| Show Trap Trapp Trapped d By ly Love I JL JL Q iW I t ii eit BEGIN HERE RERE HERE TODAY Because her brother is notorious as an escaped convict sentenced convict sentenced for embezzlement embezzlement Margo Margo Haynes loses loses' her job at the Tucker Advertising Advertising Adver Adver- Using agency when a news story revives the year two-year-old account of Eric Haynes' Haynes arrest trial and conviction conviction conviction con con- o on circumstantial evidence Margo confident of at her brothers brother's Innocence is concerned only in keeping secret present whereabouts whereabouts where where- a a steel mill mm hand in Gavin Pa The story relieves Bob Cr Craddock Craddock Crad- Crad d dock of the thc Tucker agency agency who loves Margo I It II explains the origin ori on- gin of ot the letters he has b been en re rec receiving re- re c from tram Gavin with the request that he give them s secretly to Margo But the story destroys the thc peace of oC mind of Gordon Fenwick who had been Erics Eric's employer at the thc time of his arrest Fenwick after meeting meeting meet meet- ing Margo on the street calls caUs her herby herby herby by telephone NOW V GO ON WITH TIlE THE STORY CHAPTER SEVEN SEVE Breakfast when Margo Mango was work working ing was a hurried meal eaten in the kitchen standing at the sink sink swallowing swallowing lowing coffee that was wa too hot toast that w was barely brown This morning however she wasn't working working work work- ing so soshe she took her pl plate te of crisp buttered toast and her hex cu cup of carefully carefully care care- fully brewed coffee into the living Jiving room Beside her was a magazine which she picked u up and then put putdown putdown putdown down again v The same thing was puzzling her this morning mornine which had nuzzled her last night night cal calE call E Even cn when she was talking to him her mind was racing along ahe ahead d of the words she spoke to him trying to find some some answer to his call It hadn't come to her ye yet yet this this an an- She had gone to sleep with Fenwick in her thoughts and she had awakened the same same way this morning Why Had He Called Of course she had told him she would go out with him this evening Why shouldn't she when she was was s so curious But why of all aIr the I girls ho might take out had he hc chosen her And how had he found I her phone number It wasn't Inthe in inthe inthe the boo book Ie They had no friends in common Indeed common indeed she didn't know a soul who knew him since Erics Eric's connection with Davies Jerome had been so abruptly severed Eric was her one contact with Mr Fenwick Fenwick Fenwick Fen Fen- wick and he was gone That Fenwick should ask ask the sistar sister sister sis sis- sis sis- ter tar of Eric Haynes to have dinner with him was almost unthinkable to Margo She knew little about him except what Eric had bad told her which wasn't much for he had seldom discussed the office when he was home She knew that Fenwick was a bachelor or h had d been two years ago that his u uncle cle now dead had been the Davies of ot Davies Jerome Jerome Je Je- Je rome that he was rich and that he went out ut with exotic glamorous glamorous' women Depended on Eric Two years ago he had been in Jn interested interested in- in in Sylvia Lord the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York actress three years ago he had been the constant companion of Millicent Monroe the dancer making malting frequent trips east cast to see her There had been talk of ot his marrying Millicent but Eric had laughed at that and said that FenwIck Fenwick Fenwick Fen Fen- wick would marry nobody Margo knew too that Eric had taken muck much of the responsibilities of the business from Fenwick's shoulders and that Fenwick had promised his young assistant manager manager manager man man- ager an interest in the business She remembered the day Eric Eno had come home and told her that and how hov they celebrated it together How ow the day after Erics Eric's engagement engagement engage engage- ment to Lucy had been announced for forwith with his new prospects he could afford to be married How long ago all that was The Thc day when she had cooked for Eric I lived for him kept house for him seemed centuries away Gordon Fenwick was in that past that was wasso wasso wasso so dim because he had controlled their lives in those days hers days hers and I Erics Now he was in the present too tOOt for lor she was with him tonight Her blue dress would do It was old but she couldn't afford to buy buya a new one with no job ahead and Her no no prospect of getting one blue dress and her black wrap If Fenwick lived up to his reputation reputation reputation tion and sent her flowers they would fresh freshen n up the dress She took toole the dishes back to the kitchen washed them and and straightened straightened straight straight- e ened ed up the apartment For a while awhile she forg forgot Fenwick and his invitation invitation invitation tion but when she sat bat down on the couch around noon to manicure her nails both oth he and his invitation crept into her thoughts once more mor became persistent and finally domi domi- how She was no longer wondering he had found out her phone number that that didn't matter What did matter was why he had asked her herto herto herto to go 10 out with him An Affair Because she was attractive and he wanted an affair Reasonable surely with hi his reputation but not so reasonable when one considered the girls he was accustomed to go with She had none of the background background back back- ground his usual companions had none of the small talk of the theater which was pr probably bably what he liked and wanted From the few thin things s Eric had Said about his employer she couldn't imagine Fenwick takIng taking taking tak tak- ing ou out la a a typist even if It she Were pretty Because he be liked her She shook her head and smeared the Ahe coral polish she was putting on her right thumb He Ho couldn't like her her her-he he didn't know her Because he was sorry for her That was better and yet et why should he be 1 Hadn't Eric been convicted of robbing the tho Davies Jerome safe sate of In cash and nd bonds True Eric was bonded and the loss wasn't entirely on Davies Jerom Je Je- Jc- Jc rome rom Would he be taking her out beca because e be lie pitied pitted her Cold Eric k kt t 4 b 5 J 1 I 1 I fl 3 v 1 Y I 5 l w l i ix x v i v 4 1 kY 4 4 1 o j tl b I 1 Ply I As Mango largo manicured her nails she tried to puzzle why out y Gordon Gordon Gordon Gor Gor- don Fenwick should ask her to have bave di dinner er with him had called Fenwick cold in n business business business busi busi- ness and personal affairs For the second time she ruined her right thumb and with a sigh she removed the polish once more mor Not Sorry for lor Her HerNo HerNo HerNo No she doubted that Fenwick would invite her to dinner at this late date because he was sorry for her If he had been sorry pitied her he would have approached her with his invitation during the trial when she was so alone so heart heart- broken Because he wanted to find out where Eric was Her fingers were very steady this time and the thumb appeared beautifully coral as asahe she held it up to look at it Because Because Because Be Be- cause he wanted to find out where Er Eric c was she repeated t to herself hersel as a statement rather than a ques ques- tion No that wasn't right FenwiCk Fenwick Fen Fen- wl wick k wasn't a detective detective and and if he wanted detectives he had money enough to hire them them crowds crowds of ot them if he wanted to I Because he was still interested in Eric Margo decided against tha ha that If It Fenwick had been interested in Eric he w would uld have shown it before before be bOc fore this He had had two years to show it and during all that time she hadn't heard from him Vh Why Then T Because because Her lips pursed and and her eyes narrowed Was he inviting her out because he couldn't help himself Because ho he knew something about the robbery rob rob- bony bery Ridiculous she said aloud Quite ridiculous How could the vice president of at Davies Jerome have inside knowledge of at the disappearance disappear disappear- ance of from the company safe How of all people in the world could Gordon Fenwick know when he was vas rich when he was influential in the firm Impossible Impossible- Impossible Impossible- Someone had taken the money though Not Eric even if some of the bl bills ls h d been found in the upholstery upholstery up up- of his car Not Eric because because because be be- cause he would never do a thing like that He would never steal Besides Beside he had said he hadn't robbed the safe safe and and his bis word was enough for Margo Someone else who knew that a abig abig abig big sum m of money ney had been brought into the office after banking hours and had been left in the safe Margo 1 had tried t to tell tel the detectives s atthe at atthe atthe the time had tried to make malte th them m understand her the theory ry and Erics Eric's theory b but t although they listened politely they refused l to understand She could feel them smiling almost behind their too polite masks mask F Fenwick knew the money monCy was in the safe Several others in the theoffice theoffice theoffice office knew too Eric wasn't alone in the knowledge yet he was convicted convicted con con- of at the crime Slowly she got up from the couch and put her manicure box away in inthe inthe inthe the chest behind t the e bed From the drawer she she turned to the tho dr dresses which were hanging from their pole Her fingers touched the tho stiff folds of the blue taff taffeta ta and nd for tor some sometime sonic some sometime time sh she stood br brushing the he materi material mate mate- ri rial l her white teeth bruising the crimson of f her under lip Up She was still thinking of t Fenwick's invitation tion but she thinking of ot it from froma a new light tho th the light of his possible possible possible pos pos- sible complicity ty in the robbery of ot two VO years ago Some Reason It was worth thinking about she told herself as she suddenly dropped the blue dress and took off her ki ki- ki mono Well worth thinking ab about ut Men like Fenwick didn't ask sisters of convicted thieves to go out without without with with- out a reason And Margo knew that she he would never be satisfied until she discovered the reason ba back backof k of Gordon Fenwick's call ll last eve eve- ve ning In her makeup was wai the same persistence persistence persistence per per- that Eric Erie had the persis persistence persis- persis tence tenc that h had d raised him from an errand boyto assistant manager of ot ofa ota a big stock and bond house the per persistence l tenc that was was' raising him now in his new life lite at the Gavin St Steel cl Mills The blue dress wouldn't do at t all aU for her engage engagement ent with Fenwick For that she was was' going to have a anew anew anew new frock a black clack very low in n the back very sophisticated very smart Margo Mango broke her luncheon date with Bob Cr Craddock k reluctantly but she felt she would need the time to shop A A. dress such as she wanted and for the price she could pay wasn't to be purchased in in a few minutes It was 6 o'clock before she re returned returned returned re- re turned to the Seward apartments a package under her arm and inthe inthe in ir the package the frock that fitted all aU requirements She was 69 poorer but she didn't care Because Because Because Be Be- cause she was weary from walking from store to store she hung up the dress and then went out to a 1 neighborhood bea beR ty shop to let get facial Fenwick was going to toi aher s a her at ather her best Copyright 1935 for The S s Salt tt t Lake Telegram 4 To Be Bo C Continued n n ed Tomorrow |
