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girl it All Began on a beautiful spring
morning in a village called Whistler in
Canada a pretty little village in the
mountains of British
Colombia there was a cafe in the village
with tables outside and at one of these
tables sat a young man he finished his
breakfast drank his coffee looked up
into the blue sky and felt the warm sun
on his face Nick lorts was a happy man
the waiter came up to his
table more coffee he asked
yeah great said Nick he gave the waiter
his coffee cup the waiter looked at the
camera on the table on vacation he said
where are you from San Francisco Nick
said he laughed but I'm not on vacation
I'm working I'm a travel Rider and I'm
doing a book on mountains in North
America I've got some great pictures of your
your
Mountain the two men looked up at
Whistler Mountain behind the village it
looked very beautiful in the morning
sun do you travel a lot then asked the
waiter all the time Nick said I write
books and I write for travel magazines I
write about everything different
countries towns Villages rivers
mountains people the the waiter looked
over Nick's head there's a girl across
the street he said do you know her Nick
turned his head and looked no I don't
well she knows you I think the waiter
said she's watching you very
carefully he gave Nick a
smile have a nice
day he went away back into the
cafe Nick looked at the girl across the
street she was about 25 and she was very
pretty she is watching me Nick
thought then the girl turned and looked
in one of the shop
Windows after a second or two she looked
back at Nick again Nick watched
her she looks worried he thought
what's she doing is she waiting for
somebody suddenly the girl
smiled then she walked across the street
came up to Nick's table and sat down she
put her bag down on the table the bag
was half
open hi I'm Jan she said do you remember
me we met at a party in Toronto
hi Jan said Nick he
smiled I'm Nick but we didn't meet at a
party in Toronto I don't go to parties
very often and never in
Toronto OH the girl said but she didn't
get up or move
away have some coffee said
Nick the story about the party in
Toronto wasn't true
but it was a beautiful morning and she
was a pretty
girl maybe it was a party in Montreal or
New York the girl laughed okay maybe it
was and yes I'd love some
coffee when she had her coffee Nick
asked what are you doing in Whistler or
do you live
here oh no she said I'm just uh just
traveling through and what are you doing
here I'm a travel writer Nick said and
I'm writing a book about famous
mountains that's interesting she
said but her face was worried not
interested and she looked across the road
road
again a man with very short white hair
walked across the road he was about 60
years old and he was tall and
thin the girl watched
him are you waiting for someone asked
Nick no she said quickly then she asked
where are you going next Nick to
Vancouver for 3 or 4 days he saidh are
you going she asked later this morning
he said there was a letter in the top of
the girl's half openen bag Nick could
see some of the writing and he read it
because he saw the word Vancouver and we
can meet at the Empress Hotel Victoria
Vancouver Island on Friday
afternoon so she's going to Vancouver
too he thought suddenly the girl said do
you like
movies movies yes I love movies he said
why I know a man and he he loves movies
and going to the cinema she said slowly
people call him Mr
Hollywood she smiled at Nick can I call
you Mr Hollywood too Nick laughed okay
he said and what can I call you she smiled
smiled
again call me mystery girl she said
that's a good name for you said
Nick just then the man with white hair
came into the cafe he did not look at
Nick or the girl but he sat at a table
near them he asked the waiter for some
breakfast then he began to read a magazine
magazine
the girl looked at the man then quickly
looked away again do you know him Nick
asked her no she said she finished her
coffee quickly and got up I must go now she
she
said Nick stood up
too nice to he
began but the girl suddenly took his
face between her hands and kissed him on
the mouth drive carefully Mr Hollywood
goodbye she said with a big beautiful
smile then she turned and walked quickly
away Nick sat down again and watched her
she walked down the road and into a big
hotel now what thought Nick was that all
about the man with white hair watched
Nick and
waited after four or five minutes Nick
finished his coffee took his books and
his camera and left the
cafe his car was just outside the girl's
hotel and he walked slowly along the
street to
it the man with white hair waited a
second then quickly followed
Nick from a window high up in the hotel
the the girl looked down into the road
she saw Nick and the man with white hair
about 50 yards behind him Nick got into
his car and the man with white hair
walked quickly to a red car across the
street 5 seconds later Nick drove away
in his blue car and the red car began to
follow him when the girl saw this she
smiled then went to put some things in
bag chapter
2 a hand in the
back that evening in his hotel room in
Vancouver Nick could not stop thinking
about the girl in The Whistler Cafe why
did she come and sit with him she didn't
know him and that story about a party in
Toronto wasn't true and she was worried about
about
something but what and that
kiss it was nice of course but why did
she do
it maybe she liked my face Nick thought
or my brown eyes but I'm not going to
see her again so it doesn't matter
forget it he put some money in his
pocket and went downstairs to the Hotel restaurant
restaurant
restant but there were no free tables so
he walked down to Gast town and found a restaurant
restaurant
there after dinner he went for a
walk Vancouver was a friendly City and
Nick liked walking through Gast town and
Chinatown looking in the shops and
watching the people it was nearly dark
now and it was a busy time of the
evening there were a lot of cars and a
lot of
people after a Time Nick began to walk
back to his hotel he came to a busy
street and waited with a small crowd of
people to go
across a tall woman in a Blue Dress
stood next to him she turned and smiled at
at
him it's the first Warm evening of
spring she said it's nice to be out
after the long cold
winter yeah said Nick it's great
it's suddenly there was a hand in his
back and the Hand pushed Nick into the
road Nick fell on his face in front of a
Big Green Car people screamed but the
green car stopped only inches from
Nick's head the woman in the blue dress
ran into the road and pulled Nick to his
feet are you okay what happened she said
the driver of the green car shouted
angrily at Nick but Nick did not hear
him somebody pushed me he said to the
woman I didn't fall somebody pushed
me pushed you said the woman who I
didn't see
anybody Nick looked at the faces of the
people near him but he didn't know them
then he saw a man's back the man was
tall and thin and had very short white
hair he walked quickly away down the
street and did not look
back hey you Nick shouted
wait but the man did not stop and he was
soon lost in the
crowds did he push you asked the woman
in the blue
dress I I don't know Nick said do you
know him she asked I don't know his name
Nick said but I know that short white
hair now where did I see it
before the woman began to move away way
I must get home she said are you okay
now yeah I'm okay Nick said and thanks
thanks for your help that's okay the
woman smiled be careful
now back in his hotel Nick sat on his
bed and thought it was an accident
nobody pushed me it was an accident
nobody wants to kill me and there are
hundreds of men in Vancouver with white
hair it was 1:00 in the morning but Nick
couldn't sleep he listened to the cars
in the road and he looked at the night
sky through his hotel room window then
he sat at the table and tried to write
some more of his book about mountains
but he couldn't think about his work he
got back into bed there were four or
five magazines in the hotel room they
were not very interesting but Nick sat
in bed and opened one and saw a photo of
mystery girl he looked at the picture very
very
carefully but yes it was
her Jan the girl from The Whistler
Cafe she was next to a man of about 50 or
or
55 and they they were in the garden of a
big expensive house they smiled at the
camera and they looked very happy
Canadian millionaire Howard Hudson and
his daughter Meg it said under the
picture at their home in
Toronto Meg Hudson not Jan not mystery
girl Meg Hudson the daughter of a
millionaire Nick read it
again why did she come and sit with me
in the cafe at Whistler he thought
millionaires daughters don't sit with
strangers in cafes and then give them a
big kiss when they leave why did she do
it what did she
want he thought back to the cafe and
Whistler and the girl next to him at the
table then he remembered something
he remembered a man at a table near them
in the cafe a tall thin man about 60
years old a man with very short white
night chapter
3 a walk in the park the next day was
Thursday Nick stayed in his hotel room
and wrote wrote about mountains all
morning then he drove to Stanley Park in
the afternoon he sat and read a book for
an hour then he went for a walk under
the tall trees there was nobody here it
was quiet and he could walk and think he
thought about Meg Hudson and about the
man with white hair did he know Meg
Hudson did she know him he remembered
Meg Hudson's Last
Words drive carefully Mr
Hollywood why did she say that why did
she call him Mr Hollywood he didn't
understand any of it suddenly he heard a
noise he
stopped that was a gun he thought
there's somebody in the trees with a gun
there it is
again then something hit the tree over his
his
head somebody's shooting at me Nick
thought he turned and ran and somebody
began to run after him Nick ran through
the trees there was no sun in here and
it was half dark and there were no
people nobody to help him I must get to
my car Nick thought find some people the police
police
he ran on he could still hear the gunman
behind him so he ran faster after three
or four minutes he stopped and listened
nothing it was all quiet Nick was afraid
what's happening he thought why is
somebody shooting at me first a hand
pushes me in front of a car and now
somebody's shooting at me he waited
another second or two then walked
quickly back to his car he was very
careful he looked and listened all the
time but nobody came out of the trees
and nobody shot at him then he saw
people women with young children some
boys with a football two men with a dog
he began to feel
better nobody can shoot me now he
thought not with all these people
here 10 minutes later he was back at his
car there was a letter on the window
Nick read it it said I'm going to kill
you Mr
Hollywood Nick drove to the nearest
police station he waited for half an
hour then a tired young policeman took
him into a small room room Nick told his
story and the policeman wrote it all
down so what are you going to do asked
Nick nothing said the policeman nothing
said Nick but somebody shot at me and Mr
lorts the policeman said tiredly how
many people are there in this town with
guns I don't know said Nick but you
didn't see the gunman was it a man a boy
a woman color of eyes long hair short
hair you don't know because you didn't
see anybody maybe it was an old
girlfriend maybe somebody doesn't like
your travel books Mr
lorts but what about the man with white
hair and Whistler said Nick the girl Meg
Hudson called me Mr Hollywood in the
cafe and this man heard her and now I
get a letter to Mr Hollywood on my car
who is this Mr
Hollywood we all want answers to our
questions Mr LS the policeman said but
we don't always get them
them
questions but no
answers Nick walked out of the police
station and drove to his hotel he was
angry and
Afraid how did the man with white hair
find me in Vancouver he thought did he
follow me from Whistler is he following
me now maybe he's staying at my hotel
gun chapter 4 the man with white hair
Nick stopped his car and in front of the
hotel he looked carefully before he got
out but there was nobody with white hair
near the
hotel he half ran through the hotel
doors and went to the desk
inside I'm looking for a man with very
short white hair he said to the woman
behind the
desk he's staying here I think he's
about 60 years old and he's tall and
thin the woman did not look very
interested there are a lot of visitors
in the hotel she said do you know his
name no I don't Nick said he's uh a
friend of a friend you see he arrived in
Vancouver yesterday and I must find him
it's very important please help me the
the woman looked at him there are 350
rooms in this hotel she said and maybe
30 or 40 men with white hair how can I
remember all their names she turned away
to answer a telephone call Nick walked
away from the desk a drink he thought I
need a drink he went into the hotel bar
got a drink and sat down at a table
so what do I do now he thought and then
he remembered something a letter in the
girl's half openen bag in the Whistler
Cafe and we can meet at the Empress
Hotel Victoria Vancouver Island on Friday
Friday
afternoon and tomorrow was
Friday I'm going to Victoria on on
Vancouver Island he thought to the Empress
Empress
Hotel Nick had dinner in the hotel that
evening he finished eating and got up
from his table and saw the man with
white hair Nick moved quickly the man
was at the hotel desk Nick could see the
white head above the other heads near
the desk excuse me said Nick he pushed
past the people in the hotel restaurant
a small boy ran in front of him and Nick
ran into him the boy and Nick fell down
on the floor the boy began to
cry hey said a woman behind Nick I'm
very sorry said Nick he got up and
helped the boy to his feet are you okay
he asked the boy be more careful next
time said the woman Nick moved away
quickly but when he looked back at the
hotel desk he couldn't see the man with
white hair he pushed through the crowd of
of
people that man he shouted at the woman
behind the desk that man with short
white hair where did he go the woman
looked at Nick Mr vicker
she said I don't know Vickers is that
his name said Nick what's his room
number I'm sorry I can't tell you that
the woman said but I need to began Nick
the woman turned away to answer the
telephone after a second or two Nick
went upstairs to his room Vickers he
thought does Meg Hudson know Mr Vickers
quickly chapter
5 Vancouver
Island sa Wason was about 23 miles south
of Vancouver Nick drove there in his car
the next morning for the 1:00 ferry to
Vancouver Island
every 5 minutes he looked behind him the
road was busy black cars white cars red
cars green
cars maybe Vickers was in one of them at
saw Wason Nick drove his car onto the
ferry there were a lot of cars and
crowds of people Nick got out of his car
and walked up and down the ship he
looked for a man man with white hair but
he didn't see
one soon the fairy began to move and
Nick felt better he found the fairy
restaurant and got something to eat more
people came in Nick looked at the faces
of all the older men some had hats on so
he looked for somebody tall and thin but
there was
nobody maybe he's not on the ferry Nick
thought maybe he's back in
Vancouver later Nick walked around the
ship again once he thought he saw the
man with white hair in the crowds but he
could not be
sure 90 minutes after leaving saon the
fairy arrived at Schwartz Bay on
Vancouver Island and Nick went back down
to his car Schwartz Bay was 20 M north of
of
Victoria Nick drove quickly and again
looked behind him every four or five
minutes once he saw a red car about 200
yard behind
him did I see that car on the road from
Vancouver to
saasen he thought he drove more slowly
but the car still stayed 200 yard behind
him and Nick couldn't see the driver's
face or hair soon he was in the busy
streets of Victoria and Nick didn't see
the red car behind him
again Victoria was a city of Gardens and
beautiful old
buildings Nick liked Victoria very much
but today he wasn't interested in
gardens or building things he found the
Empress Hotel went inside and walked
across to the
desk can I help you a young man asked
Nick I'm meeting a friend here this
afternoon said Nick Miss
Hudson Hudson said the young man wait a
minute he went away and came back sorry
but there's no Miss Hudson staying here
Nick took something from his pocket it
was the photograph of Meg and her father
from the
magazine this is her he said the young
man looked at the picture oh right you
mean Howard Hudson's daughter he said
she's not staying here but I saw her 10
or 15 minutes ago she was with somebody
a man he asked me about the
t-o the t-o said Nick where's that the
man with short white hair was tired he
couldn't sleep and he couldn't eat he
thought about only one thing all the
time he drove and he watched and he
waited and he
followed when he drove into Victoria the
streets were busy and suddenly he lost
the blue car in front of him angrily he
drove around the city past all the big
hotels I must find him he said I must do it
it
today then he saw the Empress Hotel and
in the street outside it a blue car he
drove past the hotel left his car and
ran back down the street he went across
the road and walked past the downstairs
Windows there was a big room with tables
and chairs and a lot of people he looked
carefully at all the
faces there she is he said suddenly
there were two men with the girl he
couldn't see their faces only the backs
of their heads but one of the men was in
a green shirt
Mr Hollywood the man said and
smiled Goodbye Mr
Hollywood people in the street turned to
look at him but the man did not see them
he walked up to the doors of the hotel
and put a hand into his pocket inside
hard chapter six a tea party
Nick looked through the doors of the te-
room in the Empress Hotel Meg Hudson sat
at a table with a man the man was about
30 or maybe a year or two younger he was
tall and Brown from the sun he wore a
white shirt white trousers and white
shoes he said something to Meg and she
laughed she looked very happy aw came up
to Nick can I get you some tea he asked
no thanks said Nick I'm with the two
people over there and he walked across
to Meg's table Hello mystery girl said
Nick remember me we met at Whistler your
name was Jan then but maybe today it's Meg
Meg
Hudson Meg Hudson looked up at him oh
she said and her face went
red who is this Meg asked the man this
is Nick said Meg he's a riter Nick this
is Craig
Winters sometimes called Mr Hollywood
said Nick maybe but how did you know
that asked Craig
Winters I guessed said Nick and I think
I beginning to understand can I ask you
a question Mr Winters does somebody want
to kill
you Craig winters's face went white kill
me what are you talking about asked Meg
before I tell you answer this question
please said Nick you called me Mr
Hollywood in Whistler and you wanted the
man at the next table the man with white
hair to hear you is that right Meg
Hudson did not answer at first then she said
said quietly
quietly
yes why asked Nick I wanted him to
follow you and not me why Nick asked
again I think he's a detective said Meg
and I think he's working for my father I
saw him soon after I left Toronto he followed
followed
me Meg put her hand on Craig Winter's
arm my father doesn't like Craig a month
ago he told me not to see Craig again
I'm not happy and he knows that I think
he guessed that I'm meeting Craig and
now he wants to find Craig and stop him
seeing me stop him said Nick or kill him
no Meg Hudson said Daddy doesn't the man
with white hair pushed me in front of a
car in Vancouver Nick told her and he
shot at me in Stanley
Park what said Meg tell tell me about
this man with white hair Winters said
suddenly Nick looked at him he's about
60 and he's tall and thin he said do you
know his name asked
Winters Vickers said
Nick Craig Winters suddenly looked ill
did he did he follow you to Victoria did
he follow you
here I don't know said Nick he wed
watched Winters you're afraid of him why
why does this man Vickers want to kill you
you
Winters before Craig Winters could
answer Meg's face went
white oh no she said look look over
there by the
door Nick and Craig Winters turned to
look at the door of the t- room stood
the man with white hair he looked up and
down the room and then he saw them and
began to walk across to their table his
hand was in his
pocket for a second or two the three
people at the table did not move then
Craig Winters jumped to his feet that's
Mr Hollywood he screamed that man there
and he pointed at Nick the man's hand
came out of his his pocket with a gun
this is for Anna he shouted Nick moved
very fast the tea table went over and
Nick was down on the floor in a second
the shot went over his head and Meg
screamed at the same time Craig Winters
shouted out and put a hand on his arm
there was blood on his white shirt
then more people began to scream and two
waiters pulled the man with white hair
down onto the floor get the
police somebody shouted chapter 7 at the
police station it was 7:30 p.m. Nick and
Meg were in a room at the police station
the man called Vickers was in a
different room with three detectives
there was a doctor with him too
Craig Winters was at the hospital the
door opened and a detective came in with
two cups of coffee he put them down on
the table and turned to go out again
detective Edmonds Meg said did the
hospital call is Craig going to be all
right Winters detective Edmonds said yes
he's going to be okay can I call the
hospital now asked Meg
I'd like you to wait said Edmonds
detective Keat is going to be here in a
minute he's just coming from the airport
and he looked through the open door ah
here he is now a second detective came
into the room and behind him was a tall
man with dark hair Meg stood up
quickly daddy she cried what are you
doing here
the police CED me said Howard Hudson and
I flew here at once detective Keat met
me at the
airport now sit down Meg I want you to
listen to
me he did not look at Nick Meg sat down
and her father took her hands Meg last
week Johnny Vickers came to my house
he wanted to talk about his daughter you
remember Anna Meg 3 months ago she
jumped off a bridge in Boston and died
she was young beautiful rich and she
didn't want to live why because she
loved a man and the man took her money
ran away and left her and the man was
called No said Meg no yes Meg yes he he
was called Mr Hollywood no shouted Meg
she began to cry that's right Miss
Hudson said detective Keat quietly to
you he gave the name Craig Winters when
Anna Vickers knew him he was Carl
Windsor but he liked all
his girlfriends to call him Mr Hollywood
he took nearly
$50,000 from Anna Vickers and there was
a girl before
that no it's not true Meg shouted it is
true Meg said her father Winters Windsor
gets all his money from Rich men's
daughters Johnny Vickers loved his
daughter he went to her house in Boston
after she died he read her letters
and learned about the money and the name
Mr Hollywood and when he came to my
house I told him about you
Meg I said my daughter's got a new
boyfriend and she calls him Mr
Hollywood I don't like him but I can't
stop her she's going away to meet him
next week I
think what can I
do Johnny put his hand on my arm and he
said don't be afraid for your daughter
I'm going to find that man and stop
him Meg said
nothing her face was very white for a
minute or two nobody spoke then
detective Edmund said Vickers told us
all about it Miss Hudson he followed you
to Whistler and saw you with Nick began
to understand stand with me in the cafe
and Meg called me Mr
Hollywood Howard Hudson looked at Nick
you're the travel Rider guy
right LS Nick LS said Nick Vickers
nearly killed me he shot at me twice and
but Howard Hudson was not very
interested in Nick he looked at his
daughter again again how much money did
you give him Meg he said I I gave him
$25,000 said Meg only for two or 3
months he said then he she began to cry
again well you can say goodbye to that
money said Hudson
angrily what's going to happen to
Vickers Nick asked asked detective
Edmonds hospital I think said
Edmonds okay he shot at you and about 50
people saw him but he's not a Wellman
the doctors are going to put him away in a
a
hospital Howard Hudson stood up okay Meg
I'm going to take you home my plane is
waiting at the
airport Meg followed her father to the
door then she remembered Nick and
turned I'm sorry she said I got you into
all this I called you Mr
Hollywood that was wrong but I didn't
know it's okay said Nick you know
everything now and it's better to learn
it now and not later $50,000
$50,000
later chapter 8 a nice
smile Nick took the evening fairy back to
to
Vancouver he was tired and hungry so he
went down to get some dinner in the fairy
fairy
restaurant the restaurant was busy and
there was only one free
table Nick sat down quickly and began to
eat I must get back to work tomorrow he
thought and forget about millionaires
daughters and men with
guns excuse me me somebody said can I
sit with you Nick looked up there was a
pretty girl next to his table he got up
it it's okay he said you can have this
table I don't want it and he began to
move away please don't go the girl said
stay and finish your dinner she smiled
at him it was a nice
smile but Nick knew all about nice
Smiles I'm not hungry he said and he
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