Behind the Green Door

AL RE

pace across the street from the Riverview Hotel.

me and wait in the lob

ny services available for guests. She noticed a florist shop, a candy store, a dr

"Maxwell hasn't overlooked anything. The hotel has a special leased wire

r mentioned his name and asked the

ere," replied the man

he be at

business. He does not expect to re

uld not hide

hen," he said in a resigne

give you Mr. Maxwell's address. If you wish to deal wit

h him?" demanded Mr. Parker. "Well, I've changed my mind. I'

trode from the lobby. Penny

into the sedan again. "This libel suit will be a

this had to come up just when you had planned a fin

Weems to be thought about. I promised he

s. As the car passed the Sidell resid

Penny. Or perhaps you might be able to induce you

more fun if y

everything goes well I might be abl

," said Penny doubtfully. "Bu

ell home. At first Louise was thrown into a state of ecstasy at the

words to ask Mother. We're going to my grandmother's farm

n them there was perfect understanding and they made an excellent pair, fo

nothing better offered, she tried her hand at writing newspaper stories for her father's paper.

le of the Witch Doll, The Vanishing Houseboat, and Danger at the Drawbridge. Even now, months after her last asto

y fun without you, Lo

plenty of excitement. You'll probably pull a mysterious Eskimo out of a sno

close to the Canadian border. All on

corrected Louise with a laugh. "But you'll run

railroad either. The only way in and out of the

le, but I doubt it," declared Lou

as they both had expected, it was not

our plane," Louise promised as Penny left the

here's bad weather. But I'll

ught his daughter's ticket and made all arrangements for the trip to Pine Top. Since Mrs. Weems

make his bed, and he'll probably exist on strong coffee and those wretched

" declared Mrs. Weems. "It seems

ngement, and so plans moved forward just

to come to Pine Top for

Maxwell may still be in town, despite what we were told at the hotel

p, I'd be tickl

o, Penny. Just go out ther

e had departed, but at breakfast time a call came from DeWitt, the city editor, urging hi

rport to see you off," he pro

e Sidell came to the house. Soon after ten o'clock the

the cabman unloaded her luggage. "He'll probab

other passengers. Two travelers Penny immediately tagged as business men. But she was rather interested in

ced individual suffering from a bad cold. The other, struck Penny as being vaguely familiar. He was

enny whispered to Loui

shook h

" Penny went on thoughtfully. "Maybe I saw his

desk and the portly one a

reservations

name here." The clerk push

went over to the opposite side of the waiting room and sat down. P

a blast of cold air as he opened the door. He went ov

in a low voice. "Maybe

important story had "broken" it would be impossible for him to leave the office. He wished her a ple

essage and slipped

ined to her chum. "I was afraid when DeWitt

girl of perhaps twenty-two who walked with a long, masculine gait,

hat I see?" s

inquired Lou

only Franci

ans nothi

by-line in the Riverview Record! F

e a re

is pretty good," Penny added honestly.

at she's d

myself that

notice Penny and Louise whose backs were partly turned to her. Her eyes rested for an instant upon the t

the ticket agent in a low voice, yet lo

le to make a reserv

one seat left

it," said

d whispered in her ear

ou suppose she's going to

ory for the Record. And I just wonder if those two myst