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Murder At Bridge
by ANNE AUSTIN author of THE BLACK PIGEON
"THE AVENUHO buisor" aust." "HUQUER BACKOTA
DEGIN DERE TODAY.
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didn't do nothing wrong, I'd oughta forward and tell what I
Juanita Selim murdered a bridge come Pomaltepec im include Lydia Carr. the knowed." maid: Dexter Spraue, John C. Drake, Judge, Moraal, Nita's landlord, to whun aluat "Yes, yes!" Sanderson encouraged "You any you no rent: l'ully Heale and Clive Hammonit, in hint impatiently.
the Malurium together at the time of the, worked for Mrs. Selim as gardener murder Form Miles, Jane Raymond and; Halp Hammond.
June day a week~" rowding & weite which the thinks, Is from her
Apraku. find at that Sprague in her orer, but his
Flor Miles will the war in Nia's court: "Yes, sir, but I tended to her husband. Trarey, but which to realy from hot water and her garbage, too
Helph Hammond, engaged to Nite twice a day it was I have to go and statement, that he spent the night at a cheep stoke the little laundry heater that hotel trying to "drink it and heats the hot water tank in sum- nocence of Nita'n death until the next 'meen. | FISH
mertime when the steam furnace ing neem toelete hlas.
I live about a Bela investigator. Dundee is interested in in't being used. Anding out who paid Na $10,000 since her arrival in ilamliton. At the Inquest, most of mile beyant the Crain place, that the eridence is withheld, stress beleg lain, the house the poor lady was on the theory that Ni wa kiti ya Nkilled In- York Runni. Ladia has arranged for cremation, sa Instructed, ens la given per
"Did you come to stoke the laun mission is take frm the house the velvet dry heater Saturday evening?" drews, 12 ur 12 years old, which Nita
wedding dress, Dunste intends to take
cheme
for her abroad, and which Inaniler strap Dundee Interrupted.
CHAPTER XXIX.
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Following an appearance in "The Wishing Well, an operetta which he wrote and directed, Gawthorne, tried the talkies, but the best part he could And was an obscure bit in "Behind That Curtain" for Fox Movietone. Taking this purely for the experience, he zoon came to the notice of other the dignifled butler in "Sunny Side Up", a performance that secured him the significant part of Inspector Matthews in "Templo Tower", all talking Movietone melodrama coming to-morrow to the Queen's Theatre.
Kenneth MacKenna plays the lead- ing role of "Bulldog Drummond" in this production, a screen version of the latest "Drummond" novel by H. C. MeNeile. Henry B. Walthall and Marceline Day head the supporting" cast of this "different" and fascinat ing melodrama, which Donald Gallaher
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pictures of the twly In the dress. Asked to her," he turned to the district at led in Warsaw under the Ministry directors and finally won the role of
to the district attorney, but this is the first time bring Niu's Jewellery turner's office for satekmeting, ya y've seen this man." she don't know wherr Nita e Ft.
"No. air, I didn't stoke it Sat'dy night," Rawlins answered uncasily "You see, I was comin' up the road "I said I don't know where she to do my chores at half-past six, kept her jewellery." Lydia retort-like I always do, but before I got ed" harshly. "It wasn't worth to the house I seen a lot of police-bidden to travel vin Cherbourg, a much-not a hundred dollars altomen's car and motorcycles, and mensure designed to increase traffe in on the Polish Stutes Railways. The gether, I'll be bound, because Nita didn't want to ret mixed up
Red Star, White Star, and Cunard Hold her last diamond not a week nothing, so I turned around and before we left New York. She went home again. I didn't know itnes have between there carried owed so many will then that. the what was up, but when me and the about 30,000 emigrants a year to
Sat'dy America. money she got for directing that wife went into Ilamilton play at the Forsyte School hardly night in our flivver we seen one of;
the extries and read about how the minde a dent on them."
"Do you know whether the jew-pur Indy was murdered. But that eilery was in the house or in a safe ain't what I was gettin' nt, sir
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"It must have been in the house, at Sanderson urged. beenuse she
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**Bout all that mounts to any thing." the labourer deprecated, The two raen passed through the "But they was somethin' else that now deserted morgue chapel and struck me as a little funny, when almost bumped inta a middle-aged I come to think of it."
"Well?" Sanderson prodded, as man obviously of the Inhouring class, in spite of his slicked-up the man balted uncertainty. Sunday appearance.
"Well, like I told you, it was "You're the district attorney, my job to burn the papers. That ain't you, sir?" he addressed San-scar-face maid of Mia, Selim's put derson in a nervous, halting under-everything-garbage and trash-in big garbage can outside the back "Yes, come to the inquent, to give door, and I burnt 'em up. So I some information, sir, but it was kinder surprised Sat'dy mornin', adjourned so quick didn't have when 1,went to stoke up the laun- dry heater, to find somebody'd been tim
"Who are you?" Sanderson inter-meddlin' with my drafts and had rupted impatiently.
let the hre go clean out. I had to
"Out with it, Penny Sanderson "I'm Rawlins, sir. worked for clean out the ashes and build a
urged, his voice very kind. the poor lady, Mrs. Selim-garden-new fire"
"You're trying to say. I suppose, It's just that, if you really think ing one day a week-"
that you could tell by the ashes there's a secret hiding place in the that someone had been burning pa- house, I believe I understand some "Come to my office!" Sanderson pers in the laundry heater?" Sun thing that puzzleu me when it commanded quickly, as
finderson asked, with a quick glaner happened," Penny confessed, her hend high. "I was at the Country gering reporter approached on at Dundee's tense face.
"No, no! I'm sorry, Har-
"That's right, sir," Rawlins Club one night a Saturday night he said hastily, cutting into agreed
ed eagerly. "You know what when the whole crowd is usually the reporter's questions, "Nothing kind of ashes a meas of paper leaves there for the dinner and dance. Dew! You may say that the police-layers of white ashes, pir, that I'd been dancing with Ralph, and have thrown out a dragnet" and kinder looks like papers yit." when the muste stopped we went he grinned at the trite phrase "Yes, I know. "for the gunman who killed Mrs. ffound layers of white And you out on the porch, where Reveral of us the coquette, in effective. Excellent The Bank of England & Midiaud Dank, Ltd.
nahes, which our crowd were sitting. It was character work is furnished by Selim, and will offer a reward for you took particular pains to clean just two or three weeks after the recovery
Lois after my father left town. Celt's 32 equipped with a Maxinut? Sanderson asked bitterly.
"Yes, sir.
So'u I could build a
wouldn't let me drop out of things Come along, George, new Are" silencer...
1.
Anyway, it was dark and I and I'll explain just what Mrs. San-
"Did you speak to the maid-ask heard Judge Marshall saying some derson and i have in mind."
her if she'd been meddling with thing about "the simplest and most The district attorney and Dundee
your draft?"
ingenious arrangement ! ever saw. strode quickly away, and the man, "Yes, sir, I did?" the man an- Of course that's where the raseni Rawlins, after a moment of inde-swered with a trace of belligerance. kept his securities'
I knew clsion, trotted after them.
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no they were talking about Dad, from ASSEUSE S. KISAKI
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our 'reckins' to 'swered slowly. "I think that was When the trio entered the recept yourself, Rawlina. Sanderson cut all, besides Judge Marshall. tion room of the district attorney's in emphatically. "Remember, now, others hadn't come out from dane- suite in the courthouse, Sanderson you're not to tell anybody else what Ing... Of course I don't know
not it was you've just told me. paused at Penny Crain's desk:
If that's whether or "Bring in your notebook, Penny.all: you can go now, and I'm much rangement in the house This man has some information he obliged to you. Leave your address "Where are you going, boy?" with the young lady here. You'll be Sanderson checked Dundee, who A minute later Sanderson had needed later, of course.”
to the door. was already on his Way begun to question his voluntary
away in the "Well, if it's tucked but highly porvous witness.
aimplest and most ingenious ar "Your name?"
rangement, it will stay put for awhile," Sanderson said, "Lydia's due here within half an hour, and
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A. STOKKINIG
Acting Manager. Hongkong, 1815 Angrat, 1990,
THE BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED.
ESTABLISHED #ìa, Head Office:-Hongkong.
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111,400.190
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world.
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LOOK POONG BHAN.
Hongkong, 18th Faderukay, 1000,