“I understand you want to ask me about Miss Detweiler?” she inquired.
“Yes,” answered Mary Louise. “I am trying to find her for her grandparents. The employment manager of the department store said she lived here. Is that correct?”
“Yes, it is. Miss Detweiler lived here for about five months. She seemed like a nice quiet girl, with no bad habits. She paid regular till the last month she was here, when she took sick and had to spend a lot of money on medicines and doctor’s bills. Then, all of a sudden, she slipped away without payin’ her bill, and I never saw her again.”
“She owes you money?” demanded Mary Louise.
“No, she don’t now. A couple of weeks after she left, she sent it to me in a registered letter. So we’re square now.”
“Didn’t she send her address?”
“No, she didn’t.”
“Where was the letter postmarked?”
“Center Square. A little town up the state.”
“Do you still have the envelope?”