THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5. 1933.
THE UNKNOWN BLONDE
riding. Her handbag opens and be DOCH revolver Inside,
KING, chaiten fender, has been found sand
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BY LAURA LOU BROOKMAN
"I didn't think they had," the woman · continued with an I-told- you-so nod of the head. “Every" body around 'hore's too scaredt But I'm not. And there's plenty that's queer been going on.. I think it's time the police should know about it!"
and Bannister was beginning to It seemed a lengthy preamble
stant that restiveness was gone. grow restive. But in another In-
BEGIN NERE TODAY
were up in poor Mr. King's apart. And you can smoke if you like when it happened," she went on. On » alarmy November evening DAVID ment. You were with Dr, Link, I'm a widow, Mr. Bannister, and "I've been in Chicago and I just BANNISTER meste preity blood girl and weren't you? I saw you get out of I like to seo mon comfortable." got back this afternoon. I wasn't offene ber lift in the cat in which be the clavator together. She drew She pushed an ash tray in the here when the detectives were ask Next morning Uanaleter reads that Tar back, eyeing Bannister sharply, shape of a green fish toward him, fng qucations of everyone and
"What do you mean," sho do-
Bannister drow a package of that's why I wanted to talk to you. In his spartment. Police are searching for animanded, "saying you're not a de cigarettes from a pocket, offered You see there's something I think "unknown blond," who visited King the right tective?"
them to Mrs. Konnebec, but she the police ought to know
"If you're a detective, young before. Danalster, remembering thi the_taulesb, is partled.
declined. He extracted one for She paused dramatically. It's man-or a special investigator or himself and lighted it. He was be- about Melving Hollister and her whatever you call it--you'd better ginning to wonder how this inter-brother," Mrs. Kennebec went on. And out where Melvina Holster "Has anybody said anything to was last night when she said that view would turn out.
"You had something to tell me?" you about those two?"
she wasnt at home. You'd better he asked.
find out about the tongue-lashing "Yes, I have. It's about this Bannister sald that they had not. she gave Tracy King and how she murder!" The woman leaned He had stopped twisting the match awore she'd have him out of this forward and the jewelled ear rings in his fingers, was listening in- [hotel or know the reason why. shook violently. "I wasn't here tently.
(Continued on Paje 6.)
Ha see her again thai morning. The mix!
She bear Bennlater to help and he agrees.
Well, he had told her the truth. selle him her name la.JULIET FRANCE and And he was more than
a little wwen in the knows nothing of the murder. curious to hear what she had to He wore to see his old friend, JIM PAXTON, say "My name is Bannister," he editor of the Tremont Famt, and arranges told her."Yes, I've just come from to work on the King murder caso for the King's rooms. But I'm not with Post. Latar he wierns to the hotel to the police department. The truth Juiles France and learns she has disappeared.
Bannister kom to see the non, in which In I'm doing a little-ar, special King died, and an object he puts in his Investigating " pocket. Downstairs. In the lobby a WOMEN calle to him.
CHAPTER X
The woman sighed. "Then that's all the better," she said. "Como on!"
Bannister thought the woman means of the stairway which, as They gained the second floor by must have mistaken him for someLink polated out, was just, back one else. He said, "Why, yes, of of the elevator, Mrs. Kennebec led before a door and inserted a key. the way down a corridor, paused
"This is where I live," she said. "Come in."
course but
She had halted directly before him. She wore small red jewels screwed to the lobes of her cars and as she talked the jewels shook, catching the light and reflecting
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over-
it. At the throat of her sweater nately decorated living room. In The open door revealed an or- suit she wore a sparkling broach size it was almost identical with which might have been a diamond. the room Bannister hud examined The sult appeared to be a trille on the floor above but there was Light for her short, round figure.no other similarity. An ffer titian hair had been curled stuffed divan and chair upholstered until it had a faded, frizzed Jouk,!
in mauve antin wore squares of Yet, in spite of these detalls, she lace on their backs. The rest of hail a sort of prettiness. Once, the furniture appeared to Bannis- Rannister was sure, she had been ter-who knew nothing whatever very pretty.
f periods in decorating--to be French. Louis-something or other. he guessed. The, furniture was small and delicate with much hand carving. There were pictures on the wall-too many of them-hung from heavy tasselled cords. A tall rose lamp with a fringed shade, Two other lamps, one mauve and one of parchment. There were in- numerable email ornaments-dec- prated boxes, gilt and lace trimmed pillows, figurines, bowls and vases of brass and bright coloured glass. Everything looked feminine, not particularly tasteful, and expenalve.
"I want to talk to you," she told him firmly, "about this murder. You're a detective, aren't you? Well, I've got something to tell you t
"But--er, you acc——”
+
"I'm Mrs. Kennebec," the woman introduced herself.. "Mrs. Russell Kennebec. My apartment is on the second floor. We'd better go up $hore; there's no place to talk here.
"Excuse me. Mrs. Kennebec,” Bannister told her firmly. "but I'm not a detective!"
The woman drew back. "Not a detective!" she exclaimed. "Why, the telephone operator said you were! She said you and Mr. Link
Mr. Kennebec sank to one of the chair. "Sit there," she said, in- dicating the mauve aik divan. "It's more confortable for a man.
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