Show THE e SEALED By Henny CopyrIght by The fb rabbi Co service Gr toe THE STORY At a public dance l Forbes a 8 newspaper man mOll cuta- cuta cuts cute cutsIn In on Rhoda Whiles 8 dan Yo x with Ith Max tax Lewis Is whom i Ip 11 lie ifs heare J a a con conversation lAy Is and a woman Roman n oman which h he concerns Rhoda lie He re recalls recalls recalls calls a blind ad InK Il the whereabouts ot of o Phe-da Phe McFarland land land and a newspaper tory etory lie He believes that Is Rho Rhoda Rhoda da s real name She Sh refuses to deny or admit It However feVer tl It recalls her childhood In Call Cal Cal fornia Her ilor mother dead she ehe had been happy until misfortune befell berell her hH father Cather Protessor MC- MC MCFerland Mc tc- tc I Ferland arland Associated with the blow Is her uncle 1 V Royce Hoyce They move to Chicago where her father rather Is en engaged aged In mysterious Yo work vork ork Phoda rhoda takes take up stenography Her liar father rather die dleo cud sud lenly trying to give her a message e about papers In Ina Ina Ina a trunk Phoda goes foes to live witha with a 1 fellow Cello Babe Dabe Jen- Jen Jennings Jennings nines Jen-nines Their apartment li I broken Into and of ot Rhod Rhodis Rhods s a money mone taken Martin Marlin learns thit t C J Jot ot of the blind ad Is 11 Charles J Forster uncle tincle of or lew I e eIs Is Rhoda admits her name flamo Is Mcfarland A m mysterious Claire Cleveland asks alks Rhoda Rhod for an Interview She asks Rhoda for a certain paper belonging to her she In was WI In s possession Rhodas Rhoda s 8 trunk is 19 stolen and she suspects suspect Claire She trails Claire to the hotel hotel where Forster lives CHAPTER VI 7 Stealing an Idea Mat tin Un hid h got one thins thing out or of othis his otherwise barren buren encounter Ith thoda that morning and tills this was wac Ills lus days day's story for the lie paper At least lie Jle wouldn t la has have e a got cot It If he hadn t hen been at the curb to see the limousine that and ar cd rl rued cd In drive drle e up tip The license plate pinte on that car cau it his Ills eye e e and lied fixed Itself lt In his mind ml by virtue of a n small oddity that he lie noticed about It It wig was lS n a four number n ement of nines and which would could mike jUt just a as good f sense en e upside down as right side tip up only It would mal male e a different sene cence Probably It was lS his exasperated c d des de to dismiss find and her lier strong Hon ben edn ss and her red lr h completely l from hi Ills his mind tint that cau caused ell this notion of an Inverted inserted licence e plate to fructify swiftly Into the amusing sort fort of ot tale of p tint he In It its wis what hat the edItor liked and the fact that lie Jle mile It up out of cloth didn t matter mattern mattera n a hit When It was wis 1 dore lore since he I new It Was goo good he found himself In n a pl able enough humor to turn back hach to the Rhode IncI incident ent and con consider slon what hat hid Ind gone Jone wrong wron with It Under his hb eye e cc e is 8 is lie he sat musing mU lh was as the scribbled sl sheet slet et of sr Itch piper on which he lied d dl a n the license plate right sl side e up tip an and uP upside lIle down downin downIn In l figuring out his Ills story tor It hid h been b beena en It a hand liand ome orne cir car lr ill all right tint time the girls had had a n rl ride e In es e oven n en If th they v land hind had to cit It it on the little folding cats tents Rither r comic tint that Wl was wio now lie he thought bought ht about It And n bit queer too loo it 11 Ind hlll the lie old olt billy o olt topped Mopped f his Ills car for if not for the fn atlon of ot having hasing i a nice young oung thing sitting close beside him lIe He was wis still staring at nt the license e number of tint car Suddenly under nn an Impulse e too fanciful to heir hear ar Ing about he decided to look 1001 up the 0 owner nero It wouldn t do my inv harm to find out who the old bloke vac wis 11 hen v hen he lie found a few minutes Inter that the car was wis IS re registered as ns the property of C J lie he felt for a 11 afew afew few v second seconds ns as If It he must he be i a of a n practical joke 11 hit the till de ll de 11 I IlIe lIe nv telephoned up to lu s ment to find out If or when hen shed he d gone one out to lunch and when hen If It they knew kne she filie was as e expected back hen v 11 hen they the told him she wasn t coming hick back that afternoon at all he be crammed on his hl s lint hat squirmed Into hI his overcoat as li hI e ran downstairs and started out fur for forthe r the tie Tip Top Inn Martin considering Ills hits plan of or ac acion ion on the W 0 over oter er hid had lh decided to t o nit In the lobby until me c cam e out lIe He hadn t vet set et settled do down don n to his hi s 5 salt nit on the sofa sofa-he sofa he wis svgs it lt the ciga cigar r stand having buying Some ome cIg when cigarettes when hen a 11 woman omm conic came up tip beside him haul und and bought t telephone f a slug lie lied Hed r been n a r reports r long Ion enough to repress the start her he r olce loa have ave ve him though l It was a e a J tole olle e he and lie he checked ed hi Ills ails e e c eto 3 to turn and look 1001 at nt her ber much as he lie t II have ve liked to lie He ne newt neve et i y good look at her I same slie d 11 never neve r seen him at all ull nor hoard heard Ills his olce e On the strength th of that reflection Ii he e a n telephone slug shag too went sent nt lot o the next t ne t booth to her hers dropped hl his s and called his hia 0 own n C number w filch c f course coure didn tans t er erlIe e elie r lIe He hoped hope lied he II d le he able to hear soh what at site ahe slid add If It she shed d left In the tam e middle of their lunch to come conic out an d It wis was likely to be SOMe SOMething e thing Interesting The sort ot of o tot ce e f tike he had bad rasped rupell right through the lie thin n partition wall nil of ot the telephone booth boot booth li h lIe He hadn t got there In time timp to he ur Ir r shat hut number she lIed celled Indeed d he I 1 ie as was birely In time for the nl ng of her conversation for tor shed she 11 ot her iii er party at once Some Sonic one he IH d p who d been for the call at the instrument Yes Yea of course Its It's Claire Martin heard hurll her si si 11 ere you e- e a from somebody el else e Now In Max x ou II Bate to go o and get It I can tell you von how IlOw to find It it listen I Ilten Il Its s In a trunk L Ler er thing nil all the dope 1 I don t tI tI I now nO but you ion ou cm n tell fi lp cause Its It's UI up lip Dont Don't tr lr tri to It It Bring It right rl ht along 7 1 he whole w holt hole thing Ih Bring Ing It rl right ht up to the lie flat fiat and wait nit for me If I nin t th there re I II see that that ou sou OU have hate plenty Int of time but you JOU don dnn t Int to waste tat inv Mi h ot of our course ou II 11 do It It Il S a pa easier ler now no thin It would hm have e been ye because be because e cause vou sou ou know what hut to look 1001 for forI I lor or fetes s sake sake don t go yellows v J now I lien hen Im 1111 i in putting It rl lit In your yourI I hand All right Good b by 1 I Martin stated ell In his booth until he lied d 8 tier her go back Into the restaurant Then he clime came out ind turned a little uncertainly to the telephone directory In Mar wasn wasil t In It lie he knew for he lied d tried to look 1001 him up a hull hind told limn hIm the tile 5 last none mine though thou h Cle Cleveland that was ins ne It tied lied d gathered from the talk glut the p lr ere were together Probable tints thus s is where here tin Max a was now no Ills thoughts were ere racing a as he turned Nl the pH pages CS of the directory lied lIe I hive hl e to be quick fuld nut flat he t n waste te time line nn any fuse 1110 motes eq lie couldn t e hale misunderstood the purport of ot the s cn message he lied d seen een the lie trunk himself That little III tie hat trunk under U q bed with Ith the lid gummed down with Ith strIps of to paper to keep heep the moths out he bed hed d thought Here the lie all address rss Claire s wis Claire Cleve Clete- Cle Cleveland e- e elan land lan runt wis ats IS one of those streets out near the t That show s how she d happened h to see i t turning In lucki I uc just now no It was so tar far out lie He coul could get to t s flit fit be be- before before fore Max Ma coul could provided prodded Max Mac was ns starting from out there An And Rhoda S SOt flit t wis IS the place for him to go o Just Justis hat is lint he lied d do h when n lie he Ie got there wanted anted a n little thinking about But nut he coul could decide tint that In the taxi tail ta 1 lIe lied d done quite a n lot of more orless or orles orless les less unlawful ful Cui since lie he bed d b begun un heln being a n repol ler but housebreaking hadn t been ben one of or them It looked nos though as ns If tint wis WIo what he lint to do lIe He couldn t hope to with Lew Le Lewis Leb ha b except from Insl Inside e Rho Rhoda a a s slit flit lit litlie lie hoped hope he lie had the start tart of M I x xIt It might turn out i i little awl wl lr it If itlie lie he w were ere ere d digging away at the lock loch is lien hen Ia Max cline up the st tars And It would Ie be Just e p him him to come arm armed d ii Ith 1 gun and an If t ho lie were ere desperate nou h to u use ife e It 11 null he lie be shrew shrewd d enough to guess the question iris wis tint thit Martin was as much a n I ul 1 er cr In that lilt flit is lie he heS liew how w is S It turn out nn an uy ugly cot 01 t toC of oC encounter If It he lie did dI dIs is s there thele Inv wIy cagy to old a It uPI Suppose o e he lie stole the trunk got rw r i is with It before beCore M I ix rr irn ed rn ed cd ind and left him to search In s aln ain aln so 1 that wouldn t do He tic coul couldn n t t be sure SUI e of getting clean lIe He meet Mai Il on the stairs st nd ind en c If It he lie dill did didget iwa I hed eno ln means mems of guard guardIng lug or of warning She he ml might ht come In and ind find In Max there No o lied hed he II tense lia hn e to break brea I In and th then n hale lia to tru trust t to luck to heIn being able to bluff Max Mai out Max Mac hadn t tIra Ira III cd ed el the job joh johen ten cn enell well ell himself t fh ha hind been ilium enough from the Il tile the woman hll hid tall tailed ed to hum him 1 lien hen she shed d epos pol en of his being yellows ell 0 us liS It if It were ere i a phenomenon she was ns ne nc fu with But Iut why h Ind Max flax bees be 1 eager eiger to do dothe dothe dothe the job Martin Marlin sit cat It for waid for tor- ii nI el on his sent seat and thumped his hi knee Inee with Ith hl Ills his fist Max had Ind tried It l tint that was as In lie I led done there e In defiance of Claire s or orders er looking 1001 for It whatever er It lS w is lie undo t found It all and lie he lied el d been lid lido to o tell Claire Hut But then It is was as as he who ho had hind found Rhodas Rhoda's money and taken talen It Tint was wis a n queer timing tiling for t i 1 rich richman man to do Ills ta taxi CI turned the corner of oC i t street and lie he dismissed his hlo trim tr of ol thlu thought ht with Ith n a jerk thou though h he lie was wa 11 aware Jre lie he hadn t quite got ot to the terminus A bundled hundl ul y ird up tin the thelong long block and as ns well ell as lore lie could coul guess ues ue's right rI ht In front of s s num her another taxi tail ta 1 was as a pull pulled up at nt the curb thud Hud Ia Max tax got ot here of o him hits after all Pull Pull up here and wait lIt a minute larUn told Ills his ch chauffeur It was as not lie he was as aware lre tin ht heroic order to glove I Ie e but being no hero only a 11 thoroughly tic tl reporter he lie require 1 I time timeto to think It If Max Mac was as In la the tint fiat ther there was as nothing to be gritted g lined by h follow Ino I himell him r cn ell d Max Mac could beat hint to a n pulp and would lie he able tu to Identify shim him 11 le lIle as ns one n of or s 8 allies Cill a policeman I that hat sits 8 no good either cither Police lolice meant a n ston stars In the he pipers And till this Mils i for tor some fome rell reason on he lie could only half gues guess was scow n horror to Rhoda Lut but 11 ii was it that Max flax s l taxi l 1 hue hero was as no Chauffeur In It though h the motor had been left running This I 1 lie he oh oh Inference was as that the chauffeur r had been blen tipped to go In and an carr carry out luggage such uch as a trunk Mix Max have hn the nen none nerta e to ask a taxI driver to assist him In his bur hr 1111 ell dl lie he might If It lie he sire ue smart enough Martin had hind just retched that point In his Ills sp speculations s thief the were confirmed b h by Mas s semer emer emergence ent from the tn doof by bJ b the lie lugging lu glug the runt Martin said enill to his chauffeur Tint Th s the mm min I can want nt And I think I know where here lIe lies s going but I can COli t be he sure enough to risk fish It Follow him is ill ou oft It made him fl feel 1 frightfully cheap to gorse gi I e an nn order ester Ill III e tint Hut lint the alternate e no chance all a at of success He lIe could think ot of nothing better blUer than to tig t along e a sure where here file lie trunk went ent and try tr to intent Indent some ome way tray of or binning this pair of or con conspirators out of their boot up In s lit flit after shed 11 joined there of or cour course e he hed d been heen the other ta I boss tsow is lS they the ched the drive e he lie was us aston alton astonished astonIshed I hed to to see It turn south couth Instead of os or o f s r t r 1 h F r rn n w The Man Bought a Ticket and a Lower Berth north down town ton to n instead of or up Thai t iv isn t tile the a is as to Claire s a tint lint let lether le leher leiher her Instructions to Max Ia hind had been e c tint that he tike t it there thele Was Mt Ilu x something on his own tc count count Ing his Ills nIl all Or ha hahe d I he ob tn ed tint he was as being followed fol 10 lured cd mel end was sins he lie tr trying Ing to throw o ff pursuit Im I 1 mm m i reporter for the lie sews s Mtr hr tin told his driver er ind gad tint that P with Ith the trunk is a pc perch ch of a n story stori It ItI f I can get et It lie isn sn t going where here I thought he lie would though Probably Oln boning to one of the depots I n t h he with Ith that trunk the chauffour chauffour four suggested su I 1 belle believe bellee e you ou re ri ht n agreed If If he lie 1 is the star stor is Ie e eser een e en t better nut But I c 1 I se e got to find fad out shier herl e lie s going Their flU 1 quarry r sho showed shoed ed no Ins of con ness that it wis IS being followed ell Its de pro proved ed to be bo the a here will sill he lie go o with Hh tint th runt If hr he lie wants ants to c check I If It l Marts n i ash ed cd It It depends on hed r he hes s snot shot not hot hll hi s i tics ct et the told tol him If If In he h e 4 v I f tk k v v A I Iv II v I c cI I v vY Y v kv 7 hasn't he hell ii 11 stop and get et It tt halt half nay wa n down n the lie ramp If It lie he has hai hell h 11 go 0 nil all the way nay do down done n to the lower loss 10 er level leel let le el 1 In Max hadn n t III his ticket lIdl for his n l t 1 stopped half hulf way say down pull pullIng In fag up a little beyond the entrance to the concourse e But Hut the person who left the lie cab coh to buy the ticket was US the lie chauffeur Mix M l mx apparently didn twant t twant want to e lease hi his precious trunk until It was as checked tin Mat slipped out of his cab and followed fall 0 e the chauffeur ch boldly up to the lie tics tiel et window In o ond and nd stood ut at his elbow while the Hie man hou bought ht a n ticket nail and a 10 loser 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