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I. O. U. T ed Rodgers shut off his engine, sprang from the car and in ten strides had gained the old negro’s side. “Stop a moment!” And at the stern command in his voice Oscar halted. “I am convince…
A WORD OF WARNING K itty Baird regarded the butler with astonishment. “Mrs. Parsons is not at home,” she repeated. “Why, Oscar brought me a telephone message from her asking me to be here at noon an…
BRIBERY A resounding knock on the side door, through which she had entered the library a few minutes before, caused Kitty to start violently and her hand reached out instinctively to catch the mant…
AND CORRUPTION K itty paused before her bureau and inspected herself in the mirror. It had been a relief to change from her street clothes to a dressing gown. She had spent nearly an hour lying on t…
BOUND IN RED TAPE “ W har yo’ goin’, Honey, at dis time o’ night?” Mandy’s voice was raised in shocked expostulation and Kitty could not refrain from a smile. She had interrupted the old servant in …
A STARTLING ENCOUNTER T ed Rodgers ran down the three steps leading to the porte-cochère of “Hideaway,” and opened the door of his car. “Wouldn’t you like to drive?” he asked, turning to Kitty stan…
“K. B.” I nspector Mitchell looked at the policeman standing in front of his desk with approval. “You have done well, Donovan,” he exclaimed. “Exactly at what hour was Major Leigh Wallace seen leavi…
ELUSIVE CLUES I nspector Mitchell felt extremely pleased with himself as he hurried along Seventeenth Street in the direction of the Munitions Building. In his interview with Mrs. Augustus Murray of…
SUSPICION I t was not often that Charles Craige was late in keeping an appointment with Mrs. Parsons. But the pretty widow had occasion to glance repeatedly at her parlor clock with ever increasing …
THE FEET OF THE FURTIVE M andy was not happy in her mind. No matter how tempting the dishes she cooked, her beloved “Miss Kitty” failed to eat more than “jes’ scraps,” as Mandy expressed it in her d…
