In amazement she read: “ARRIVED IN TOWN TODAY TO TAKE CARE OF A LITTLE UNFINISHED BUSINESS. WILL BE SEEING YOU.”
The telegram bore the signature, Danny Deevers.
CHAPTER
4
A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
As word spread through the office that Jerry had received a threat from the escaped convict, reporters gathered to read the telegram and comment upon it.
“Great stuff!” exclaimed Editor DeWitt, thinking in terms of headlines. “Riverview Star reporter threatened by Danny Deevers! We’ll build it up—post a reward for his capture—provide you with a bodyguard.”
“But I don’t want a bodyguard,” Jerry retorted. “Build up the story if you want to, but skip the kindergarten trimmings.”
“You ought to have a bodyguard,” DeWitt insisted seriously. “Danny Deevers is nobody’s playboy. He may mean business. Reporters are hard to get these days. We can’t risk having you bumped off.”
“Oh, this telegram is pure bluff,” Jerry replied, scrambling up the yellow sheet and hurling it into a tall metal scrap can. “I’ll not be nursemaided by any bodyguard, and that’s final!”
“Okay,” DeWitt gave in, “but if you get bumped off, don’t come crying to me!”
Jerry took a long drink at the fountain and then said thoughtfully: “You know, I have a hunch about Danny.”