"Where is he right now?"
This time the stare that the city editor gave the girl was distinctly
peculiar. "According to what we can get in the way of reports, Lana, the
last time Morrison was seen in public he was talking with you. If he has
talked with anybody since then the folks he has talked with are keeping
mighty mum about it. Perhaps he has told you where he was going."
Miss Corson exhibited an emotion that was more profound than mere
embarrassment.
"Pardon me! But I'd like to know, Lana! It's mighty important to me in the
line of my business right now."
"What? Can't you find the mayor of the city in a time like this?"
"He's not at home! He's not at City Hall. The chief of police won't say a
word. And he's not in the crowd outside the State House."
Lana did not disclose the fact that she had suggested to the mayor, in a
way, the rabble as Morrison's probable destination, and that he had agreed
with her.
"And a fine chance he has of being let inside the State House," Tasper
went on, with conviction, "after the attitude he has taken in regard to
the administration!"
"He may be there, nevertheless!" Whether hope that he was there or fear
that he might be there prompted Lana's suggestion was not clear from her
manner.
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