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тАЬDidn't. He got me.тАЭ

тАЬHe asked you to introduce him to us? How come?тАЭ

тАЬService to guests.тАЭ He was uncomfortable, and took off his heap-big-Indian manner and explained, тАЬHe
asked me did I know you two girls, and I said yes before I thought, and he asked would I introduce him,
and I thought of how hard good soft jobs are hard to find these days, and so I did. Did I do wrong?тАЭ

тАЬIs fat jawтАФMr. MontgomeryтАФa guest here at this dopey hotel?тАЭ

тАЬSure.тАЭ

тАЬHow long has he been here?тАЭ

тАЬCouple of weeks.тАЭ

тАЬBy any chance did he arrive about the same time as my girl friend?тАЭ

Coming Going shook his head and the feather that was always getting out of order dropped over one
eye. тАЬBefore her. He got here about two days after her uncle arrived, the way I recall it.тАЭ

тАЬWhat else do you know about Mr. Montgomery?тАЭ

тАЬHe's a mining manтАФhe says. His daughter and a gentleman secretary are with him. Daughter's name is
Colleen. Gentleman secretary's name is Roy.тАЭ

тАЬHow come I haven't noticed them, or at least Mr. MontgomeryтАФaround?тАЭ

He was fiddling with the feather. тАЬThey have been staying pretty close to their rooms.тАЭ

тАЬDo you know anything else I should know, Tecumseh?тАЭ

He grinned and shook his head. тАЬIt's my turn to ask a question. I hear your friend's uncle met with an
accident. This odd curiosity of yours got anything to do with that?тАЭ

тАЬAccidentтАФis that what they call it around here when a guest gets his brains bashed in?тАЭ

That shocked him. The feather fell over his eye. His jaw sagged. Everything else had gone out of him to
make room for the surprise, and genuine surprise it was.

I walked off and left him. I thought I had him measured now. A nice young boy, no more an Indian than I
was, who liked the playacting that went with his job. Probably he was a thwarted actor from Hollywood.
Murder had floored him, and he was no doubt thinking that I was a hard case. He wasn't fooling with his
feather, the last I saw of him.

I went back to the table near the swimming pool. Glacia was worried about me. She jumped to her feet
when she saw me, and then sat down again, rather weakly with relief.

тАЬYou shouldn't run off like that, Mote,тАЭ she wailed.