The Chinese Parrot (Charlie Chan Detective Series) — page 306: what you’re looking at

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a —— "Of course not." "The condemned man gets a rather pleasant whiff in his last moments, doesn't he? I suppose it acts like ether— and when he comes to, he's married." A reckless driver raced toward them on the wrong side of the road. "Look out!" "I saw him coming," said the girl. "You're safe with me. How many times must I tell you that?” They had dinner and a dance or two at an inn in Riverside, and all too soon, it seemed to Eden, arrived at Pasadena. The girl drove up before the Maryland Hotel, prepared to drop him. "But look here," he protested. "I'll see you safely to Hollywood, of course." "No need of that," she smiled. "I'm like you. I can take care of myself." "Is that so?" "Want to see me tomorrow?" "Always want to see you tomorrow. Chan and I are coming over your way. Where can we find you?” She told him she would be at the picture studio at one o'clock, and with a gay good-bye, disappeared down the brightly-lighted stretch of Colorado Street. Eden went in to a quiet night at the hotel. 306 comiicboeoe S CO