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"I knoas printed in the newspapers, Mr Seagrael mine, nor did the rest of the crew"

Seagra knees "Then the disaster was a hoax," he said hoarsely

She looked up "You knowyou know that?"

"We suspected, but have no proof"

"If it's proof you want, Mr Austin, I'll get it for you" She rose to her feet, shrugging off Seagram's attempts to help her, and disappeared into another roo an old shoebox, which she proceeded to open reverently

"The day before he was to enter the Little Angel, Jake took ht ne at the finest restaurant in town We spent our last night together in the honeymoon suite of the Brown Palace Hotel Do you know of it?"

"I have a friend staying there right now"

"In the , he told me not to believe what I heard or read in the newspapers about his death in a one for several months on a job somewhere in Russia When he returned, he said ould be rich beyond our wildest drea I've never understood"

"What was that?"

"He said the Frenchies were taking care of everything and that when it was all over, ould live in Paris" Her face took on a dreaone on his pilloas a note that si five thousand dollars"

"Do you have any idea where the money came from?"

"None We only had about three hundred dollars in the bank at the time"

"And that was the last you heard from him?"

"No" She handed Seagraraph of the Eiffel Tower on the front "This came in the mail about a month later"

Dear Ad, The weather is rainy here and the beer awful Am fine and so is the other boys Don't fret As you can tell I ain't dead by a long shot You knoho