The first thing I does after I leaves the coop was to
hustle down to see Joey. I put him on to Brad's bad talk, and he
promised to keep a sharp lookout for him. At that time Mrs. Braddock
was livin' in London, but Joey didn't know it. I found out later on
through Ernie. He got her whereabouts by pumpin' a coachman who worked
for her father, old man Portman. It seems that while she wouldn't take
money from the old man, she appealed to him to help her in gettin'
what was due her from the sale of the show. She went to Europe a
couple of months after she left the show, a school friend puttin' up
for her, I understand. Her dad was willin' to forgive her, after she'd
tied the can to Brad, but she says nix. She changed her name and took
charge of this school friend's children who were being educated in
London, givin' their mother a chance to chase around Europe without
bein' bothered by kids. When she got the dough out of old Bob Grand
she puts Christine in a school some 'eres and--"
"Thank God, and you, Dick, for this news," cried David fervently. "I
knew that she could do nothing but the right thing.
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