| Show TELEGRAM 1 FICTION FOR LOVE OR MONEY By ROB EDEN DW W GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER 26 Irenda's renda's instructions were to be bethe bethe bethe the Orco Oreo Grill at 1 I. o'clock Wal- Wal expected to get there about I little before When he didn't Ie le by 2 o'clock she went to the thet t er and asked if there was a luge for lor Miss Fayre There was Wa wast e t e but she wasn't alarmed Twice lire ire e Walter Vatter had failed to keep U appointments something ore ore- i 1 having come up Each time ever rever r he had left lefta a message for he ne waited w ted until then asking in if a message had come and andling andling ling none had h-ad left leCt the grill room the beginning of ot their n In Walters Walter's orders had been to toan tot t an hour and then leave From Orco she took a taxi to Ethels Ethel's house N Nothing Unusual here liere was Wa n nothing hing unusual either cither the fact that Rose Roso was not in apartment when she let et herself herselt with the ke key Ethel had provided Often in the afternoon espe- espe ly IIi at this home Rose was out for dinner For several es u a week instead of ot having a aner aner ner iier sent lent up from the dining room ie e c cooked It herself for her misi mis- mis i usually lly when Walter was a at att at tt t for the negro girl was a fine fineU U J It Ethel provided a small sedan shopping or sometimes for tor down into the quarters of own own race Son Sometimes It w was d for or errands for EtheL lie Tie apartment was as usual cool i t the Venetian blinds closed to it out the afternoon sun Brenda at it through it looking for Rose In room one place was set dinner Inner a service plate ready for l ids id's la cocktail for Rose never led ed to have everything ready long ore l-e l her mistress came home sh h h flowers on the table pale yel- yel r roses in a bed of fine maiden maiden- r fern In Miss Rushs Rush's bedroom Ethels Ethel's negligee laid out on her herr r thready read for lor her to slip into as n las as she got home Today it was oral negligee e with hand-carved hand a al l clasps Tie he bathroom adjoining Ethels Ethel's room was ready for Miss Rush's Rushs id bath when she returned The tm ter et was not drawn yet but great greatt towels t were ready and the gera- gera bath salts box put out on a Kb the geranium cologne beside box ox and the dusting powder of lame Ime make On the floor on the te e fur rug were the slippers Eth- Eth feet t would slide into after acter she tub lle e kitchen was as as Brenda had f- f fit it many times times' before when b d left on one of her lice dinner tP In trips spotless s. s t- t No Notes Note 1 fn Into o the bedroom which she sher r dressing room she looked e dressing table for Zor or one of notes and found none none Often Onen she f came home and and- Rose was f there would be lie a note noto under jowder der box on the table Miss s ay to fo call her as soo soon as you 11 Miss j Iss Ethel Ethol s says ys to change some right to office Mr Vial Wai- y ya to call him at home not Mr Walter Vatter has called for Riot L lot Jot Mi Miss Grace says says' there eck ck for fr you Lada nd da went Into the living room roomed aled ed the office number This asin l' l In the habit of ot doing as aa she he be came cam In from an ap- ap ment ent yen if It there WM was ns no note from Rose The office today hOWever however however how hOW- ever didn't answer It was the first time in her association with Walter Waiter and Ethel that she had bad failed to get the number She waited listening to the t tone tofie that told her a phone was ringing some place then hung U U up and reported to the operator that Richmond seemed to be disconnected The operator said she would check and call eaU back as soon as she found out outA A few minutes later the phone rang but it wasn't the operator It was the maitre of the apartment apartment apart apart- ment I house house dining room Rose hadn't returned the menu which had been sent upstairs Was Miss Rush having dinner from the dinIng dining din din- ing lug room or was It being prepared by h her r maid 1 No Answer Brenda didn't know but she said that hat as soon loon as Rose came cam back she would deliver the message Then the operator called back and said that there was no trouble on Richmond Richmond Richmond Rich Rich- mond that she could find Brenda dialed the number twice more and got the same Bam result As she was about to give up she heard footsteps in the kitchen Rose she called There was no answer Rose I dont don't get an answer from the office Has Miss Ethel called 1 The footsteps were heavy ones They crossed the kitchen floor and the dining room door opened You wont won't get an an answer from th the office of ot- flee fice Miss Miss' Fayre a familiar masculine mae mas mas-I mas culine voice replied And Miss Ethel Ethell hasn't called here hero for lor some hours hours' Brenda rose from tram the chair The hand phone fell teU from her fingers and dropped to the floor Mr Orth Amazing that you should recall m me my my de dear r. r Amazing Thought you'd never see me again I sup sup- pose He walked through the dining dining dining din din- ing room and into the living room oom stooping as he came over to Brenda to pick up the phone and nd put it back backon on the table Mr Orth Oth the girl said again Her knees were suddenly very weak and she fell back In h her r chair Not Warned Varned I they tell you they'd gone She looked at the eyes that were so disturbing the scar on h his right ch cheek ek ck the slight quizzical smile on his lips they tell you they'd gone he repe repeated ted Gone she asked hardly knowIng know know- Ing lag what he she was saying Surely but I thought they'd have havethe havethe havethe the decency to tell you After all you have been part of their organIzation organization organization organ organ- and it was WM only right that they warn you I didn't expect you to come back here I Iwas was here when you came and for tor a moment I thought you were one ene of ot the service people in iii the apartment Then I saw you in the kitchen I was in inthe inthe inthe the maids maid's r room om Gone Brenda said again He sat down leisurely took a package package package pack pack- age of ot tobacco from Crom his pocket Carefully Carefully Care Care- fully tully he filled the pipe still smilIng smiling smil emil ing lug his strange cold smile smite When U it was filled to his satisfaction he put it to his lips picked up ip a match beside hI him on the table and struck i it on his shoe Brenda watched him draw in on the pipe sa saw w the tip of the flame of ol i the match bend into the pipe i him slowly flick out the match with his hand and saw the smoke curl I from his lips His eyes were tray trav eling around the room as he smoked Neat little place Four hundred dollars a month it costs Ethel Rush without a meal or a bit of service Seven years ears ago she was making 40 o a week as a secretary and living in a flat fIat that she paid 60 a month for Always wants the best even when she couldn't afford the best he remarked the pipe stem still between between between be be- tween his teeth and the smoke e still coming from his thin straight lips Mr Orth- Orth Federal Man My name isn't Carl Orth Brenda Fayre Its It's Tim Brad Brady And Im I'm not nota a sugar planter although sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times I wish to God I were Im I'm a af f federal deral man and I would have had ad you rou all In jail tomorrow morning It if f Rush hadn't outsmarted me Everything ready all my dope and they light out out all all but you You would have been gone gon gong too if it they had lad warned you Ive I've had Jason and Rush on my list Hat for some time waiting to get the goods on them Took some time to get it because they operate nicely Had to go down downto to the mine and look it over before beCore I could do anything and that took time Had to get et hold of ot their private private private vate sucker list and that took time because Rush Is pretty cunning Had to look up their private banking accounts accounts accounts ac ac- ac- ac counts and that took time too because because because be be- cause again Rush is cunning Brainy I woman Rush a thousand times brainier than Jason One of ot the smartest women Ive I've ever Dont Don't mind a pipe do you Brenda just looked at him What else could she do with her world tumbling in shattered bits at her feet teet and her brain whirling as it ith h had d never whirled in her life liCe before It was too late to wish that she had never never seen Walter WaIter too late to be sorry too late for anything except to sit and take what she knew was coming Yes Brady continued slowly with the relish in his words that a cat must feel leel at torturing a mouse they got away Rush must have called here hereabout about a quarter of 1 I be because because because be- be cause Rose was in the apartment garage at five tive minutes of ot 1 I with a small suitcase asking for her car That's the last the attendants saw of her her but but w we hl have ve the license number number number num num- ber in case ase she keeps on in the car I imagine she wont won't because Rush is too smart to let her My hunch hunchis is that she abandoned the car carsome some someplace someplace place long Iong since Ivar I and George Rush you see I know you all xii left the office at 10 minutes of ot 1 Rush went down In Inthe Inthe Inthe the elevator a at 1 sharp Jason left his apartment house house at 10 minutes of ot 1 with a light gray overcoat and anda a large bag He took a cab instead of his his' hiscar car All of ot them were travelIng traveling travel- travel Ing light Were We're checking on the trains now Continued Wednesday for forThe forThe forThe The Telegram Copyright Register and Tribune Syndicate |
