New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 28, 1929, Page 22

. stand a policeman and man . tul promotion IVAL ©o.99 & THIS HAS HAPPENED Nan Carroll, private secretary to Attorney John Curtis Morgan, is happy in her work and in her pros- pocts for passing the bar examina- tions in June until she suddenly \redlizes that she is in love with Morgan. This realization is brought about when Willis Todd, an ardent suitor, accuses Nan of loving Mor- san. Belng honorable, Nan despises herself and determines to hand in ‘her resignation the next day. In the morning’s mail she finds a blackmail .note addressed to Morgan warning him to “lay off the enemies of Grace Cog," former telephone operator of a ‘fashionable country club whom he is defending in a blackmail suit. a postscript, a nasty insinua- tion is made about Morgan's wife, -Iris. Nan keeps the letter from Mor- gad. Because of her brilliant reason- point, not yours.” ing. Nan is able to bring into court & witness who testifies in the Grace Cox case, bringing Mrs. I'leming, the real author of the blackmail notes, to & confession and winning for Morgan another spectacular tri- umph. In the court room, Nan and Mor- gen meet Herbert Crawford, hand- some friend of Iris and John Curtis Morgan and the young lawyer invites Nan and Crawford to his home for a celebration dinner ‘that evening. During the dinner and throughout the evening she is treated with im- perial disdain by Crawford and Iris, wRo are significantly interested in each other. Nan is cut to the quick by ghis treatment and see the man she lovel:payl jonate homage to a wotnaf w! him the barest attention and ion. While Crawford rt are gancing afterdinner, a maid ap- in the doorway. Behind her in « villan clothes. "Sorry to interrupt a party, Mr. Morgan, but we have a wareant for the arrest of Herbert Crawford.” (NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY) CHAPTER VIII At 11 o'clock the next day, Sat- urday, a very miserable private Becretary awaited the arrival of her employer at his law offices. Nan Carroll had not seen John Curtis Meorgan since the night before. ‘when she had watched him leave his heme in company with the men from police headquarters, and the actused man, Herbert 8. Crawford. She had lingered only a few min- uutes in the Morgan living room, of- Yering brusque reassurance and sym- Ppathy to Iris Morgan, who had erumpled into a chair like a broken Btalk of the flower for which she was named. The morning papers had “broken” fthe story on the front page, with &normous headlines but very little real information in the smail type below. On charges suddenly and Yrantically preferred by the secre- tary of the Mid-West Packing Com- Pany, a new corporation, of which Hetbert 8. Crawford was president, frants for the arrest for both the resident and the treasurer had been Sworn out. The treasurer. Roy Bland, bad not been found, and there were fumors, according o the papers, that Bland had made good his get- Away. According to Crane, secretary of he company, the chairman of the board of directors had a letter of Tesignation from Bland, hut had not yet met to act wupon it. when the tompany's ayditor had discovered & shortage of nearly a quarter of a million dollars in the corporation’s nk accounts. The money had been accumulated Buring the last month in a sens: tional, whirlwind stock-selling tampaign. and was to have heen Speedily used in building a huge packing plant. It was the success of this enterprise Which Crawford had been celebrat- ng at the home of Morgan the night before. It had been on information ob- ained from Gladys Payne Secretary of the vanished t shat Crawford had peen drawn into +she case, but what this tnrormation was the district attorney’s office had sefused to divulee “Miss Payne,” one of the papers tated circumspectly, “con es that she was the fiancee of the accused sreasurer, and stoutly maintains that ae js innocent of the charge of em- osezzlement, alleging that he was a Supe in the hands of a cleverer man. 5hé admits. however. that she has 2ad no word from Bland since he ef¥ the city 10 davs ago, ostensibly n his way to Chicago on business or.the firm ‘gt was largily due to Bland's ailre to communicate omfipany since his departure for with the | NEA' SERVICE INC, Chicago that Secretary Crane, who | Is also assistant general manager of , the company, asked the auditor Fri- day to check the bank balance, and the big shortage was discovered. Crawford was not taken into Crane's confidence when his , suspicions of the treasurer were aroused, and a few hours later both warrants were issued.” “Well, I'm glad I won't have to worry about it,”” Nan reflected, as her fingers flew over the typew keys, answering letters which did | not require Morgan's personal at- tention. “Here's my letter of resigna- tion and I'm going to present it, too. T'll be glad to be out of the Craw- I never did trust that ut her heart throbbed heavily | with an emotion that was not glad- | ness. In getting out of the Craw- ford “mess” she was also getting out lof everything clse that had made life wonderful for three years. She was still too dazed with the shame and grief that had taken possession of her heart when she had discover- ed that she was in love with her em- ployer to plan what she should do |after her week’s “notice” had been lived through, somehow. “I'll leave town, of cour. Chicago or New York. it matter where I go, or what I do, when my heart will be here, with him—?" was as near as she had come to a decision. But her letter of resignation, coldly final mal, lay on her desk, w Morgan— —go 1o DR 2 ¥ The door opencd to admit the.man ©¢ whom she was always thinking, #nd the man about whom a "holo‘ Irts{eutraged city was buzzing. “Good morning, Nan,” Morgan greeted soberly | “Hello, Nan,” Crawford sang out, only a little less blithe than usual. The two men passed on into Mor- gan's private office. After a few minutes the buzzer on Nan's desk { mounded, and she answered it, note- book' in hand. “I'd like for you to listen in on this from the first, Nan,” Morgan told her. “I've grown to depend a lot | | on Nan's logic and that sixth sense | which all women claim to have and | which she actually possesses,” he e plained to Crawford. “That’s not news to me,” Crawford | beamed upon Nan. “Why, if you | didn’t have Nan, I'd insist on getting | two or three other legal lights to | help you. Not that we're going to | need a battery of talent,” he hasten- {ed to discount his words. “But a chap on whom fifty thousand bail | has just been clapped feels like | grabbing off all the help he can get.” * e e Nan pulled out a leaf of the desk | and scated herself beside Morgan, poising her pencil above her note- book. Her face was impassive, un- | smiling. “Jack keeps saying, ‘Now fell me | everything you know about this busine: Bor(‘ Crawford smiled at Nan. “£ndvfor the life of me, all | T can answer is, ‘I don't know a | damned thing!’ 1 was just as much | surprised as you two were when the | cops busted up our party last night. | Il leave it to you, Nan—rey actions | haven't been those of a guilty man, | have they? Would 1 have hung around town, waiting to be arrest- {ed? T didn't beat it, did 1?—like Roy | Blana! “Honestly, Jack, T still can't be- lieve it of Roy! ap you ever knew. Why, I've known him four or five years. First met him down in South America, where I was investi- | gating some mines 1 promot- ling: | “Sonth Ameri rupted eagerly. and Nan made the il note on the ca of the State s s Herbert 8 Crawford Rure South Americ " Crawford repeated. “Didn’t 1 ever tall you about that silver mine deal down there” I met Roy Bland in—Ilet's see, yes, it was in Bogota, capital of Co- lombia, you know. He'd been in the mountains fo rmonths; looked like a tramp. Had lost everything he had in some fool scheme, and I staked him to a trip home. fter we got back 10 the states T e to put him next to a good every now and then, till he'd ot quite prosperous again. When I ot busy on this packing company merger, I naturally remembered him ind sent for him to come on and get in on the ground fioor. Good. de- pendable chap, ways a little crack- ed on the subject of South America. but one of the best friends T ever had. T tell von, Jack. it knocks me cold to find out that Roy Dland double-crossed me and the people who trusted me to protect their in terests.” was Morgan inter- What does | WIVES “your close association with Bland in the past is one big reason you're suspected now of being his accom- plice.” “Good Lord!" Crawford ejacu- lated, outraged. “Just because a man is unfortunate enough to have a friend who turns croox—" “Keep your shirt on, Bert,”” Mor- gan admonished him quietly, “Nan' right. We've got to look at this thing from the district auorney's stand- point, not yours. And your friend- ship with Bland, your having brought him into the company, will certainly score against you. Now., Bert, what do you know about this Gladys Payne, Bland's secretary? She evidently has more yp her sleeve than came out at the preliminary hearing this morning.” Crawford flushed, then laughed apojogetically, “Well, 1 guess I used to jolly her along pretty freely, before she became engaged to Bland, if she was engaged to him—" . .. Morgan nodded thoughtfully. 'And when she couldn’t land you she nursed a grudge against you. Right? . . . I thought so. I've warn- ed you to be careful, Bert, but you're a confirmed ladykiller. This is a little worse, though, than the breach-of-promise suitl was joking about last night.” And Morgan look- ed g0 worried that Nan's heart ached for him, Crawford misinterpreted the look on his friend's face. He leaned far across the desk, to fix Morgan com- pellingly with his light-blue eyes. “Qld man, before we go a step fur- ther, you' believe in my innocence, don’t you?” Morgan stretched out his hand to grasp the one Crawford was of- fering dramatically. “I do believe ',\'ou'rp innoeent, Bert. I'm staking my prosfesioal honnr on your innocence. I've never, since I was admitted to the bar, defended an accused person of whose innocence 1 was not con- vinced. If you should be proved guilty, beyond the shaddw of a | doubt, I can tell you right now, Bert, | that you would do me more harm than you can well imagine. “Just play square with me, Bert. Tell me the whole truth. no matter how much it may go against.the grain, or how damaging it may look. nd I'll get you out of this mess if it's humanly possible. Not that I think the yhave a case against you that will even result in an {indict- | ment.” he added reassuringly, as Crawford’s smile faded. “And you, Nan?" Crawford, blithe again, turned to the girl, whose | castdown eyes were upon her note- | book. The ringing of the telephone saved Nan from answering. She took the | call at her own desk, then, when she iiad replaced the receiver, she picked up the letter of she had sworn to herself to present to John Curtis Morgan that morn- ing. Slowly she tore it to bits. | CHAPTER IX Within 10 days the grand jury had met and returned indictments against Herbert 8. Crawford and Roy Bland, charging embezzlement of hearly a quarter of a million dollars of the funds of the Mid-West Packing Company. of which the two had been president and treasurer respectively. Roy DBland was still a from justice. A check-up at the union railroad station revealed that a man answering his description had bought a one-way ticket to New York on the night that Bland was resignation which | | | | doing “When we first organized, that was the case,” Crawford acknowl- edged readily. “My signature and his were required by the by-laws. But I had to be out of town 8o much that I asked the board of di- rectors to amend the by-laws so that Bland's signature alone was enough, He was bonded, you know. The company won't lose the whole quarter of a million.” It was a newspaper story that re- vealed the fact that the cashier of the bank, upon Bland's presenta- tion of the check for $100,000, had hesitated to cash it and had taken it upon himself to telephone Crawford for additional authority. “Wolfe, the cashier, says that he spoke to you personally on the phone and that you O. K.'d the check,” Morgan told Crawford. “That is one of the | trump cards, of course. V it, Bert?” The blue eyes looked blank with surprise, but utterly unafraidc “That's simply not true, J B g 2 never spoken with Wolfe over the telephone in my life. with him at the bank, of course, but he never got me when he called—If he did ecall.” “I'm afraid we can't convince a jury that the cashier of the First National Bank is a liar. The bank's records show that all of the money was drawn after the first of Novem- ber. Bland gave himself plenty of time before the next monthly state- ment was due. According to Wolfe, the check about which he phoned vou was presented by Bland in per- son on Wednesday, November 9. A pretty cool customer, that Dland. The check was presented at five minutes of three, Wolfe says. Get your business engagement hook or your desk calendar, Bert, and see if you have an alibi for that time. If you were not in your office between two and three o'clock, or if someone was with you who can testify your behalf, we'll spike their biggest gun.” So far as the newspaper accounts were concerned, however, there was one big ppointment., Gladys Payne, Bland’s erstwhile secretary and fiancee, chattered not at all for publication, and it was largely on Miss Payne's testimony that the in- dictment had been sccured, if ru- mor was o he trusted The day after the bank ecashier's story apeared in the paper Cra as his desk calendar showed, he had had no engagement hetween half- ! past two and three o'clock on Wed- “Keep your shirt on, Bert. Nan's r ight. We've got 3 look at this thin g from the distvict attorney’s stardd- i nesday, November 9. But of course that doesn't mean I was necessarily in my oflic Crawford pointed out. “Good Lord How can I remember what 1 was that particular half-hour? There was nothing to fix it in my mind, as there would have been if Wolfe had actually talked to me on the phone.” Nan was present at the conference. “Your switchboard operator ¢ asks who's calling, doesn't she haps she will remember whether you were in or not. 8he would call your private office before putting the call through of course.” Morgan sho8k his head gloomily. “Brainerd will already have got hold of her. But we ‘may as well ask her e over. Were you and she good friends, Bert?" Bert ' Crawford flushed, laughed. “A dirty crack, . al- ways suspecting me of sheiking! But seriously, little Alice Belten is a friend of mine, I believe, Let's have her over.” then Alice Belfon, a pert little flapper. with the boyish hob, arrived at the lawyer's office at a quarter past five. “Ooh, I'm scared to death!” she told Nan delightedly. “I've got to g0 to the district attorney's office ht, too! Iem't it dreadfui?” “Tonight?” Nan echoed. “Haven't you already seen Mr. Brainerd?” “Good girl!” Bert Crawford had opened the door of Morgan's private office and stood beaming at the little switchboard operator. ““Come on in. Alice. My attorney isn't here, but we'll have a nice visit while we wait for him."” “You won't let them he wasty 1(1 me if T have to go on the witness . . them with the | fugitive | supposed to have left for Chicago, | on business for his firm. But since he had had 10 days be- I fore the audit of the books had re- T've talked | in | i ford admitted to Morgan that, 3o far GIFT SHOP SKETCHES stand will you, Mr. Crawford?” “You just bet T won't, Alice. I'l—" The door closed on them, and Nan, without a moment’s hesitation, reached into the deep lower drawer of her typewriter desk, pushed a button on a black metal box which was fastened to the drawer, and lift- {ed a queer sort of receiving matru- ment to her ear. Morgan had had the listening-in device installed more than two years before. It had been invaluable as a means of obtaining verbatim reports from the lips of skittish itnesses, who had no idea that their words were being heard by anyone except Morgan himself. Drawing her notebook forward hastily, Nan hegan to jot down in short-hand the conversation that | was taking place in the private | office: Alice Belton: “Quit, Bert! I'm mad at you— Oh-h! You're 50| strong! But honestly, I am mad at | you—" Two Yale Men Schoduled to Battle on Holly Golf Course for College Championship. Deal, N. J.,, June 28 (UP)—Two Yale men met on the sun hardened fairways of the Holly golf course here today in a 36 hole match for the links championship of collegiate America. The men, Tommy Aycock and Marshall Forrest, were the survivors of a great fleld of golfers who start- ed in quest of the title last Monday, and proved their right to a place in the finals with rather easy second round victories yesterday afternoon. Aycock, who was the favorite as the pair teed up, beat Lester Bol- stead, Big Ten ace from Minnesota, 5 and 3, while Forrest was eliminat- ing a third Yale mashie artist, Fred Bannerot, 5 and 4. ALLEN'’S 238 MAIN STREET It was Aycock who deat Maurice McCarthy, 1938 champion, 1 up. In a great quarter-inal match yester- day morning. FIVE KILLED IN WEEK Hartford, June 28 (UP)—Five persons were killed in automobile accidents in Connecticut du: he ended June 22, according to aa- announcement by the State Motor Vehicle department, The total of ae- cidents to that date was swelled to 535, an increase of 49 over the same period last year. CUT RATES Crawford: *“What about, Peter 50c Yardley Talcum ... 50c Glazo Nail Polish 33¢ 33¢ 33 60c Mum-” i B 50c Frostilla 33¢ 50c Pan? Lord, you're cuter than ever!" Alice: “Aw, you can't kid me. . 50c Armand - Cold Cream Face Powder .. 33¢ 60c Pompeian € 60c 33¢ . . Quit. Ber Crawford: * ten, Alice. You and Gillette Blades T've had some pretty good times. | ting the call through—honest, T do! | T asked you if you wanted to speak | |to Mr. Wolfe, and you said—"" 60c Pond’s Skin Freshener 35 50c Listerine Shave Cream 33¢ Djer Kiss Face Powder 33¢ Crawford: “Listen, Alice, darling, | you're memory’s all wet. A girl as | pretty you can't bhe expected to have her mind on 'business every | blessed minute. This is what you re- member: Mr. Wolfe called up, you | asked his name, you thought my secretary was in my office and you put the call through without listen- ing-to see who answered it. Two other lines were buzzing and you had to hurry to answer them. Don't you | remember? Wait, baby! Then just as ! you pulled out the plug on Wolfe's call—you'd got the signal that the finished—you saw me com- ing in from the eclevators, I hadn't | haven't we? Well, honey, you can do a whole lot for me, a mighty bigi 50c Listerine favor, if you will—" 33¢ Alice: “It's about this awful trial. ! isn't it? Honestly, Bert, you coulda | 50c knocked me over with a—" i Crawford: “I know, honey! Listen, Princess Pat | Rouge 50c Nonspi Deodorant 33¢ Perfume Sale! - ALLEN'S . 33¢ | SALE Listerine ‘ Tooth Paste g | 33¢ 50c April Showers Talcum 33¢ 25¢ 2 for 50c Palmolive Shampoo and listen hard: Wolfe, the cashier of the First National, says he called me and talked to me on the phone on Wednesday afternoon, November 9. T never received any such call— | ) Allen’s Special Value! get me?" Service Alice: “But, Bert, T remember put- | been in my office after all. And you Weight | were so busy with your board that | vou didn’t tell me Mr. Wolfe had | called and you thought my secretary ! | would tell me anyway. Isn't that e what you remember, sweet- b2 | Alice: “Well, it you _say so, hut I'm scared of the district attorney, | Bert— Oooh, Isn't it cold here? It's | | Boing to be a hard winter, isn't it | Crawford (laughing exultantly): “What do little girls with fur coats | care for hard winters?” | Alice: “But I haven't coat, Bert— wford: “You will have when any fur| Hosiery Values! Chifon | Silk Toe to Top $1.00 | $1.15 | 3 pair $2.85 | 3 pair $3.35 | Sheer Service! | French Heel Guaranteed 1st Quality $1.29 3 pair $3.75 1st | Heavy Servicep| Weight 25 New Shades $1.00 | 3 pair $2.85 Silk Toe to Top $1.15 3 pair $3.35 Quality th trial's over, darling, just as a | about you—" LARGE | Alice: “Yeah? Me and who clse? | You've got such a good memory for | | | what T rememiber, Bert, maybe you | ASSORTMENT | can remember what you promised | me about that red-headed dame you | had up at your apartment that night | NOVELTY IWE C Dorothy Gray | Rubinstein | Madaime D’Vora OF THE FOLLOWING: ARRY A COMPLETE STOCK | UNDERWEAR Elizabeth Arden Yardley’s Elmo—Ayer’s ALL ONE | when T dopped in to get my vanity | JEWELRY | T'd 1ot the night before. Remem- | ber? ! | Crawford: *“Jealous baby! T told | you—"" i | Alice: “You told me you'd not two- time me any more, and- you have! My girl friend saw you and that red- headed dame with the blue-green ooh, quit, Bert! Honest, T can't think when you're kissing me like that! You're not kidding me about the fur coat, Bert? And do you love me a whole lot 2" | Nan dropped the receiver of the stening-in device into the drawer | as Morgan's tall, thin shadow was ' outlined on the frosted glass of the | outer door. | (To Be Continued) | “Part-time” clergymen, who would | be ordained and serve under license without payment while carrying on | their ordinary work, is one sugges- jtion for meeting the shortage of 'clergy in England. JUNE | 1929 \ BY BETTY GOING AWAY? You wiil probably need me name | We are offer- 100 engraved cards in a wide selec- tion of type for $1.50. cards 6 cups a st 6 sala | | | | Religious New arrivals in Cards relt- include Ordina cards Day, gious e Just recei shipment ware, co goblets, tumblers, tion, Communion, and Golden cards — the Silver, Jubilee ‘ LUNCHEON 32 Pieces onsisting of :— 6 sherbets 6 tumblers 1 creamer 1 sugar bowl Complete at $9.50. vealed the shortage, it was gencrally | conceded that Bland had immediate- | Iy left New York by steamer for ! parts unknown. Police radios to all | ships at sea had resulted in exactly ! nothing, but in the interval Bland | had had time to land and disappear. Crawford's trial was set for De- | cember 19, a date which suited John n well enough, since beautifu esigns are et colors. —sentiments are ap- propriate. Choice | Colonial Don't forget to send that bon-voyage card Washingtos There are quite a few el Wi and other do by way of preparation ! “They can't have anything on me, Jack, because T haven't done any thing wrong. T never drew a penny of that money out of the bhank; 1 never touched a penny of it after Bland drew it; I never authorized his drawing it, and did not know that he had done so. T haven't a dol- lar in the bank that I can't account for legitimately.” The first time he made sweeping statement Morgan inter- rupted: “How did it happen that Bland, as treasurer, could sign and cash checks for such huge amounts? | 1t's usual. 1 believe, for two signa- tures to be required on all corpora- to select from. You: friend will appreciafc the thought. On re- nd a card- look | over our display— turning. wel. | Alvays a come home Fifty-cent Dollar Come in and this ery humorous in sentiment. Send your friend a Scofch card that next birth- day— | on 58 West M 25¢ Square and ovals. The 4 et subjects are Exanklin, | One Dollar each. 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