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DETECTIVE' THRILLER !
THE BLACK PIGEON.
By Anno Austin.........
THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH,
CHAPTER XLIV.
of what Birdwell had called a "serial story" and folded them into "Yes-old subconscious working a small square which she tucked at last, darling!" Ruth answered, away safely in the pocket, of the when the elevator had dis-brown valoteen frock she charged them at the seventh floor. wearing. Her eyes were shining like blue
"A man's will is a pretty good diamonds, but even if she had index to his character," McMann
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"What are you going to do now?" McMann asked indulgent- ly, as swift fingera wrapped the narrow ribbon of paper about the tiny red leg of the pigeon, faston- ing it accurely with the thread.
TUESDAY, MAY 28. 1929.
AMERICAN STOCKS.
CABLED QUOTATIONS FROM NEW YORK.
"Watch and see!" Ruth laughed,
The following quotations as, at the Then, still holding the pigeon against her breast, she called out close of the market on Monday havol in a clear, blithe soprano: "Yoo been received from their correspon- hoo, Jack!"
dents, Messrs. Hayden, Stone and Co., Almost instantly the young in- of New York, by Messrs. Swan, were framed in the opposite win-Shanghal, (cable address “Swanstock,” | surance broker's head and torso Culbertson and Fritz, Sassoon House,
Shangliai), who are not responsible "Got any crumbs, darling?" Ruth for cable mutilations. These quota. called gayly. "If you have you
dow.
-wanted to confide in her sweet-began, after he and Ruth had seat- may learn something to your ad. tions are subject to confirmation:
vantage,"
and she released the
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Previous Latest
heart, the inevitable group of ro-ed themselves opposite each other porters clustered about Borden's at the dead man's desk. "Arid black pigeon. door would have prevented her.
Anaconda Copper Throwing Jack Hayward a bril-more times than not, when a rich
"Say What does all this mean? Bethlehem Steel liant smile by way of farewell-man's been murdered, his will is smile destined to grace the front the police's best bet in looking for listening!" the detective sputtered.
And I thought you weren't Chrysler Corp. (Com-
nion) a motive. I tried to get hold of "Look here, Miss Lester! page of an extra a few hours later Attorney Walters yesterday, of treated you almost like one of the
I've General Motors (Com- Ruth slipped into her office, of course, but he was out of town--force-let you in on everything.
Goodrich B. F. (Com- rather the office which had been didn't get back till noon to-day."
mon) but I warn you-if you're tipping Granby Consolidated diers until her employer had been
"And did you find a motive?" off Hayward that he's going to be murdered,
Coppor Sho found Detective Birdwell Ruth asked engerly.
International with his feet on Benny Smith's) "Not unless we want to belleve arrested, so's hy can beat it
(Common) desk, his black derby tilted low that Mrs. Borden got impatient," over his perpetually weary eyes. McManun said slowly: "Outside At the girl's entrance, down cane of a few thousands to his lawyer, the feet and off came the derby, who, it appears, expected more for but the expression of bored gloom keeping Banden out of jail or some on the detective's face deepened, of his fake stock schemes, every "1las anything happened thing goes to the wife and kids-
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Ruth's lovely face was sparkling with laughter as she answered:
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Liggett and Myers "B" "I wasn't listening. And please Missour! Pacific (Com- don't scowl at me like that. As mon) Cleo Gilman said, you'd be an Nevada Consolidated awfully handsome man. if you Copper
Oh, Packard Motor cultivated a jolly smile. look! Jack's caught the black
(Common) Railio Corporation of bigcon!"
Amerien (Common) Standard Dil Co. of
New Jersey Standard Oil Co. of
"I shouldn't think Hayward would ever want to see a pigeon again, after the trick one of them played on him-making those foot. prints in blood inside and outside this window," McMann reminded her. "If it hadn't been for those Pigeon footprints, inside and nut- side a closed window, I doubt if grand jury would have indicted
Rath asked, as she hung up t
"Nothing to Martha Manning's and cout, and fluffed her golden curls before the washstand mirror, child?" Ruth interrupted.
"Oh, nothing much." Birdwell "Not a red" MeMann answered, drawled wearily. "Nothing ex-"I've just told you that a man's cept that Commissioner Weeks has Will is good index to his charac been, here handing out nice, hotter. He makes no provision for little samples
of hell. You' the child that Miss Manning think, to hear that guy talk, that Plaims is his. Maybe he had cause nobody hadn't done nothing but to question his paternity, but twiddle their thumbs or play doubt it. I'd stake my hope of Liddly-winks since you stumbled promotion for solving this case on over Borden's, body yesterday that woman's telling the truth- morning. As the chief says too far as the kid is concerned. at him"-und Hirdwell jerked his feast." hend toward Borden's private of- agree with you," Ruth saiding to him. She was smiling and
ain't been on
Bec, where McMann was presum-!
soberly. "Did Mr. Borden leave a ably hard at work-"he says,
large estate?" 'Give us time, commissioner. We "About a million and a quarter, this job 30 hours according to Walters, though the yel,' he says, and the Big Noise will simply says, More than comes back at him with this kinda $10,000. The usual thing, you of know," MeMann answered. proposition: If you can't make an course I asked Walters if Mrs. arrest by five o'clock today, Me Burden knew either the extent of Mana,' he says; Pl assign the case her husband's wealth or the dia- to Lieutenant Pryor Hunk! position made of it in his will and know Pryor! He'll elap everybody he answered 'no' to both questions, insight in jail, and then say She must have been pretty sure, Benie meenie miney mo to see however, that whatever her hus- hand had would come to her and her children, but since Borden was giving them $500 a month, 'm afraid we'll have to look else where for a motive that will hold [water."
which one did it.”
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"And what did Mr. McMann say to that?" Ruth asked, smiling cheerfully.
"Oh, this and that," Birdwell told her wearily, "but the gist of it was that he guessed your sweetie,
Mrs. Borden did not kill her Hayward, would have to be the husband," Rath stated quietly, gout. Thought I'd tip you off”
"You seem pretty sure-oh, all Thanks awfully, Mr. Birdwell?" right, Birdwell What is it?" as Ruth replied, but to the detective's his subordinate appeared in the obvious amazement her smile was doorway. not a whit less cheerful, "Is Com-1 missioner Weeks still with Mr. Mc-Wants to talk with you."
"Captain Foster on the wire, sir. Mann ?"
While McMana was arguing and "No, he's toddled on off to expostulating with his immediate brighten up another dark corner," superior, who had evidently, just Birdwell grinned, "but Borden's been heckled by his own superior, lawyer-a la-de-da chappie, with a Comniissioner Weeks, Ruth sat cane and spats and everything-staring at the airshaft window, dropped in a few minutes nyn to smiling strangely, her chin resting lend a helping hand. MeMattoon her interlacked hands. Me- phoned him to bring in 'Handsome Mana, glancing at her once or Harry's will. But if you want to twice for approval of the way he sue the chief I'll call him out for was "atanding up" to the police you."
captain, saw to his amazement "No I've got a job to do that's that she was not even listening! going to keep me very busy indeed Something did arouse her out of for the next few minutes," Ruth her amiling abstraction, however. answered, as she sat down to her was the mournful, reproachful desk lid took the cover froni the call of the 'back pigeon, which was typewriter that hnd stood idle atrulling up and down the broad since the abrupt termination of her white edge outside the airshaft career us private secretary to window. With an exelaniation of "Handsome Harry" Berden.
dismay at her own thoughtless- ness, the girl jumped up and ran to the outer office, to get the en- For a few minutes, however, her volone which she had filled with handa lay inert on the keys, and bread crumbs from her own lun- her brows were knit in a mightycheon. But the hungry black frown of concentration. Then, pigeon had to wait a minute longer, with an exclamation of excited for Ruth stopped to, type one triumph, she quickly rolled a sheet line and tear it, a narrow of yellow paper into the machine ribbon, from tho sheet of yel- and began to type with furious low paper. With her nicasage, haste.
brend crumbs and a length of black thread, she hurried back into the private office, where MeMann was just replacing the receiver, his face flushed with righteous in- dignation.
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As page after page was filled with her flawless typing, Birdwell looked on with growing Interest, when he was not engaged in ang wering telephone calla from police headquarters,
"What are you writing-a serial story?" he asked at last, unable to restrain his curiosity,
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"Expect a man to solve a mys- tery like this in two shakes of a lamb's tail!" he grumbled to the "I'm afraid it does sound a lot girl, then abandoned his self- like fiction of the old-fashioned, defence to nak curiously: "What penny-dreadful kind," Ruth laugh-
are you doing there?"
"Just feeding the pigeons!"
J
ed without halting her flying Ruth tughed. "Poor things! I've fingers.
neglected them shamefully. She had just drawn the last sheet hope the next tenant in this suite from her typewriter with an ex- has a more humanitarian secre- cited, triumphant "There!" when ary."
the door between the two offices "Say! That's a pretty sight!" · opened and the detective sergeant, McMann 'commented, as he stroll- followed closely by a dapper little ed to the airshaft window, where man, who had evidently used the girl stood, laughing and coo certain famous mayor as his sar-fought greedily for the crumbs she ing to the flock of pigeons, which torial guide, émerged, exchanging farewell courtesies.
was sprinkling upon the ledge.
"Oh, you greedy, thing!" she "Whew! That guy's so polite he makes me want to kick him in the settled upon her hand and began cried, the black pigeon boldly seat of his peal-grey qants to see to peek at the crumbs it held. If he'd say, "Thank you, my dear "Now you've made me spil half Mr. McMann! Thank you!" the of your dinner!" she added ruc detective dergeant growled when fully, as a shower of crumbs feli the lawyer had bowed and smiled upon the polished strip of floor be- himself out of his dead ellent's tween rug and window." "Just for office. "But I'm glad he came that, Mr. Nemesis, you're going to anyway. Come on in, Miss Lester, be punished by being made to and I'll tell you all about it." work!" And one little hand closed
Before obeying, Ruth Lester firmly about the gleaming body of gathered up the four typed sheets the black pigeon..
him-"
cover that the giri was not later
But again he was amazed to dis-
the young man across the airshaft, nodding, with carefree gayety, to who, after reading the brief mes sage, gave her a puzzled smile and nod in return, and then tore the ribbon of paper to bits. "The after them pigeons Buttered greedily.
New York Southern Pacific
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Texas Corporatnion'... 43 United Sintes Leather
"A"
United States Steel Vacuum Oil Willys Overland
LETTER GOLF SOLUTION.
Here is the solution to the puzzle on another page.
MARY, MARS, MATS, RATS, RUTS, RUTHI.
Mann demanded sternly.
What was that message?" Mc-
wide-eyed Innocence. "You know. turned away from the window do. But we were talking of Mr. "Ok"-Ruth' laughed, as she far more than 1 do-and all that I' just a novel way of making a Borden's will. It was rather dis- date with my young man! Please appointing, wasn't it? I thought don't scold, Mr. MeMann! I probe had mise you that Jack won't run away that"
more originality than that if, at five o'clock to-day, you til want to arrest him for the murder of Henry P. Borden, he'll be here and I shan't utter a word of protest!"
McMann told her, eyeing her with "You're pretty sure of yourself." frowning curiosity. Holding out
McMan returned to the desk, at down and selected a memo from his stack of notce. "I wouldn't any Harry Borden was
with an odd smile. There's one lacking in originality," he said, clause. I haven't told you about
the strangest clause ever written on me, aren't you?"
"Why, of course not, Mr. Me-into a last will and testament.... Mann Ruth disclaimed, with
(To Be Continued.)
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