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But he is wanted at present, and will be until we locate him. You will do well
to remember that, Miss Kelburn."


CARDONA was spreading the papers from Aldriff's dispatch box. Weston
looked
them over, gathered them in a batch, and turned to Dulther and Sigby with the
question:
"Do you gentlemen know what these documents are?"
Both shook their heads.
"If I told you that they concerned both Aldriff and Kelburn," pursued
Weston, "would you be willing to hazard opinions on the question?"
"I would, commissioner," declared Dulther frankly. "I would say that they
had to do with the Pharco Drug chain. Both Sigby and myself had begun to
suspect
that Aldriff was behind it."
"Some correspondence came to the office by mistake," added Sigby.
"Aldriff
hadn't been there for weeks ever since the Pharco outfit started selling
stock.
We forwarded the letters without opening them, but they bore Kelburn's return
address."
"Magnax has nothing whatever to do with Pharco," stated Dulther. "It is
our
strict policy to stay out of retail trade."
"Nor would we have indorsed Aldriff's connection as an individual,"
asserted Sigby. "Indeed, we can show contracts signed by all three of us,
stating that any individual engaging in any other drug business must first
resign from his capacity of an official of the Magnax Corp."
Joan Kelburn sprang defiantly to her feet. Her eyes were like barbs as
they
darted from Dulther to Sigby;
"My uncle told me that Magnax was behind Pharco!" exclaimed Joan. "He
said
that he talked with all three of you and promoted Pharco stock on that
account.
His word is better than yours combined!" Joan swung to the commissioner. "If
you
want proof, you will find it in those papers!"
Weston motioned Joan back to her chair, then shook his head as he spread
the papers on the desk.
"Letters, contracts, memoranda," he declared, "are solely between Smead
Kelburn and Arthur Aldriff. In no way is the Magnax Corp. committed, nor are
Dulther and Sigby concerned as individuals."
Joan stepped forward to look at the documents. Her eyes became more and
more startled as she found out, step by step, that Weston was correct. Joan
was
returning, quite dazed, to her chair, when the commissioner questioned Nevlin:
"Was the Pharco deal between Aldriff and Kelburn only?"
"It was," replied Nevlin steadily. "Mr. Aldriff told me never to mention