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The Case of the Howling Dog :: Гарднер Эрл Стенли
Страница: 33 из 146That man's broken up my home; he's accused me of crime; he's tricked me, trapped me, and betrayed me, and, by God, he's going to pay for it! I want you to catch him, and I want him prosecuted on every count you can bring up — violation of ordinances, crossing state lines, or anything else. Spare no expense. I'll pay the bill, no matter what it is."
"Okay," said Bill Pemberton, folding the letter and handing it back to Foley. "I'll go back and make a report. You'd better come back with me. You can talk with Pete Dorcas. Dorcas can figure out some charges to put against this man. Then you can hire some private detective agency, if you want to spend some money."
"I wonder," said Perry Mason, "if there's a telephone here I could use?"
Foley looked at him with cold fury.
"You can use the telephone," he said, "and then you can get out."
"Thanks for the invitation," said Perry Mason calmly, "I'll use the telephone anyway."
Chapter 5
Perry Mason got Della Street on the telephone.
"Mason talking, Della," he said. "I'm out at Clinton Foley's house. He's the one who owns the dog that Cartright was complaining about. Did you get any word from Cartright?"
"No, Chief," she said. "I rang the place every ten minutes for more than an hour, and no one answered."
"All right," he said, "I guess no one's going to answer. It seems that Foley's wife ran off with our client."
"What?" she exclaimed.
"Fact," he told her. "The woman left a note telling Foley all about it. He's furious and is going to arrest Cartright. He and Pemberton are on their way up to the district attorney's office to try and get out a warrant."
"What grounds can they get a warrant on?" asked Della Street. "I thought there could only be a civil action for that."
"Oh, they'll find some crime that they can pin on him," said Perry Mason cheerfully. "It won't be anything that'll hold water, but it'll be enough to save their faces. You see, Cartright evidently used this excuse about the howling dog to decoy Foley away from the house. When Foley went up to the district attorney's office this morning, Cartright skipped out with Foley's wife. Naturally, the district attorney's office won't like that. It will make a funny story for the newspapers."
"Are the newspapers going to get hold of it?" asked Della Street.
"I don't know. I can't tell too much about it right now, but I'm going to work on the case, and I just wanted to let you know that you didn't need to try to get Cartright any more."
"You'll be in the office soon?" she asked.
"I don't know," he said, "it'll be a little while.
"Okay," said Bill Pemberton, folding the letter and handing it back to Foley. "I'll go back and make a report. You'd better come back with me. You can talk with Pete Dorcas. Dorcas can figure out some charges to put against this man. Then you can hire some private detective agency, if you want to spend some money."
"I wonder," said Perry Mason, "if there's a telephone here I could use?"
Foley looked at him with cold fury.
"You can use the telephone," he said, "and then you can get out."
"Thanks for the invitation," said Perry Mason calmly, "I'll use the telephone anyway."
Chapter 5
Perry Mason got Della Street on the telephone.
"Mason talking, Della," he said. "I'm out at Clinton Foley's house. He's the one who owns the dog that Cartright was complaining about. Did you get any word from Cartright?"
"No, Chief," she said. "I rang the place every ten minutes for more than an hour, and no one answered."
"All right," he said, "I guess no one's going to answer. It seems that Foley's wife ran off with our client."
"What?" she exclaimed.
"Fact," he told her. "The woman left a note telling Foley all about it. He's furious and is going to arrest Cartright. He and Pemberton are on their way up to the district attorney's office to try and get out a warrant."
"What grounds can they get a warrant on?" asked Della Street. "I thought there could only be a civil action for that."
"Oh, they'll find some crime that they can pin on him," said Perry Mason cheerfully. "It won't be anything that'll hold water, but it'll be enough to save their faces. You see, Cartright evidently used this excuse about the howling dog to decoy Foley away from the house. When Foley went up to the district attorney's office this morning, Cartright skipped out with Foley's wife. Naturally, the district attorney's office won't like that. It will make a funny story for the newspapers."
"Are the newspapers going to get hold of it?" asked Della Street.
"I don't know. I can't tell too much about it right now, but I'm going to work on the case, and I just wanted to let you know that you didn't need to try to get Cartright any more."
"You'll be in the office soon?" she asked.
"I don't know," he said, "it'll be a little while.