Show th Z ilk A al L M PETER B awn I 1 KYN E 4 BELL ayn 01 CATE SERVICE SYNOPSIS theodore catlin adopts it baby penelope jn an effort to solve his matrimonial troubles but bu t his wife his has never wanted her and their affairs end inalle in the divorce court ten year old penelope la Is given into the keeping af pf 0 mrs batlin at a baseball game a ball strikes penelope on the nose and mra hire batlin removes ler from the hospital and spirits her to Xu europe ropo chatlin la Is about to begin a search for hla his daughter when a mo tor idec accident ends his life ilfe ten years yeara later in san francisco stephen burt Is a rising young voting dan mcnamara chief calef of police brings him a patient nance delden belden a girl with tt it dual personality tor for which her addla pose nose la 13 in part responsible mcnamara does not think site she Is a criminal an and d obtains burts expert mony in court lanny the doctors office nurse la in won over to nance s cause but the girls criminal record outweighs doctor burts burls ex plan atlon of her case and she Is sent to san ban quentin penitentiary site she escapes although shot and roea goes to lan nys a apartment part ment tanny lanny tells chief mcnamara mca nura who orders her to bring nance to his apartment one of the men who helped nanc nance a escapes has baen wounded and his partners take him to burts burls office where mcnamara finds ands them ile learns that nances bances real name la Is penelope clation tracing her he learns from rom a banker that pe delope catlin la Is heiress to the girl fears mcnamara insole in ahls official capacity and runs runa away lanny finds her in her p apartment part conent ment asleep mcnamara in rit aids nance nanca to escape detectives searching Boarch ln for her she disappears CHAPTER vill VIII continued 14 dan mcnamara was much too intelligent tell igent to neole inquiries of the assistant district attorney who had issued the search warrant marrant but whon informed that thai flynn and an collott wore down with in flu lie he called up lanny at stephens office and received a meticulous report you say gai the girl fled in lit the carmy car ay dickie arrived arched W ifil lie he queried torrI terrible bW A description of the car must have been broadcast to all outlying tuU vIg police und stations IY by flynn and angelloz Angello Ange llod tl and nance win will be picked up somewhere down irate welve evo done our damnedest lanny lanay replied chee cheerfully rully angels can do no co more 1 I borrowed tile car you left mt front its antt in a garage ill sad wu iou mhd claim check fora for a week the chief waited for news if nance belden but tio no news clime came through beyond some gossip around ifie lie central station that the carl cahail hati been driven but bult three miles ind and then abandoned a tor for which evidence that ali the almighty i fy was a still ori hla his side the worthy werthy fellow was gritt phil jo so narie aps ft as still jin in the te mandi worked so BO automatically mati cally he be tild did not bot even have to tell himself that undoubtedly she had bad taken sanctuary within ashert a short distance of the where site sho had abandoned flynne flynns car nor did lie he have to remind himself that flynn and Angello tl would come to the saulie amo conclusion ile he had no culty in ascertaining tho the spot where the car had been recovered I folsom street and sixteenth th ehy lie he reflected lait buildings and cheap apartment houses bouses cheap rooming lioti houses ses and ins hotels no she go to one of those not what she Is slie she hu haa class and she has two hundred dollar aln her pos sties holed up with a friend what friend frien d why ella gates cates or of course ile ho had already secured ella cates address addesa from the banker in san jose iose ilo however wever ho he realized it would not je ba wise false to call upun upon her and run the risk of having plynn flynn or all Angello cliola tl run across him in the neighborhood or seo see him entering ella cates house the obvious thing therefore was bocast to cast about for a job in n another part pari of the city and see that thai both detectives were assigned to it while he was considering where he could dispose efthem of them the dent of tile the security trust company in san jose rang up tip miss penelope loile catlin has lust just been la in the bank chief he told mcnamara she tins purchased a letter of credit for ten thousand dollars tars and and has withdrawn in cash the remainder of the funds orf on depo deposit sl jo to the credit of her check checking ing account amounting auto 9 to eleven hundred dollars Is she inthe ln the bank now 1 4 yes 11 have one of your clerks follow her hei live give him some expense money ill be responsible for its repay ment and when you get his report please telephone me I 1 at three thirty the canker tole tele phoma again site she purchased ed a tick ticket tal to san on b on one of the buses leaving alii here at three i fifteen she spent two hours shopping the buses mcnamara know knew entered the city via mission street the bus depot was at fifth and mission streets hila ella cates lived on howard street between fifteenth and sixteenth Ont 1 howard street runs ru ne between mission and folsom and flenna flynns car had been found abandoned d 0 led at sixteenth and folsom nance was wag smart sho she had left the car a block from E ella ila gates cities he homo me and walked there mcnamara reasoned the tha incoming bus bua would drop the girl out at sixteenth and bit mission S streets a regular stop rind and sho she would then make her way to the cates womans comans house ile he glanced at his watch ile he had tin an hour and a h halt half to intercept tier her for that hour and a ila halt lie he must have plynn flynn and Angello tl in another section of the city citi to his annoyance he discovered they were out on ona a detail so tie he decided he be would have to risk it called a taxi and drove to ella cates address to hla inquiry regarding mrs gates cates tie lie was informed that she had moved to parts unknown a week before nor could ilits inform informant a at glye him any clue to aid him in discovering her As ag lie he came out odthe of the apartment house lie glanced warily around and was wa s amused to observe detective an 90 lintl leaning against a cigar stand across the street ile he was wag certain the detective had recognized him for Angello tl immediately turned his back the chief walked callied up klis mission slon street boarded a street car and was wag at the bus terminal two minutes before the bus on which nance had left san jose rolled in but nanco nance was not among the pits hiis that alighted mcnamara chuckled alynn and Ang Angello ellott tl would waste a great deal of time watching that apartment house e 1 lu vain n nance discovering E ella ila gates cates had moved had sought quarters elsewhere what puzzled ile jamura however was the girls failure to communicate with h him tin in or lanny and be he knew now that she bhe did not intend to the fact that she had purchased a letter of credit was proof that she intended leaving the country and the more the excellent fellow contemplated this impending move the more inclined was he to regard it as a not unmixed blessing while nance remained it in n san francisco she would be a constant menace manace to himself and lanny if captured she might during one of her uncontrolled moments consider it a great joke botell to tell the world how bow she had been enabled to escape captivity so long icart 1 I cant baby the world hede he decided ill let her go shell probably live abroad and when herlet her letter of credit Is gone she may remember who she la Is long enough to drawl draw more checks I 1 can always get a line on her through tile the bank and it if steve and lanny still insist on salvaging this nut ill tell them hero to find tier her me im through it I 1 keep this paco pace up ill ili be as bl big a nut as she Is there la Is more mor ethan than a modicum of truth inthe in the ancient adage out of sight out of mind dan me to namara lived a full life and when nance belden had definitely passe passed beyond his big ken and he knew himself safe safa at last from the prying of Bless rs flynn and Ang angellett Angello ellott tl into his private nf affairs falis lie he forgot the girl for pressing matters of great importance claimed his attention and ho he required more first cluss class assistance si than lie he was receiving lie ile resolved therefore to give ilynn flynn and Angello tl a week in which to make up their minds they had lost the trail trall then to call them in on the sixth stith day however he received information that the doughty pair were still as busy as two pups with a feather duster A beautiful lady called on him film atilius at his office and told him so go and who might you yon be he d demanded im susan engelbright oil k allas alias sapphire susie ive heard board of you lately perhaps I 1 hocked chocked three twelve carat sapphire rings to raise money and nd the papers paper called me sapphire susie after that 1 1 I 1 soo see you got them out cut ol of hock again susie the girl nodded nance belden got them liem out for me part of the bargain tot toi saing smuggling thai letter out of san quentin for her I 1 suppose never mind what it was vaa for sapphire susie smiled archly and unafraid 1 I earned it and she kept her word check or cash basht mcnamara hiis tiis as frightened it if sapphire susie had bid been given dicheck u ti check she ehe sew knew a 4 real name and the name came ot her bank and that would be b fatal 1 01 dont know I 1 gave her hei the pawn tickets and she aha got back the rings I 1 dont know just how when ile he was wag relieved aa A week ago tomorrow and you say detective Detec the sergeant flynn ban baa been giving you a bad half hour yes he has well his business nance beldon belden escaped from san que quentan bitin and naturally hes hea interested in apprehending pre hending her you were lecog by the guard at we the main gate two weeks before nance escaped miss lanning a friend of the helden belden girl had visited the prisoner 1 that tha t day and since miss bliss lanning was the only visitor N nance ance belden had in san quentin Quent tn n naturally atura afy she was suspected of carrying a letter for delivery to the men who helped nance ance escape you rode down to Green brae with miss bliss lanning and she slipped the letter to you of course flynn knows that but why come to me with your tale of woe ive run straight since getting out of the pen I 1 served my time and I 1 want to be lot let alone thata why I 1 flynn told me that it if I 1 come through and tell him where he could find nanco nance delden belden hed seeto see to it that something nasty happened to me I 1 dont know where nance belden Is and I 1 want protection from patrick flynn you seem pretty sure of me d dont 0 nt y you ou well I 1 nance told me that thai you were a one human being and I 1 called on miss lanning last night to tell her to warn nance that the dicks were after tier her and bliss lanning told me to see you about it she said see I 1 got a square deal P she did so now now how did miss lan lanning n I 1 ng t treat r C a I 1 yo you U otherwise I 1 IS e 71 she kissed me and ga gave ve me a hundred dollars and told me to be as good as I 1 could the old girl Is sure a darling did you ask her for we the hundred of course not the chief eyed her owlishly for he distrusted sapphire susie and wondered if she might not be working in the interests of flynn and Ang angellett Angello ellott tl this Is interesting he adal admitted i to heavily of course I 1 only keep in touch with the upper office hes got me seared scared to death sapp sapphire alro susie declared through the captain of detectives if he set get flynn on this job he should have interviewed you n couple of weeks ago see seems ms to we me lie he tins lias overlooked a good bet it t hed bead had you under tinder surveillance a week ago hed have picked up bp nance holden belden when she canle came to y aou ou to dell deliver the rings flynns flynne a crackerjack detective he added sadly but this looks as it if hes slipping clipping 11 that bird dont slip blip very ery far take it front from me chief I 1 lie ile met diet we me on the street the day before yesterday and noticed I 1 was wearing my big ring and my eardrops teardrops ear drops Il hello lello idd hid he says 11 1 see you got your sapp sapphires hires on again I 1 says sas to td I 1 h him ill vail fall dead you bum and walked on and the next nest night he came up to my room nance belden got them sapphires sapp hires out of hock for you susie my dear lie he says kindly 1 11 I want that fiall arall where Is she and you tell him even eten it if you could a fact I 1 snitch on her you expect me to in in the work of a detective sergeant when ile he appears to be doing abood job would you susie but I 1 give you my word that if you ten run straight to in this city L ill 11 see to it that youre not harassed of coursed cours eyou you helped nance belden to escape from san quentan Quent que antin ln and I 1 know it but I 1 cant prove it if 1 I could id put you ou in the birde birdcage fige this nil and ni ill not put pui flynn orf off the case although if he gets too rough ill stop him lies iles got me scared to death 1 sapphire susie declared had and commenced to cep a little whereat mcnamara realized she had been really frightened she shook his hand harmly ar handed thanked win him and do de parted for several int minutes mcnamara mij ait thinking A 4 smile I 1 tew iru dot det illuminating his rugged toun coun cenance te nance so lanny had klej sip sapphire susie husli and aind given her hundred dollars and begged her to be a tood good girl to in thu the future whak avaiu a rare good sport lanny was wal I 1 and how good god had been to allcon all con cerneil in their pursuit of nance flynn and Angello tl had follo followed wed stich euch a hot trail they had forgotten sapphire susie was a pal of at nance bances Nan ces Is but afterwards nhen tile trail grow grew co cold id they had suddenly remembered lie her ir that flynn was iwas a marvel and mcnamara 1 sighed to think th the 0 fellow could not be promoted instantly in all probability he had not at first connected nance thelden with tho the glory of susies sapphires sapp hires undoubtedly ho he had bad jumped to the conclusion vint that the girl had been up to her old trick of blackmailing somo some wealthy and socially prominent masculine e jackass so lie he had looked up tier her record in the police files nere here he had discor ered cred something that must havedon hav hoite econ convinced him of susies total innocence of sapphires sapp hires during her trial certainly she sha had not carried them to san quentin with her and the obvious conclusion was that she had pawned them to raise money to pay her attorney in tho the hope of discovering the identity of susies latest victim who lie he assumed sume A had redeemed them for her flynn had thereupon on made a round of the pawnshops and located the one from which the jewels hari had lately been redeemed from the pawnbroker he had secured a description of the one who had redeemed them no pawnbroker would be likely to forget nance beldens beldena Bel dens nose I 1 mcnamara shuddered it if nance should visit sapphire susie now she would undoubtedly walk straight into tho the arms of the walting flynn or Ang angellett Angello ellott tl well nance belden had stolen a dozen pairs of silk hose but apparently patently ly penelope gatlin paid her debts the chief wondered it if he had loaned leaned nance belden 0 or r penelope gatlin two hundred dollars for of course the they y wera two separate and distinct personalities inhabiting ha biting the same body if nance belden had accepted the loan then could kiss the 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