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THE REGISTER-GUARD, EUGENE, OREGON
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GDARK
BLOND
KSNDCAKI
$ Cabuto
1915 Hi
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
Snatch Plans
By HAROLD GRAY
CHAPTER LVI
ticENT wa9 un0',,e ,0 ncIlr
I i, io Vr Duchene finished
? " t .ho ini-w exactly what
hrer P'-Die ,0 d' She
ft rr rfvon mticn coura sne
r"i..rd tme bit of conversation
i.iren her an ink
. -.., h.d happened to Nor
M k.it realized this wouli
baa'rr.. , much. She was
I-T:.,.h that .ho haii
I ..nrnra forth frnm
-.-rfion of the doorway uniu
Wr: ' l.-. -i thP steiis of the pair
Kthe distance and knew that
r..A -..n(wi the corner, r,veu
r'1 . (af nlmost a minute
,u iiit wan - -
- TfDturins to wniK nown iow
'"V traffic artery. She
" . t . mtirab and so
1-" ., . trhora Kht WfiS
La loose he wml,d communi,e
Ei'"""'' .
lad he surmised mai er u
i T.k j-'fla mn sit have call-
ff who ma"ii u U1,..w,..y
t,;.ii cnpmntl to lie head-
Lgwi lor an "i
j!!int raiisht a cab at the cor-
,r tent at once i i" "uiei.
Hu intone been calling lor ine t
Nape.
"X flepbone cans :
Nop."
rou're ure.'"
Of wurse I m sure. Po ones
;1 Ton."
.t ) ti ltd mm. "I'm iroinir
L i,at if anyone calls for me, would
mind telling Hiem that Miss
. lr n ntprjuairo that shft is
tit all right and will be back here
tpifk up any message in bdoul an
vfrom now?"
iu MnrwA a dollar from her
Lm sod said. "It's really most im-
trtiBt."
i ii DaDDy tinkers or ine man De
yii tt desk closed on the dollar.
Ohf." he said, showing the first
f friendlv interest he had ths-
irrf toward her. "I'll see that
Iir nwta.tr is delivered. Miss Jones.
the. Aha It I dMirer it to? Just
job tbat culls
"Jut inrone tbat calls." she said.
'AiTone who asks for me."
Htr b was waiting at the door.
: dfiidPd to risk detection by
4 bick to the apartment house
iicertainmg if the rab driver
4Trd anything In his tour
tl apartments.
Sbf entered the cab, gave the
Ltisit the cushions, her mind racing
coruuspu Bcquenre 01 mougnts.
barely noticed the passing of
nntil t)ia rnK nppira.l of tha
priment house. She saw the friend-
b driver sitting behind the
fit hi rnK wll ifrl nnl nntIraf1
in curb. She paid off the driver
t i.K In ,..l,:Ak .lo
m 11111111 sue wiiR rmiHK,
plli up to her friend and said in
Toice, 'I'm you fina anything r
Cie t start of surprise.' whirl.
vu imc (irr nuu BI1IU,
Tiii it easy, Miss. That's a radio
www there at the curb. Some
i'i made a squawk and a couple
Mdiftears are investigating apart
fit 309. There's been a fight up
re and aomcbody got hurt."
iney say who it was !'
"No. Jim a Vinh r.r v.....A.i .. :
p lad aomp blnod stains. I took
f Hwat at the directory. A jane
wvd Phyllis Faulconer lives there."
L"M Tftii rover th rAtt rtf tha
I "Yh, bnt I couldn't find "nnx trace
t.--. ..11..,. niry mi looKrn on
md np to me that is. those
(iBwerd. Three or four of them
mswer the door nr maybe
:'H ptJt to brd. or they might be
rr'-..bnt. listen, Miss, if there's
'",,r'i .wiufi upiirr Deat 11
rniwthe cnys from the radio car
5y with th.
first T'lnrp. 1T nlr lib. h
Bee
--.-.I 1 in rjiuiu iiir
fdinir tn k ... i
... . ,,,IL , minute ana
(NT the rh!ip wlm mfld the fi(1nwk
was the guy yon was telling me
about that was on the force."
She flashed him a grateful glance,
and, acting on impulse, gnre him her
hand.
He patted it reassuringly and said,
"Hop in and let ms drive you around
the corner."
"No," she said, "I'll walk. I'll
mnko it all right.
She walked rapidly around the cor
ner and noticed with some annoy
ance that she had developed a habit
of looking back over her shoulder
to see if she were being followed.
She found that, without conscious
volition on her part, she was me
chanically retracing the course which
had been taken by the taxicab when
she hnd fled from the apartment and
suddenly realized that her route
would take her iist the big garage
which the cab driver had pointed out
to tier when she had asked him to
park. , .
A garage!
That must be where Vera Duchene
and Bob Caise had been going when
they had walked so rapidly and pur
posefully past ber.
Sho increased her pace, walked to I
the garage, entered it and smiled at
the man on duty.
"A innn and a woman came in here I
about half an hour ago," she said, j
for an automobile. I wonder if
there, s any chance you would re
member the car or the people."
"What sort of car?" he nsked.
"I don't know, but I think it was j
a cabriolet not one that's stored
here regularly.
He shook his head. "No," he said,
"I don't think there's been a tran
sient car in here all evening. Most
or our stuff is storngc by the month.
Seems to me we did have a transient
too, but I can't remember the people. I
I'm new here. Ivots of 'em I don't
know."
An idea flushed uim-kly through I
her mind. 'lo you store a car for
a Phyllis Faulconer?' she asked.
"Why, yes," he said. "A black I
sedan, license number 9.13410."
"jnais the one," she said ex-1
citedly. "Could I see it for a mo
ment?"
He looked at her suspiciously, but I
she gave him a reassuring smile. "I I
just want to look at It," she said.
"I'm very much interested."
'Its on the second floor, he said.
"I guess I should go up with you.
but you look all right, so I'll let
you go on up by yourself. I've got
to fctny on duty down here.
She thought then that there was
something peculiarly significant about
bis expression. It was as though he
wanted to warn her of some impend
ing danger, yet dared not do so.
She started toward the stntrs to
the second floor, but turned when
she had gone a few steps to give
him one more glance.
This time there cotil dbe no mis
take. He was looking at her with an
expression of pity, but he turned his
eyes away almost as soon as she en
countered his gaze.
Millicent decided that, after all, It
was merely her imagination.
She climbed the stairs to the sec
ond floor. An elevator was in one I
corner of a big room, divided into I
stalls in which automobiles were I
parked, side by side.
Millicent found the car she want
ed a black sedan. license 9 3410,
She wondered if perhaps there might
be some clew in this car which would
help her locate Norman Happ. She
opened the donr opposite the drivers!
seat, climbed into the front seat and
leaned forward to inspect the regis
tration certificate.
She frit the springs of the car
sway.
Someone had been concealed In the I
rear of that car, someone who was
now moving.
She looked bark over her shoulder.
and encountered a clutching hand
reaching out for hr arm.
She screamed.
Millicent's scream was swallowed up
in the vast emptiness of the dark con
crete room with its parked automo
biles, gloomy, sinister and silent, as
sole witness to that which was taking
place.
(To Be Continued)
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