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Thursday, June 5, 1947
Cameron Dockery
CHAPTER XV
The next afternoon Lotus had
the satisfaction of watching
Aline Cartier and her grand
aunt depart bag and baggage for
New Orleans.
Her nerves were as taut as
piano wires, and when a figure
appeared in the French window
leading from the gallery, she.
sprang up with an eager cry,
thinking it was Lawrence again.
The cry died in her throat--
the interloper was Curtis Cor- [
bin.
“Stacy, to put it kindly,” he
said sarcastically, “is inclined to
be a little too trusting. He ad
mitted to me that he had told
you of my desire for him to mar
ry Aline Cartier, and my reasons
for it. It’s quite possible that you
repeated this to her.”
Suddenly, the high, thin
scream of a Negress rent the air!
“Mistah Corbin! Mistah Cor
bin! Fiah!”
Corbin jerked, as though being
awakened roughly from a hyp
notic spell. “What has happened
now? Those stupid servants?”
He strode to the door, flung it
open.
A trembling Negress stood
there, her face almost white with
panic.
“Mistah Corbin, sir, there’s a
fiah in the zoo. It growin’ fas.’ ”
He swore vehemently and jerk
ed a finger at Lotus. “Come
along, I may need you.” Then he
plunged down the stairs.
One of the Negroes had con
nected the garden hose and was
playing it on the fire through
the bars and meshing of the
boa’s cage. It seemed to have al
most no effect, and Lotus guess
ed that the sawdust had been
well soaked with kerosene. The
smoke coiling from it looked j
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black and oily.
The sight of the stream of wa
ter appeared to throw Corbin
into a frenzy. “Turn that off, you
fool!” he shouted.
“You bloody fool!” Corbin
swore. “Don’t you realize there’s
$1,000,000 worth of stuff in there.
The fire and water will ruin it if
we don’t get it out!”
Corbin shot him a venomous
look then tossed him a revolver
he surprisingly drew from a
shoulder holster beneath his
coat. “All right you lily-livered
coward, I’ll get it myself. You
cover the snake.” He grabbed
Lotus’ arm. “Come on, girl, you
can help.”
“Thank God, it’s safe. Well, I
guess that’s all.”
“Yes, Corbin, that is all.”
The three of them then spun
around at the sound of the
strange stern voice
Stu Lawrence stood behind
them, a revolver in each hand.
He was backed up by three grim
faced members of the Federal
narcotic squad.
Lachene and Corbin were be
hind her so she couldn’t read
their faces but Corbin’s voice
was cold with undisguised fury.
“You can’t prove I sold any of
it.”
“We don’t have to and anyway
we knew you wouldn’t lower
yourself to peddling the stuff.
Your type always lets someone
else do the dirty work. It never
fails.”
“I suppose you have that
someone, too?” It was a sneer.
“Right. We bagged quite an
odd assortment of characters on
that other island an hour ago.
the German officer wouldn’t talk
—he’s a cool customer —but
Balch squealed like a stuck pig,
he spilled everything.”
j They were seated in the spa-
cious old living room at Belle
Fleur—Lotus, Stacy, Lawrence
and a few of the FBI men.
“You see,” Stacy said. My
step-father and I never pretend
ed any real affection for each
other. I think I stuck with him
because he loved my mother as
much as I did. She was the one
person I’ve ever seen him truly
gentle and kind with. And he
kept me around because he could
use me.”
' “Then you knew what was go
ing on, Corbin?”
“Yes, there’s no use pretend
ing I didn’t. Balch caine to Dad
with this proposition from the
German officer. He’d been one
of those who escaped on an un
surrendered Nazi sub with mil
lions in German gold. He wasn’t
a Nazi, but a fanatical German
and he had the idea of soften
ing up the American people by
making dope fiends of them. It
was a plan to demoralize and
make them easy marks for Ger
man propaganda and the next
war.”
“Like the scheme the Japs |
used in China,” Lawrence said.
A week later Lotus Ames satj
on the edge of the pool in Chloe
Duval s patio and absentminded
ly stroked the ears as one of
Mamselle’s numerous feline com
panions.
“Will you ever forgive me for
deceiving you, Mamselle?”
Chloe nodded understanding
fly. “But, of course, mon ami,
! eet ees your work, non?”
“Yes, but we did make use of
you. Even that letter Valette
Fondeau wrote was at the price
of a lightened jail sentence.”
A little tinkling laugh answer
ed her. “I thought eet sounded
much too friendly for Valette.
You see, we quarreled last time
we met, but she has a tempestu
ous nature, so I thought she’
might have forgotten eet. Non, I
am not angry weeth you, rather
am I sad at losing you. You
should do something weeth that
golden voice of yours, ma cheri.”
“I’m afraid there won’t be
many opportunities to make use
of it in this sort of work.”
“Eh, bien, perhaps you weel be
using eet to seeng lullabies, then.
(That young Mr. Lawrence has a
(look een hees eyes for you.”
I Lotus blushed furiously. “Oh,
no—l don’t think he cares.”
“Mon Dieu, you are blind, lit
tle one! Believe me. I know —”
Her eyes glittered and she
waved her jeweled fingers so
that her rings flashed brilliantly
in the sunlight. But before she
could elaborate on her theme,
Susiebelle appeared in the arch
way and announced callers.
“Send them out here,” Chloe
ordered, and began preening her
self and shaking Pedro’s sun
flower seeds off the chair cush
ions.
A moment later old Mr. Car
tier and his granddaughter ap
peared. They were followed by
Stu Lawrence.
Lotus gasped. The fine, austere
old gentleman was one person
whom she never expected to see
in the house on Gallatin Street.
She was even more astonished to
see him bow low over Chloe’s
hand.
i “Ah, my old friend.” Chloe ex
claimed with pleasure, “do sit
down and take this chair in the
shade—you young people, too. "
Mr. Cartier caught Lotus’ ex
pression of amazement and then
chuckled.
“You did not think Mamselle
Duval and I were acquainted, eh,
my girl? Ah, yes, we’ve known
each other for many years—too
many, eh, Chloe? You see, we
grew up in New Orleans and
have watched it change together.
II often come to this charming
■ courtyard in the Old City to
reminisce with Mamselle! ”
Aline looked mildly shocked.
“Grandpere, you never told me!”
He smiled enigmatically. “And
I why should I, my dear?”
She didn’t answer and he
switched his glance to Lotus.
“Much as I admire Mamselle Du
val, I really came here to see you.
I understand you are leaving to
day and I must tell you of my
appreciation for all you’ve done
for the Cartier family.”
“It was all a part of my work,
she explained.
“Not quite . . . Aline tells me
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you took a personal interest that
undoubtedly saved her from a
grave error in judgment.”
Stu Lawrence was looking from
one to the other. “What’s this
all about?”
Aline turned her brown eyes I
on him. “Miss Ames tried to tell
me what sort of a man Stacy
was, but I wouldn’t believe her.
To convince me, she staged a
little scene in her room with him
and stationed me behind the
bathroom door, so that I over
heard everything. He wanted me
to marry him immediately, and
if it hadn’t been for Miss Ames
I would have.”
Stu Lawrence had crimsoned
to the ears; the face he turned
to Lotus was abject. “Was that
the scene I interrupted?”
She almost felt sorry for him.
“It was.”
“Why didn't you explain to
me?”
“If I remember correctly, you
wouldn’t let me.”
He swallowed uncomfortably.
“Then I apologize most humbly.”
They were now an hour out of
New Orleans. The wheels had
assumed a steady pace when
Lotus and Stu Lawrence strolled
into the club car of the Wash
ington-bound train. They pushed
through the crowd and found
[stools at the small bar.
“Don’t tell me you’re going to
have a creme de menthe on a
sultry day like this?” Lawrence
peered at her curiously.
She laughed. “No, I'll vary my
request to a mint collins. You
know. I had to teach Josephus
how to make one.”
“I don’t suppose there’s ever
been a request for such a fem
inine drink at the Case Duval
before ”
Lotus sighed reminis'iently.
“Funny, I’m afraid I’m going to
miss the intriguing atmosphere
of that place. Already I’m begin
ning to feel as though the whole
adventure had happened in some
other century.”
“New Orleans sometimes has
that effect on one,” he agreed.
“Chloe is going to miss you, I’m
sure. Did she mention it?”
“Oh, she was very understand
ing and quite tearful. I’m afraid
I badly misjudged her charac
ter. There were times when I
was convinced she was mixed up
with those crooks. She was so
mysterious about the gold-head
ed walking stick.”
An amused twinkle lit his eyes.
“Os course she was mysterious
i about the cane because she had
wanted to protect old Mr. Car
tier. She must have been quite
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table to the drink before her, she
felt very lighthearted. Stu Law
rence just missed being hand
some, she reflected, but there
was some quality about him even
a gal in her day.”
Lotus stared at her compan
more appealing than just mas
culine good looks, a sort of gen
uineness.
“Am I going to go on calling
you Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Law
rence?”
Removing his cigarette, he
emitted a good-natured laugh.
“Since we’re rivals and equals in
detecting, now, I wish you’d call
me Stu, Lotus.”
“That’s the first time you’ve
called me that. Didn’t think you
knew it.”
“By the way. Lotus, do you
live up to your name?”
She looked up at him and his
expression was full of signifi
cance. “I’m not sure what you
mean?”
“I seem to recall an old Hindu
saying: ‘He who tastes of the
heart of Lotus must return to
taste again.’ His tone was half
■ serious, half bantering. “Is it
■true?”
“That’s something you’ll have
to find out for yourself, Stu.”
“Then here’s to the success of
our next adventure!”
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