people run in with all sorts of questions every time
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