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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1928.
CANARY” MUKDEK CASE
by
YAN DINE AUTHOR OF THE BENSON MURDER CASE
CHARACTERS
PHILO VANCE
JOHN F.-X. MARKHAM, District
Attorney of New York
ODELL
Cleaver and Mannix were already out succosa; and Markham Anally on hand
when wo were ushered ordered his man to arrange the Into Markham's drawing-room, and table for five.
I noticed that Vance walted until few minutes later Spotswoode ar- County rived. The amenities of introduc-Allen had taken his place, and then
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tion over, we were soon seated dropped into the chair at his right: comfortably about the open log fire, Cleaver took the seat at Allen's man-smoking, and alpping very excellent left. Spotswoode sat at Vance's
Scotch high-balls...
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CHARLES CLEAVER, a
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"KENNETH SPOTSWOODE,
manufacturer
LOUIS MANNIX, an importer
Markham had, of course, accepted the unexpected Mr. Allen cordially, but his occasional glauces in the
right; and then came Markham. Mannix drew up his chair midway. behind Markham and Cleaver.
rather Cleaver first named a DR. AMBROISE LINDQUIST, 4 latter's direction told me he was moderate limit, but Spotswoode at
fashionable neurologist
having some difficulty in reconcil-once suggested much larger stakes. TONY SKEEL, a professional buring the man's appearance with Then Vance wont still higher, and
glor
Vanco's sponsorship.
WILLIAM
ELMER
telephone operator. HARRY SPIVELY, telephone
crator
as both Markham and Allen signi-
JESSUP, A tense atmosphere lay beneath fled their agreement, his figure was the spurious and affected affability accepted. The prices placed on the op-of the little gathering. Indeed, the chips somewhat took my breath scarcely conducive away, and even Mannix whistled situation was of to spontaneity. Here were three softly.
ERNEST HEATH, Sergeant
the Homieldo Bureau.
men each of whom was known to
the others to have been Interested
That all five men at the table
in the same womun; and the reason were excellent players became ob THE STORY THUS FAR
game had pro- for their having been brought to-vious before the Margaret Odell is found stran-gether was the fact that this ressed ten minutes. For the first time that night Vance's friend gled. Skeel's fluger prints are woman had been murdered. found in the tipartment, but Markham, however, handled the Allen seemed to have found his Vance believes Skeel had been situation with such tact that he milieu and to be wholly at cass.
Allen won the first two hands, hiding in closet while the largely succeeded in giving each strangler did his work. The thing one the feeling of being a disinter-and Vance the third and fourth. that baffles police is the side door tested spectator summoned to dis- Spotswoode then had a short run to the alley. It had been bolted cuss an abstract problem. on the inside the night before and
He explained at the outset that found that way in the morning. Mannix, Dr. Lindquist and Cleav-the "conference" had been actuated
of good, luck, and a lttle later Markham took a largo jack-pot whies put him slightly in the lead. Cleaver was the only loser thus
or all lie about their whereby his fallure to find any approach far; but in another half-hour he abouts the night of the murder. to the problem of the murder. He had succeeded in recovering a large Spotswoode, who had called on hoped, he said, by a purely informal portion of isla losses. After that the girl, had rushed to her door at discussion, divested of all official-Vance forged steadily ahead, only the sound of a scream, but hadism and coercion, to turn up some to relinquish his winning streak to through the door suggestion that might lead to Allen. Then for a while the for- been reassured that nothing was wrong. Then fruitful line of inquiry. His man- tunes of the game were rather Skoel is found strangled, after ner was one of friendly appeal, and evenly distributed. But later on promising to reveal the murderer. when he finished speaking the gen- both Cleaver and Spotswoode began
had been noticeably to lose heavily. Vance then demonstrates howlerul tension Skeet could have left through the related.
By half-past twelve a grim at-
alde door and relocked the bolt. During the discussion that fol-mosphere had settled over the Ho suggests to Markham that Cleaver, Mannix and Spotswoode lewed I was interested in the vari-party; for so high were the stakes be invited to play poker with pun attitudes of the men concerned, and so rapidly did the betting pyra them and he will tell Markham Cleaver spoke bitterly of his part mid, that even for men of means- who committed the murder.
CHAPTER XLII
in the affair, and was more self-such as all these players undoubt- condemnatory than suggestive. edly were-the amounts which con- Mannix was voluble and preten-tinually changed hands représented tiously candid, but beneath his very considerable items. comments ran a strain of apolo-
Just before one o'clock, when the
(Monday, September 17; 8 pm.getic wariness.
Vance and I went home after 'Spotswoode, unlike Mannix, fever of the game had reached-a lunch, and at about four o'clock seemed loth to discuss the mutter, high point, I saw Vante glance Markham telephoned to say that and maintained a consistently requickly at Allen and pass his hand-
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he had made the necessary articent attitude. He responded kerchief across his forehead. rangements for the evening with politely to Markham's question, but; To a stranger the gesture would' Spotswoode, Mannix and Cleaver. he did not succeed entirely in hid have appeared perfectly natural; Immediately following this con- ing his resentment at thus being hut, so. familiar was I with Vance's firmation Vance left the house, and dragged into a general discussion.mannerisms, I immediately recor did not return until nearly eight Vance had little to say, limiting o'clock. Though I was filled with himself to occasional remarks di-ized its artificiality. And simul- curiosity at so unusund a proceed-rected always to Markham. Allen taneously 'I noticed that it
Allen who was shuffling the cards Ing, he refused to enlighten me. did not once speak, but sat contem-
to preparatory dealing. Some But when, at a quarter to nine, we pinting, the others with a sort of smoke from his cigar evidently went down-stairs to the waiting canny amusement,
went into his' eye at this moment, car; there was a mun in the tonneau; and I at once con- The entire conversation strack for he blinked, and one of the cards nected him with Vance's myste-me as utterly futile, Had Mark-fell to the floor. Quickly retrieving rious absence.
ham really hoped to garner Informa-it, he reshuffled the deck and placed tion from it, he would have it before Vance to cut.
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"I've asked Mr. Allen to join us been woefully disappointed. Í The hand was a' jack-påt, and tonight," Vance vouchsafed, wherealized, though, that he was mere there was a small fortune in chips he had introduced us. "You don't ly endeavouring to justify himself already on the table. Clenver, play poker, and we'really need an for having taken ko unusual a step Markham and Spotswoode passed. other hand to make the game inter-and to pave the way for the gameThe decision thus reached Vance, estin', y know. Mr. Allen, by the of poker which Vance had request and he opened for an unusually bye, is an old antagonist of mine." ed. When the time come to broach large amount, Allen at once laid The fact that Vance would, the subject, however, there was no down his hand, but Cleaver stayesi. parently without permission, bring difficulty about it.
The Markham and Spotswoode an uninvited guest to Markham's
It was exactly eleven o'clock both dropped out, leaving the ca apartment amazed me but little
between Vanco and more than the appearance of the when he made the suggestion. His tire play man himself. Hy was rather short, one was gracious and unassuming: Cleaver. Cleaver drew one card, with sharp, shrewd features; and but by couching his invitation in and Vance, who had opened, drew what I saw of his hair beneath his terms of a personal request, hetwa. Vanee Jauntily tipped ant was black and practically precluded declination. wager, and Cleaver raised It Hub
But his verbal strategy, I felt, stantinlig. Vance, in turn raised Bleck, like the painted hair Japanese dolls. I noted, too, that was unnecessary. Both Cleaver Cleaver, but only for his evening Lle was enlivened by a and Spotswoode seemed genuinely amount; and Cleaver again raised design of tiny white forget-me-10 welcome the opportunity of drop Vance this time for an even larger discussion in eum than before. Vance hesitated nots, and that his shirt front was ping a distasteful
favour of playing cards; and Vanco and called him. Cleaver exposed adorned with diamond studs.
Jund Allen, of course, concurred in-his hand triumphantly. The contrast between him, and stantly.
"Straight flush-jack high," he the immaculately stylish and meti- Mannix alone, declined. He ex-|unnounced. "Can you bend that?” culously correct Vance was agres-plained that he knew the game] "Not on a two-card draw," said sively evident. I wondered what only slightly, and disliked Vauch rucfully. He put his cards could be the relationship between though he expressed in enthusiastic | down to show his openers. . He had them. Obviously it was neither so-desire to watch the others. Vanco four kings. cial nor intellectual,
urged him to reconsider, but with-
(To be Continued.)
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