She smiled. “I know. Watch your step in Shreveport”

Chapter Fifteen

It was around eight o’clock in the evening when I rang the buzzer on the apartment at the address given me in Edna Cutler’s letter.

A feminine voice came drifting down through the little telephone set. “Who is it, please?”

I placed the transmitter to my lips. “A representative of the Silkwear Importation Company.”

“I thought you were in New Orleans.”

“We have branches all over the country — special field representatives.”

“Couldn’t you come tomorrow?”

“No. I’m making a swing through this section of the state.”

“Well, I can’t see you tonight.”