Chapter 23 No.23

Marie stopped, panting, at the hotel piazza. "Mr. Ashe?" she said. "Where's Mr. Ashe?"

"Hain't been gone more 'n couple of minutes. Feller, all excited up, stopped and says somethin' to him, and off he goes like somebody was robbin' his hen-house."

She was too late! He was gone! Where? Marie guessed. Somebody else had warned him, and he was o