CHAPTER IV
CARDONA MAKES PLANS
LATE that afternoon, Detective Joe Cardona again conferred with Commissioner Ralph Weston and Professor Roger Biscayne, in that same office.
The detective had been busy all day, tracing the past movements of Louis Glenn. Detective Sergeant Mayhew had been left in charge at Harshaw’s.
Cardona had stopped there twice, during the day.
There was a marked warmth of friendship between Cardona and Biscayne. This was due to two causes. First, because Cardona had proven his hunches, and therefore felt superior.
The second reason was because Biscayne had accompanied Cardona during the early afternoon, and had openly expressed his admiration for the detective’s painstaking ability.
Any antagonism that might have arisen between the two men would undoubtedly have been forced by Cardona, for Biscayne was trespassing upon the detective’s field.
Hence, Cardona, by demonstrating both intuition and competence, was secretly pleased with himself, and therefore quite willing to accept Biscayne’s presence.
Now that he felt sure of himself, Cardona had slipped back to his natural tendency. He was both critical and glum. For his most active efforts had brought no tangible results.