"Now," Ames went on, "knowing Brown as I do, I wonder if little Hunt
Post, who, like his mother was red headed and blue eyed, was burned up
in a railroad accident. Did Field speak of the child?"
Enoch pressed the desk button and Abbott came. "Give me the Field
envelope, please, Abbott."
When the envelope was in his hands, Enoch tore the flap up and began to
read the close written pages. When he had finished, he put the
manuscript back with steady hands. "Most of the letter," he said
quietly, "is taken up by the recital of Brown's shady moral career in
Mexico. At the end he speaks of a Mexican woman with red hair and
violet eyes who lived with Brown for some months. She left to act as
nurse to little Hunt Post. Some time after the railroad accident,
Curly was the unsuspected witness to a secret meeting between this
Anita and Brown. The woman demanded money and Brown demanded proof
that little Hunt was dead. The conference ended only when Anita
produced a box containing the child's body. Curly did not know how
much Brown paid her or where she went."
Ames gave an ugly laugh. "Hoist with his own petard! Think of him
starting me after the Luigi scandal!"
"Tell Abbott what you've just told me," said Enoch.
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