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“How’d he get loose?”
“I’ve heard fourteen versions of that since I caht The best one is they dropped his box It was hed, “Only in New York”
“Anything I should know before ?”
The nightes
On top was a cablegram from Bell’s best friend, Detective Archie Abbott, who, in return for an extended European-honey contacts in London, Paris, and Berlin to establish Van Dorn field offices overseas Socially prominent and married to Aell Abbott IV elcome in every embassy and country estate in Europe Bell had already cabled hiet an inside perspective on the dreadnought race Now Archie was co home Did Bell prefer he take the British Lusitania or the German Kaiser Wilhem der Grosse?
“Rolling Billy,” Bell cabled back, using the popular narand but lubberly German liner Archie and his beautiful bride would spend their Atlantic crossing in the first-class lounges, char officers, diplo freely on the subjects of war, espionage, and the naval race Neither the stiffest Prussian officer nor the worldliest Kaiser’s courtier would stand a chance when Lillian started batting her eyes While Archie, a confirmed bachelor until he had fallen head over heels for Lillian, was no slouch in the wife-beguiling business
John Scully had left an enigot a mind to nose around Chinatown” Bell tossed it in the wastebasket In other words, he’d hear from the detective when Scully felt like it
Reports froents in Westchester and Bethlehe accident and the steel otten a line on their possible suspects, the “Irish” girl or the “Gerainst ju to conclusions It seemed that no one who knew Chad Gordon was surprised by the accident The victi man, casual about the safety rules and known to take terrible risks
There was disturbing news froned to Wheeler at the Naval Torpedo Station reported chasing off, but failing to capture, two men who tried to break into the torpedo
expert’s cottage Bell ordered up extra PS boys, fearing it had not been an ordinary burglary atte that Wheeler be instructed to sleep in the well-guarded torpedo station barracks instead of his own place
The e, rang, and the nightman snapped it up “Yes, sir, Mr Van Dorn!… As a ht-distance froton
Bell pressed the earpiece to his ear and leaned into thelate”
“Setting an exa I should know before I turn in?”
“Archie’s co home”
“About tiest honeymoon I ever heard of”