Show oIL Trapped By Y Love Jl M O bG 6 n BEGIN HERE TODAY When MARGO HAYNES accepted the he offer to type a manuscript for GORDON FENWICK her hope ha had been that she might learn something some some- thing that would enable her brother some some-I ERIC to prove his Innocence of oC the ilic crime of embezzlement For two years now Eric has been a fugitive under sentence on trumped up evidence evi dence for having stolen from the he office of his employer Fenwick BOB CRADDOCK however who loves Margo and whom she loves objects to Margos Margo's working for FenwIck Fenwick Fenwick Fen- Fen wick and agrees to it only ohly when she promises to tell him all nIl that takes akes place each cach night at Fenwick's apartment and to quit if Fenwick makes love to her What Margo does not tell Bob is that Fenwick and his chauffeur NOLAN are competing com com- for her favors but Bob learns that hat she has allowed Nolan to take her out out and and refuses thereafter to have anything to do with her Just at this time Joe Elliott detective detective detec- detec tive ive trailing Eric has decided Eric mi might ht communicate with Margo through Bob Craddock which is the case CHAPTER EIGHT TWENTY Joe Elliott was discouraged He had lad tried to keep up his courage for Tor some time but now he was at the point of admitting himself somewhat of or a failure Captain Jameson wasn't so cordial to him any more Lately he had had to wait in the anteroom to get in to see the chief of detectives and that irked him If something didn't break soon Jameson wouldn't see him any more Every day Joe hoped and as the d days ys went on nothing happened He had never seen a case tse stop so suddenly suddenly sud sud- denly as the Haynes Haynes' case Even his employers were getting Impatient impatient impatient tient and he couldn't stall them off much longer No news Elliott what do you OU mean no news his boss had flung at him that morning Eric Haynes is some place and I was under the impression that it was your job to find where If you cant can't cant can't- Doubtful Elliott had assured him that he could but he was getting doubtful himself The whole thing was vering out A shame but he had to admit it Bob Craddock and Margo at outs Margo running around at night with Fenwick's chauffeur Almost useless to pick up the phone he had in his room which was connected with Margos Margo's line across the hall haJJ No news came from any of the conversations she had nothing to follow up Nothing even interesting to listen to Appointments Appointments Appointments Ap Ap- Ap- Ap with the hairdresser a adress adress adress dress that had been sent to the cleaners and hadn't been returned I No letters for Miss Haynes for three days not days not even an advertise advertise- ment Six letters this week for Robert Craddock but not one of them worth anything either cither Personal Personal Per Per- letters which were interesting I Ito to read but that was all Joe was reading Craddocks Craddock's let let- Every morning he called at atthe atthe atthe the main postoffice with authority from Jameson and collected Craddo Craddock's Craddocks Craddocks Craddock's Crad Crad- do docks dock's ks k's and Margos Margo's letters After he steamed them open as carefully as he could he perused the contents resealed and returned them Later the they were delivered to Mr Craddock and Miss He Ho had a list of all the letters Craddock had received with the names so far as he was able to make them out of his correspondents but the list was not important as yet He also had a sample of ot Eric Haynes' Haynes handwriting which he carried carried car car- ried ned with him for comparison purposes purposes purposes pur pur- poses but as yet he had not had to use it either cither on Margos Margo's mail mailor or on Bobs In his pocket was a microscope too which he occasionally occa occa- utilized when he was in doubt as to a signature and when a mark appeared on a letter which he did not understand But he might as well not have had the sampie sample sample sam sam- pie of Haynes' Haynes writing and the mi mi- He really hadn't needed either cither of them and from the tho way things looked he would not need I them Every day he debated whether he should have Mrs Phelps make another trip to Margos Margo's apartment with another letter for Eric and every day he came to no definite decision His orl original inal plan of waiting waiting waiting wait wait- ing seemed a sorry one to him at times and yet that was the way he went vent on waiting on-waiting waiting waiting waiting Opening letters which meant nothing nothing noth noth- in ing in the Haynes case listening to conversations which were pointless In his scheme of things Wasting time which was so valuable He lie wasn't even convinced any anymore anymore anymore more that his hunch that Bob Craddock Craddock Craddock Crad Crad- dock might be relaying Erics Eric's mail to Margo was right At the time he thought of It it seemed so sure to him No loopholes All he had to do was to catch one letter which was bound to come Then he re remembered remembered remembered re- re that cases usually went this way way his his cases anyhow Weeks of watching and waiting impatient and finally a break breatt That was what he was waiting for a break His superiors superior's sarcasm had given Joe a slight attack of indigestion so he wasn't feeling any too cheerful cheerful cheerful cheer cheer- ful when he turned into the postoffice postoffice post post- office for or his first job of the day I There were four letters waiting for him one for Margo and three for Bob Later in the r room om where he always worked he sat down at ata ata ata a desk near the window On the desk was an electric plate and a small kettle The plate he turned on immediately and in a few minutes min rain utes the kettle was boiling The first letter he took up was the one oneto oneto oneto to Margo argo Elliott recognized the handwriting on the envelope and he know knew that he didn't need to open it if he didn't want to for the letter was from a girl friend In Kansas But because he was methodical and never liked to slip up on anything he steamed open the envelope anc and read what Mildred Lederer had to say which was nothing more than that her new baby was doing very well and she was fine and that the little jacket Margo Jargo had sent as a gift had arrived and was perfect Elliott knew all aU about Mildreds Mildred's bab baby too A month ago Mildred had written a glowing letter to Margo all Margo-all all about he her newly ac acquired acquired acquired ac- ac infant So that was over and the envelope was seated sealed again The next letter lette was plainly an advertisement advertisement-ad- ad addressed dressed to Bob Craddock A tailors tailor's announcement of a reduction in pric prices s. s Elliott opened that too too too- again because he was thorough thorough- and sealing it put it on top o oMildred's of Mildreds Mildred's letter The next was a note from a man manin manin manin in Chicago who signed himself himsel Hick Hicl asking Bob if there might be an opening in the Tucker agency for him There were regards at th the close from Hick and Sally and young Hick and a sketch below th the signature of a man running after a pay check Elliott got out his nIs microscope and went over the sketch carefully because because because be be- cause you never could tell teIl on a n case what they meant Finally however after ten minutes he satIsfied satisfied satisfied sat sat- himself that the sketch was wa nothing but he took Hicks address address address ad ad- dress and put it in his book to b be checked up on later So it was with a great feeling o of weariness that he looked at th the postmark of the last letter Pitts Pitts- i burgh Another of Craddocks Craddock's advertising advertising ad ad- cor correspondents res p 0 n den t s h he I thought as he held up the back o of of the envelope to the steaming spout I of the small kettle There was n no address on the back of this this but bu many of Craddocks Craddock's correspondents forgot the request of the postoffice department for return addresses Joe still wasn't encouraged when brOUght I instead of an inclosure he brought out ut another envelope also sealed scaled with not a word on the face or back Just blank white envelope SighIng Sigh Sigh- ing ng he put this over the tho spout and waited for the glue to melt There was hardly a flicker of interest in his lis dull brown eyes when he saw he the flap come up and a folded letter inside Only Increasing weariness until after the tho first paragraph he realized he le had seen this writing before His hands lands were trembling as he reached into nto the Inside pocket of his coat for Cor or his samples and his fatigue was wasi gone He reached for the first envelope envelope en en- and wondered how he ho could i have been so blind for the handwriting hand hand- writing on the envelope was identical identical cal witti that In the letter This was the letter Dear M M M-I'm Im I'm Imn in n Pittsburgh for good I think At least cast those are arc the plans at present Imagine my great surprise when I Iwas Iwas Iwas was sent for by the manager and told old that he wanted to give me a chance in the sales department That the groundwork Id I'd had at the plant ilant was fine experience and they had lad been watching me mc I never knew it It dear which shows how awfully dumb I am All I have todo todo to todo do now is to make good in the sales department which should be easy Im not sending you my new address address address ad ad- dress until it is safe sate to do so so continue sending your letters to the theold theold theold old one and they will be forwarded may may be later getting them than I have havo been but that wont won't matter I had to let you know the good news which is why Im I'm writing My new salary starts at 25 a week more than I was getting at the plant which is better news yet isn't it Now good night little sister and dont don't worry about me rae Everything is all right No signature but Joe had a broad grin on his face as he got out his microscope for further comparison Erics Eric's as assure sure as he sat here Erics Eric's Erics Eric's What would Jameson think of him now What would the world think of him Joe Elliott trapping Eric Haynes He was swaggering when he wen went out and caught a taxi to the police station Easy now A childs child's lem There was a big difference trying to find Eric Haynes among Americans and trying to I. I find Eric Haynes among As the cab raced I along his mind was drawing a red circle around the map of the city of Pittsburgh Then it was drawing still other othe circles smaller circles within the I city also in red A man who ha had come cone from a plant a man who had hac come come to be in the sales department of some industry a man who was getting 25 a week more as a salesman salesman salesman sales sales- man than had he gotten at the plant Elliott had worked many times on smaller clue clues than these and had found his man He would find this man and quickly Plant Plant Salesman Should i h he try steel first There were many I steel plants near Pittsburgh I At the station the letter from Eric I was photographed half a dozen I tim times s and then the original was in in- in closed in its blank envelope then this envelope was sealed again in inthe inthe inthe the other and sent back for regular delivery to Robert Craddock It was Joes Joe's idea that everything should go on as it had until Eric Haynes was brought back It was was Jameson's idea that Joe should fly to Pittsburgh with him To be continued tomorrow |