CHAPTER III
A DARING SCHEME
Thrilled by her discovery, Judy removed the torn pieces of telegram from her purse and began unraveling the mystery, bit by bit. Irene looked on, trembling with excitement.
“‘CUT ART SHOP ROBBERY STOP FIFTY THOUSAND IS PLENTY STOP....’ Art Shop Robbery! That sounds like a title! And someone wanted him to cut it to fifty thousand words—just a nice length for a book. That must have been what he was doing on the bus, cutting down the number of words on those typewritten pages.”
“Why, of course,” Irene agreed. “I always knew you were gifted, Judy, but can you explain this?” She pointed.
“‘ONE MAN MURDERED INTERESTS RANDALL....’ Easy as pie! Another title and a publisher.”
Judy tossed her head with a self-satisfied air of importance. Every one of their questions might be answered in the classified directory.
They found a telephone booth near by and a directory on the shelf beside it. Promptly turning to the list of publishing houses, Judy’s finger traveled down one complete page and half of another, but no Randall could she find. With a sigh of disappointment she turned to look again at the telegram:
“DISCUSS TERMS MONDAY”
“EMILY GRIMSHAW”