Evening Star Newspaper, October 6, 1937, Page 27

ILLUSTRATED BY R.F. SCHABELITZ THE STORY THUS FAR. Things are happening fast and furious to lovely Margit Agneu. Unemotional and aloof, her life has been a pattern of perfection. But her impulsive sister, Irene, engaged to Waldo, falls in love with Charlie Jones, a sidewalk artist, trailer vagabond and a married man. That he aflects her personally Margit refuses to ad- mit. Waldo nobly renounces Irene and she and Charlie set off for the Adirondacks. Irene wants to turn back, but when she sees Keough, Margit's detective-butler following them she decides she will go on with the trip and “show” Margit. CHAPTER XYV. Adaptation and Arrangement by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. It was 12:45 am. A sleepy-looking bellboy in a scarlet-and-gold uniform Copyright 1937, knocked on the door of Keough's room. | In his hand was a tray and on the tray was a glass and a bottle of port. | Keough accepted the ro!reshmr-nti with a grateful eyve and tipped |hei boy liberally. Then he locked his door. Next he took off his false whiskers and scratched his chin with eminent relief. He drank a glass of port and, after a moment's thought, another, Afterward he sat down on the bed, picked up the telephone and gave the number of Margit's Long Island house to the night clerk. Presently he heard Margit say, “Hello.” Her voice sounded exceed- ‘ingly strained. s here are six grapes in Chihua- hua,” said Keough. * : “Prost falls in the dark of the moon,” Margit replied eagerly. Keough had insisted that they identify each other .y passwords. One of his courses had recommended I aND G STREETS DARWIN_; iate variety shaped flowers. rose; Clara Butt, clear pink; milky white; Princess Elisabeth, pink; Rev- erend H. Ewbank, violet; La Tulip Noire, scarlet; rose scarlet; satiny rose; Professor Rauwenhoff, cherry; William Pitt, red; William Copeland, lilac rose; Santa Rosa, Dream, lavender; After- black; City of Haarlem, combe Sanders, glow, violet, rose-edged; Yellow, canary yellow with 50c dozen; $3.75 o hundn GIANT DARWIN, _. Zwanenburg, large white, shading. 28 inches tall. @ Yellow Giant, golden yellow, 29 inches tall. 75¢ dozen. MAY FLOWERING_, white; Mrs. Moon, gold 65¢ dozen. Hyacint (Exhibition Size) Gertrude, carmine rose; L'In white; Grand Maitre, porcelain blue; King of the Blues, indigo; City of yellow; Marconi, deep rosy dozen. Hyacint (for Bedding) Same varieties as above, smaller and suit- able for hedding purposes. 85C dozen. Narcissus Grandiflora, paper white, for in bowls, SOC dozen. 100 GLASS VASES s, narcissus and hyacinths. 50c. Garoex BecrroN, Frrre FLOOR, .| again, Bartigon, scarlet; Pride of Haarlem, carmine; Baron de La Tonnaye, Assorted colors, the procedure. He had also given Margit a countersign in case he ap- peared personally, but disguised, and she did not recognize him, With his fourth finger he would describe a halo over his head. To show that she had caught the sign, Margit would respond by counting seven imaginary buttons on her sleeve, Now Keough spoke into the phone “This is Operative Seven- teen.” For many years Keough had imagined himself as Operator Seven- teen. There was a genuine thrill in his voice as he used the expression for the first time on a real case. Margit said, “Yes, Seventeen.” Keough pulled out his notebook and began to talk rapidly. “The Duke and Duchess” (code words for Charlie and Irene) “drove uninter- ruptedly until 4:17. They stopped at Juicy Joe's and had two ham- burger sandwiches at that time. At 11:01 they turned into Pryor's Piney Trailer Camp. They remained there for 18 minutes. I parked my car outside the camp and relaxed vig- ilance. At 11:19 and a fraction they moved from the camp. I assume that they went into the camp either to ward off possible pursuit or to establish false whereabouts. Probably the latter. The Duke was so care- less as to blow his horn upon leaving the trailer camp, thus inadvertently apprising me of their departure.” “Where are they now?” Margit asked frantically. Keough went on in his methodical way: “After establishing their blind at Pryor's camp they drove to the Prince James Hotel, which is on the west shore of Lake George. The Prince James has accommodations for 1,100 guests, a heated swim- ming pool, game rooms, tennis courts, a private golf course, bowling aileys, et cetera.” Keough cleared his throat. “Et cetera,” he repeated. (7 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1937. “The Duke and Irichess retained the bridal suite.” I “But that's impossible! How would the management allow such a thing?” “They registered under the names of Mr. and Mrs. Banks of Madras, India.” “Oh, my.” There was & pause. “Do something,” said Margit fran- tically. “Do something?” Keough repeated. “Anything! Expose them! . . .” “Naturally I've considered that," Keough replied. “It would be their word against mine. If they recog- nize me by any chance, and the management discovered that I was traveling falsely under the name of Cornwall T. Asquith—I would un- doubtedly be arrested.” “But you've got to do something! Start a small fire in the hotel! Any- thing! Use your wits! This is mon- strous!” “Madame,” Keough replied gravely, “leave everything to me. I shall re- port again tonight.” He hung up. His hanging up created drama in at least three places. Down in the lobby of the hotel the night clerk cut off the connec- tion. There was perspiration on his forehead. His eye glittered. He beckoned to the bellooy. “That— that—that young couple that just come in from India in a trailer—" he said hoarsely. The bellboy chewed gum and looked hard. “Somethin’ funny about ’em. Wou can tell that.” “Funny! Wait'll you hear! It's really an English duke and duchess.” The bellboy's eyes widened, “Yeah?" “And that bearded Asquith gaffer. Name isn't Asquith.” “What is it then?” “We'll never know,” said the night clerk in an awed tone. “He's a de- tective straight from Scotland Yard.” “Holy smoking bambaroo!” The night clerk scowled. we should call Mr. Prescott.” The bellnop shook his head vig- orously, “Not if you know what's good for you, you won't! This is probably one of those secret international things! Leave it alone, I say! You wouldn't want to wake up tomorrow morning and look down and see 6 inches of cold steel through your heart, would you?” 1 “Golly,” the night clerk whispered. “And I was just sayin’ it was a dull Spring season.” As that conversation was being anxiously prosecuted in the lobby Charles was walking through the hall of the vast hotel. He was grinning. “Maybe WARD & LOTHROP " ~ Holland-Grown PHoNE DIstRICT 5300 A finer stock and larger A % » variety than Tulips with perfectly Painted Lady, rose-violet. Farn- Matchless, 4(Qc dozen. Inglescombe scarlet edge. ed. we have ever offered before. DOUBLE EARLY _peqzh Biossom, deep pink; Mr. Van Der Hoeff, yellow; Tearose, saffron yellow; Lac Van Haarlem, 50c dozen; §3.75 hundred. PARROT_Fomgsy, geranium red shad- ing to salmon pink. $1 dozen. Mixed, a colorful variety of specimens of this class. GIANT BREEDER _s'1he Avistocrat of the Tulip Family.” Bronze Queen, buff tinged with apricot and brown; Don Pedro, xtra tall. red or green Sc dozen. Panorama, brown with maroon; Louis XIV, purple; orange Virgilius, violet purple; Feu d'Ardent, scar- let. 5(Qc dozen; 53.75 a hundred. red with mahogany; SINGLE EARLY _keizerskroon, red Albino, pure en yell ow. 50¢ dozen. hs hundred. nocence, waxy Haarlem, pale pink. $'| 75 and yellow. Fine for bedding. 65: dozen. Yellow Prince, golden yellow, sweet scented. Crocus —early blooming. yellow, and purple. Blue, striped, white, 25¢ dozen; §1.75 Grape Hyacinths Heavenly Blue, bright; Snowdrops, white; dred. hs pounds, $‘| . indoor growing Scilla, sky-blue. 25¢ dozen; $]75 hun- Rich Black Top Soil —for garden or pot planting of bulbs. pounds, 35:; 50 pounds, 65‘,‘ 100 25 COW MANURE AND PEAT growing both MOSS, a mixture for outdoor planting. 100 pounds, $].95, ; Also a large selection of commercial fertilizers. He had been standing for several minutes with his ear pressed closely to the door of the room occupied by Keough. He, too, had heard every syllable of Keough's cryptic report. Things were brightening up in Charlie's life. He had realized, even before he had crossed the George Washington Bridge, that it was a mis- take to take the lovely Irene out of her satiny environment. She was not the trailer camp type. The lure of the open road was nothing but bill- boards and punctures to her. The only way to maintain his romance with Irene would be to remain within a few minutes of Times Square. The sight of the broken jam jars had depressed him, in fact, almost as much as it had his inamorata. But there was a spark in Irene. The same spark that had made her invent rich relatives to keep him from being arrested for drawing pictures on the sidewalk without a licence had caused her to insist on occupying the bridal suite. Not, any longer, for romantic reasons. But merely to outrage Margit. That had been a leavening factor in his evening. He had listened, being sure that Keough would immediately call Margit—and Keough's report had further delighted him. Now, as he walked through the hall, another thought occurred to him, No doubt the chinless night clerk had also listened in on the conversa- tion. 1If the night clerk has listened things were indeed shaping up. He decided to find out. He walked down two flights of crimson-carpeted stairway and ap- proached the desk. The very way in which the clerk tried not to stare at him revealed to Charlie that Keough's masterpiece had been sub- Jected to eavesdropping. At the same time he observed a fabulous glitter in the bellboy's eye. These two gen- tlemen unquestionably believed that they had a duke and duchess in their midst. Excellent, Charlie thought. No reason to disabuse them of the idea. In fact, a little fun might be had by bolstering it. He walked up to the desk. The chinleas proached. “There is a telegraph office here, I assume?” said Charlie. “Yes, sir. We have our own branch station. Our own automatic sending equipment.” Charlie nodded in the manner of a man who does not like to waste time talking to clerks. “I want to send a cablegram.” He glanced up to the clerk. “What's your name, my night clerk nervously ap- “Well, Bailey, I want to cable my bankeis for some funds. The money will be sent in pounds. I imagine the hotel will make the exchange?” Bailey twittered, “Yes, indeed, sir.” Charlie wrote his message: RICH- ARD, WILLIAMS, WEED, WITHBY AND BROOKHAM, LTD., LONDON, ENGLAND. PLEASE CABLE IMME- DIATELY £1,000 OLIVER BANKS PRINCE JAMES HOTEL LAKE GEORGE NEW YORK. COPEN- HAGEN BNUFF BOX RANCO! JOSTLED. M “Thanks,” said Charlie. ‘When he had gone Mr. Bailey and the bellboy seized the message. “A thousand pounds,” whispered Bailey. “That's 5,000 smackers, and that ‘Copenhagen snuff box’ is code, too. Golly!” * ok K X Charlie is determined to give Keough a run for his money. Will the cablegram prove a boomerang? 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