Although opinions among geologists vary, many believe in Hobbs and his work. A consulting gem expert at the world famous Field Museum put forth this story to your editor, and convinced him that Hobbs is a clear headed expert who knows what he is talking about. Somewhere under the waste of snow, probably a little east of Hudson Bay, there is a fortune in uncovered diamonds. A fortune that could easily eclipse the yield of Africa's richest diamond fields.—Ed.
im Drake knew all he wanted to for the time being. He turned toward the unlighted marquee of the Owl Limb.
"Looks as though the police closed the place up," Puffy said soberly. "Gonna stay sober tonight?"
"Do you know where that check room girl lives; the one you call Mary?" Drake asked.
Puffy's face sobered.
"She's married and has three kids," he said. "I don't know where any married women live."
Jim chuckled. He twisted the car into the traffic again, and with a swift U-turn, headed the coupe toward home.
"Just the same I need information from a married woman," he said. "And you're getting out at the next corner in a perhaps futile effort to find Mary."