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George l‘. Wort:

‘Why did you blacklrlall me into having dinner with your lather lllt nllht?"

“Because I iall in love with You. But that isn't the point. The oint ll. will Van Arden believe hat? 0g shall 1 cook up something more along his lines?"

dhe said huskily. “kYOU have to p. I'm ate or wor ."

“Very well. my pet." Ha picked u his hat and went to the door. "Flt! Pelican at £lve7 I want to discuss something with you this llternoon - something ill be working on most o! the chub-Oi "i: molt vital importance to you.

"All right." she decided. The

_ Pelican at live."

The Ipecial messenge from Wiashinzton had come and WM» leaving a bulging worn brown briefcase Eric opened it and glan- eed at its contents. It was packed with letter-file folders containing g chronological record of Stefan Zoranis daily {activities for the

t. t ree mOn l- p‘;le said to his valet, "I'll be at the public library for several hours can up Barney Teel at the Globe. Ask l-lim i1’ he is tile reporter hand- ling the Zorane case. He will so! yes. Tell him i! he will are» in at the Pelican at about live-thirty this aiternoon, he will Iind some- thing o; great interest, When _he asks who you are. tell him YW FE g special agent in the Deillrimﬁlt

t _.. “Wsgelnebouglas had repeated these Instructions and was sure o! the untagged Eric telephoned John n'Il'heers%rlator's head invsstilﬂllii‘ “id; "1 switched the best mall we have in the Middle West. Elm Greeen. who's been worltinz iii Flint. Michigan, to Fort Bend. He left Detroit on the six oclock pin“, He» is gne 0,! the slickest grtlcles in the business. He was on 1h. Capone case, and Lindberﬂh case and the Dillinger case. If he doesn't bring homenthe bacon. there isn't any haw"-

CHAPTER. XV

its Qwelve-tlhirtd" $6119’! lec- fghry said: “A Mr. Kresco is call- ing, Miss Porter. He says it's very urgent."

Eaily picked up her telephone. "Yes. Mr. Kresco? This ls Miss Porter." _ ‘ ' A soft whisper-y voice said. “The girl that does the Let's Be Smart l0llémllz"

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"Do you know where the Cele mqlgr; is! Meet ma there as quickly as you can and we'll have 5 bite of lunch. Miss Porter. I want to talk to you about a. little shatter that came up irlsterday afternoon. Buckle on YOU!‘ r0119? skates and get here fast."

A click in her ear ended the conversation. The telenhone slipped out of her hand and fell to the ﬂoor. Sally picked 1t up and put it back on its base. .

"Jane. will you call up the bus- lncss department and tell Mr. G-ibney I can't have lunch with him? I've something important to attend to.”

She had never seen Pop Kresco. but she recognized him from news- aper photographs. He was waiting

t inside the entrance o! the Oslo Riviera. smiiins hith his mouth but not with his eyes-

“Miss Porter? Right this way. sister." He led her to a booth and lid to a waiter. "Nobody to sit In the booth on either side of us."

“Okay, Mr. KrescO.”

He settled down across from ﬁlly Porter and spread his elbows on the tablecloth. "You've been in here before?" he said in his whis-

r. “Yes.” Bally was trying to re- Ix and f0 be very alert at the same time. She was frightened, but she was still rebellious. If this heavy-eyed man wanted to quarrel. she would meet him half- way. She was sick oi beln: Put

llptill.

“Well, I own this place. And I don't like the way you sneer at it In vour column."

“'.'l‘hen' Sally said briskly, “why ‘lont you make it the kind of res- hurant I can't sneer at?"

"Never mind working for the laughs." Pop Kresco said. “You're a lriend of Guy Van Arden. ain't you? He put you up to that in- erns 81g. didn't he? sure I know lil about that.‘

“Then there's no argument. is there, Mr. Kresco?"

He looked at her mouth for sev- I-al seconds and said. “There's something phony about this. Waiter!" he called, "plug in a tele- phone."

The waiter went away and was

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PAINFUL INJURIES — Rela- tives and Iriends here will regre. to learn that Mr. Wallace Stewart of Peruse 1a Prairie formerly n: Bethe-L I99 ‘a. was badly injured a "W Weeks i180. While at hi.- lvofk he accidentally fell from a siesins breaking his spine an; Delvis bone. He is at present un de: treatment in the Wlnnipe~ HOSPIt-Bl. where it is hoped hi‘ condition wili gradually imp-ova Mrs. Stewart. formerly Miss Flor. ence Winchester, had just recent- ly returned from a holiday trip to Charlottetown when the accident occurred. Mr. Stewart is due for railway pension my; pebyunn. when it was hoped he might welt his old home Province.

WEDDING BELLS — A pretty but quiet wedding was solelnllized at the Central Christian Manse, Charlottetown, on Nov. 20th, when Miss Cecelia Mae White. dtsllgh. ter of Mr. and Mrs. Horace White, Murray Harbour, became the bride oi’ Mr. Gordon Russell Carver, only son oi Mr. and Mrs. Bos- well Carver. Hszelbrook. The cere- mony was performed by Rev. M. D. Dunbar, in the presence of the immediate families. The at- tendants were Miss Belle Oillis oi Charlottetown, who vrore an aqua suit with matching brown acces- sories and. a. corsago of yellow roses, and Mr. Murray White oi’ Murray Harbour, brother of the bride. The bride looked charming in e brown gabardine suit with matching accessories. a triple squirrel fur neck piece and cor- sage o! pink roses. A-fter the cere- mony the bridal couple were showered by confetti, following which they left for a trip through the Maritimes. They will reside in l-lazelbrools.

back in s moment with a ttiﬂphﬂlie which he Pillared in-

“What‘s his number?" Pop Kres- co asked.

Sally hesitated. and told him. He dialed the number."

"Van Arden?" he said in a Ii10l1l~ ent. “This is Pete Kresco. Look I've been thinking that maybe the time has come when you and I can do a little dlckerlng. You see. it I could settle with this Zorane without any trouble, nice

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and quiet. I'd prefer lt. Maybe you and can get together. You keep your mad dog awa from me and -1 don't do any ta ing."

Sally was ryatching him with round Kind steady eyes.

"You see, Van Arllr-n. the vrorld is full of people who know things. Now. there's a beauttful babe hav- ing lunch with me right this min-l ute “who knows a lot of thingzs.

She's a friend of yours. Sally Por-

ter. Know her? What has she got

to do with Zorane? Listen. Vail

Arden. shall we stop playing

simple? Because she told me with

her own beautiful red lips. she told

me a lot of things and she may

tell me more,

"Yeah. You see Van Arden. she's

obligated to me, in a way. and

anxious to please. But to get back

to this business of you and me

getting together in s. mutually

hﬂpiill WIY - I am peddllns What?

Gocifer feathers? That's a good one

Van Arden, Well, i: the time ain't

ripe yet, it will be. Here's hoping

you land butter side up, vnn Ardﬂh g But it you want the opinion or e. cuy who's been through a lot more monkey business than you have. I'm saying your number's just about due to come up-without any butter on it."

He yﬂﬂkéd out the plug. “He said he W" m ionizer fascinated. Miss Porter. And so what? It's a mystery ‘Ihlﬂsl don't fit tosethar the way ""7 lhollld. He was too sure o: himself."

‘Why shouldn't he be?" (To Be Continued)

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