When they finished writing the ad, Jeff Peters said to Andy Tucker: «So far, so good. And now, where is the lady?» Andy gave Jeff an unhappy look. «What does a marriage advertisement have to do with a lady?» he asked. «Now listen,» Jeff answered. «You know my rule, Andy. In all illegal activities, we must obey the law, in every detail. Something offered for sale must exist. It must be seen. You must be able to produce it. That is how I have kept out of trouble with the police. Now, for this business to work, we must be able to produce a charming widow, with or without the beauty, as advertised.» «Well,» said Andy, after thinking it over, «it might be better, if the United States Post Office should decide to investigate our marriage agency. But where can you hope to find a widow who would waste her time on a marriage proposal that has no marriage in it?» Jeff said that he knew just such a woman. «An old friend of mine, Zeke Trotter,» he said, «used to work in a tent show. He made his wife a widow by drinking too much of the wrong kind of alcohol. I used to stop at their house often. I think we can get her to work with us.»