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The DARK BLOND
CHAPTER XXXVIII
CARLETON KENDRAKE
him, "but we want to make certain. Will you help us?"
audit of the books. Instead she look- ed for certain tell-tale evidences of
"What do you want me to do?" discrepancies-things which she had
"Go to 3820 Darrone avenue, Go learned during the time she had acted
to Miss. Phyllis, Faulconer's aport- an assistant to a public accountant.
Less than two hours had passed mont. Tell her that you're selling when she looked up at Norman Happ life insurance or soliciting for a who
ker. There's a
I can
Norman said, "Millicent, I love you. That's why it meant so much to me when I found you were safe, after knowing you had been in auch danger. I didn't want to tail you now because I was afraid you'd think I was just
sart Get a good book at the woman like Bob Caise. I know the way he had kept perfectly quiet, watch-laundry route, or something of that must have tried to force himself upon
fund of more than and see if she's the woman in the you. But it's different with 1972, $200.0
0.000 that has suply disapposred," black ermine cont." Can't you he told him. "It's been juggled "I have to get someone to watch Won't you understand? understand?"
around through one or two accounts the store," he said dubiously. nd then completely dropped,
Millicent gave him her best smile. She tried to find words, but words fu would not come. It seemed as though tell you this about Richard Gentry "That's all right," she said. "Go
but ahead and get someone.
We'll pay h
an Indifferent bookkeeper. every bit of her was singing some he's an embezzler. His books would the bill."
There's a beautiful harmony of soulstirring
nan next door whe music which both aroused and quieted never stand up, to un audit. They
wouldn't even balance. His accounts comes in sometimes, but he wants 32 her at the same time,
show discrepaneles right on their an evening, and he won't..
That's all right," Norman said. faces,
"Okay," he said, "let's go. How "You call him in. Hiere's the $2 and
મ about that shorthand notebook-the here's another $3 for the taxicab fare fession? one in which you toos Drimgold's con-} and expense moncy."
Ile misconstrued ber silence. "Oh, please, dearest one, he said "plense don't misunderstand met I can't hear the thought of living without Please don't be
against ma prejudiced beenuse I was swept off my feel. Give me a chance to show you that I really do love you. After we have all of these troubles behind us-after we are living as we want to, without fear of what may be just around the when you Then, sometime have learned to know me better, I'll ask you to marry me. Until then, please hold your mind apen. Flease don't become prejudiced
corner,
And then she found her voice and heard herself saying, "Silly, can't you see love you, too?"
She laughed nervously and said. "I handed have it here."
"Let me see it."
She handed it to him. He opened the book and looked at the series of pathooks.
The man took the $5 bill Norman
I'll send this man in to keep the store. Do you folks want to wait in here until I get back 7′′
"Is there back room some where?
et" Norman Happ asked. "Sure. Come right in here and «it. down."
get him, grinned and said, "I'l
A
•
"It might as wall be in Egyptian," he told her, "as far as I'm concerned." Suddenly his eyes narrowed and he
He led the way to a back room said, "Look here. Millicent. Suppose we could discover what that crime was which contained two chairs, a cot, a Drimgold
confess. going to WHA
stove, some cases of bottled goods, Don't you think you could have it and shelves littered with an array of
There was a glass panel appear his confession had gone far-kuors.
diel? No ane front of some of the bottles so that ther than it really #
it was possible for
in the a person Someone who used my system of hack room to observe customers who could check up on you." shorthand could," she told him. entored the store without in turn be
"We'll take a chance on that. Let's ing observed. This time it was Norman who ter-see if we can't and out something minated thr caresa. Slowly he re- about what he was going to confess leased her, looking at her with eyes because it's linked with this whole in which there was no longer hunger, business in some way. Come 011. shuffled into the room, gave them a
tenderness.
Let's go see this chap who runs the half-athile as though it were too much
His arms closed about her. Their Hips clung together for a rupturous
moment.
"Dearest," he
A few moments after they had. seated themselves a bald-headed man with a drooping, hackadinisient manner
but only a deep d. "we owe it to liquor store and see if he can't give; of an effort to raise the corners of his
you to get this thing straightened out and, by Heaven, we're going.
Lo straighten it out! We're going find the
person who killed Dringold and we're going to and Harry Feld- ing's
murderer. Just let me sit over bere
where I cha watch you while you | work on those books. Then we'll go find Gentry and when we find him I' confront him with the fucts and fig- ares."
ups.
us an additional clue.
"My With that in lip
name's Johnson," he said. our hands we will be sitting pretty." Was sent in here to watch the
"How about this suitcase?" she pince." askel.
"Thai," he said, "can be left with the clerk at the desk. Tell him contains valuables and he'll put it in
safe place. Come on,{
let's go."
-
the
Havat down on the edge of the cot, crossed long legs, and said, "Business sure is rotten."
"Ta it?" asked Norman.
got a stationery store
next
My daughter runs it when I'm
*x-
He unlocked the door, held it open away. I come over here every once for her, and together they descended in a while, Business is good in the to the lobby. app handed the suit- liquor line but..." casp across the counter
check He broke all as an eletric bell and said, "That has
valuable sounded.
"Customers coming in," he receipt
"There's an elretrical con- plained.
Vou tact beneath the door that so can hear 'em when they come in."
the cot, Inzily He got up from with cynical
shuted to the outer stere.
"Did you ever see such T tired
7" Millicent inquired." man?
She brushed her hips lightly against his cheek, caught his hand, held it in both of hers for moment. Then, ¦ documents in it. Give me 14 with a low, throaty laugh, she pushed and keep it in anfe lace. The suit. him over townul de big overstalled case is the property of Miss Millicent chair and said, "Sit there. Noeman. dones, who is registered with you." „I'm so happy
I'm afraid I can't add a The clerk eyed aim column of Ggures. But I'll try, be appraisal, but what he saw in Norman cause it has to be done. We're fight-Happ's eyes made him lower his own ing against minutes, Sergeant Ma- and nod with unaccustomed civility, "Very well, sir," he said, making honey is looking for me and it won't be long until he tinda me. When he out a receipt does we have to have this thing Norman folded the receipt, handed solved."
It to Millicent and said, "You'd bet
Babi Without a werd Norman sat down, ter keep this with Uut note took a cigarette from his case, and lit Caise wrote and then you'll have all it. Millicent noticed that his hand the evidence together, trembled as he held the match.
caught a taxicab, went to the "Go, ulwad," he said, "I'll wait. I liquor
store, and Norman Hupp said, Can wait, now
now that I know how you "Come on in, Millicent. He won't feel. Only
Work T
fast as you can, help us unless you ask him. He so that can get out and do my strong for you.' share toward cleaning this thing up.'
She found paper in the drawer of the writing desk. She pulled the books from the suitense, sprend them on the floor and started cheeking,
She made no attempt at an orderly i
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Together they entered the liquor store. The proprietor's eyes lighted up as he saw illicent. Find the people you were looking for?" he asked.
"think we have," Millicent told
|
Norman Happ grinned and got up to look through the glass window. "I'll see how he waits on customers," he remarked.
He stood for a moment staring through the glass partition. Sad- denly he gave a start of surprise.
heavens!"
be exclaimed "Good "Look here, Milliceat, but keep under cover where they can't see you. I'm afraid they're looking for you."
She joined him at the window, the looked out into the interior of store,
Cynthia Happ and Bob Calso were standing at the counter, talking in low tonek with Johnson,
(To Be Continued).
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