THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1933.
THE UNKNOWN BLONDE
`BEGIN BERE TO-DAY Who Killed THAOT KINO, orehrotra hader found dead in his apartment?
DAVID BANNISTER, author, former new paper reporter, undertakes to find out.
Police are searching for an "unknown blonde who leited King shortly before his Healb, Dannlater has seen the girl, but ake has disappeared since.
HERMAN BOURLACH, who wrote King.
threatening letter, is in jail. Ite declares his innocence. Banniter works on the case with
the Post. In
picture which he keeps,
orchestralender had been having trouble with JOE PARROTT. his former vaudeville
partner, and scrises Parrots of the murder, Gainey and Hannister o to sow wealthy COLEMAN, 95 uk friend, also calla, Denlee
DENISE LANO, King's fiancee, PARKER
father enters the room, are the newspaper angrily. "What le the men and demanda meaning of this "
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supplied their hats and the two, backed slowly out into the street. mon stepped outside.
Galney snorted, "The old croco dile! Say, who does ho think he to tell him is, anyway? I'd like
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Parker Coleman them, was coming
Coleman ignored this: "Where you bound for?" he asked.
"Central police station," Gainey told him. “If you can just drop us nonr a car lino-"
"I'll take you all the way," Colc- man offered, "I was going down town anyhow. No trouble at all
BY LAURALOU BROOKMAN
mented as he mounted the steps of the building. ION ENGINE W
Bannister nodded. "Wouldn't ARRIVING TO-DAY
you think Denise Lang would pro- for him to the crooning orchestra loader?"
"Aw nerta!" Gainey became suð- denly philosophical. "Who can tell anything about a woman?"
(To be Continued.)
FAR EAST MAILS.
been with Ailsa Lang," he said, "at the time that bullot hit King." He turned toward Galnay. "Didn't the coroner figuro it was between
Inside the building they paused uine and nine-thirty that King to speak to a blue-coated officer. died?"
Yes, he said, Captain McNeni was thing or two-1"
"Right," Gainey nodded.
around the building somewhero. "Well, you'll have to pick an-
Coleman's eyes left the rond Just came in half an hour before. other time," Bannister assured him. I thought we'd better get out
ahead for an instant. "Is that a They might look in his office up- I. RANDOLPH QAINKY, star reporter of
the dead man'partment before the old duffer had apoplexy. By the way, does one of you hap-fact he naked. "I didn't know stairs.
they could estimate the time so
For the accond time that day Wanatater picks up an old-fashioned wedding Certainly docan't love the brethren pen to have a cigarette?"
|exactly."
Bannister climbed the flight of AL JIGUDAN, friend of King's, says the of the press much, does he?"
Bannister produced a package Gainey's mutterings subsided in
Gainey launched into a technical stairs. He concluded, and a lighter.. When the threa gentle profanity.
Bannister found the details a trifle "Gosh, but it's cold," and turned cigarettes were glowing Coleman explanation of the coroner's work.
lenned back in the scent,
"I followed you,"
nauseous and dellborately tried not explained. ho up his coat collar.
The wind, as
"because Denise can handle her to liston. Between 9 and 9:30 the had informed
father better than anyone else and night before he remembered only from the west. It was a gale with thought it would be easier far too well where he himself had been. CHAPTER XVI
a nip In it, a promise of frosty her If they were alone. Denise picture of the girl in the taxicab
IN COMMONS The girl was on her feet in-nights to come. Overhead the sky Lang lowell, you see, we've been lashed before him-the, girl In the SPEEDIER DELIVERY URGED
the only light
the best of friends ever since we green sult. It must have been al stantly. "Father, please she was starless and
London, Dec. 11. began.
came from a nono too bright street were kids. Denise is absolutely 100 most 9:30 when he met her and 20
the hotel. Tracy King had died be. In the House of Commons to- He did not seem to hear her. lamp a dozen yards ahead, where per cent!" There was feeling in minutes later when he left her at
house the man's volco, Easy to guess ho|tween 1 and 9:30, the coroner said. stay Sir John Wardlaw Milne rais-
felt about Denise Lang! "I Arthur Lang was a man of medium the walk leading to the height, alightly built, but anger branched off from the main side ho
stopped in to-night," he went on. Well, the coroner was an accurate ed the question of delay in China walk. seemed to make him formidable,
Heads bent to protect themselves "to see if there was anything man, extremely accurate in his minila, despatched via Siberia.
Sir Kingsley Wood, Postmaster He heard Coleman asking if he from the wind, Gainey and Blan- could do for her. Of course there Isn't. There's nothing, I suppose. "This is an outrage!" he ex-
"How're we going to get down that anyone can do. The thing is should turn at the next block and General, explained that the delays Gainey's answer in the affirmative, were due to political conditions on forwarded vin claimed dramatically. "Newspaper men-that's what you are! Don't town?" Bannister wanted to know.too terrible!",
"There's a car line over here a "I suppose you knew Tracy King. minute more and the reporter the route.. Malls
lind drawn up before the ancient Vladivostok came from Japan only try to tell me you're not-I heard couple of blocks or so," enough to know. Sneaking in told him. "It's the only way 1
"Well, yes, I've seen him out at brick building that served as Cen- thrice monthly,
As regards Sir John Wardlaw where you're not wanted. It's n
Bannister and Gainey stepped Mline's proposal that representa- with Denise. Very likeable fellow,
Coleman outrage. I told you this morning know. Say, the more I think of the club and met him once or twice tral Police Headquarters.
the nerve of that guy-”
waveditions be made to the Governmenta not to come around my house. 1 There was a noise behind them thought. Very likeable! If you'd out of the car. told you to stay away from here!" and both turned. Silhoucited in mown him at all you'd know how aide their thanks for the lift and concerned for a speedler delivery, off again down Sir Kingsley Wood suggested that "But, Mr. Lang-1"
the matter ba referred to the the open doorway was a figure. It utterly preposterous it is to think the roadster was
murder him the street. There was no use trying to stem called, "Hi, there!" and a moment that anyone could
"That's a nice guy," Gainey com- Foreign Secretary.Router. the torrent. Bannister saw that as Inter Parker Coleman was hurry murder?" he asked, "The polico He healtated. "I suppose it was soon as he had spokon,
ing toward them.
are sure of that?"
He took a few steps forward, then
stopped.
The older man's voice
rose in volume. “I won't have you here!" he stormed, his face flushing crim- gon. "Don't you understand that? A man has a right to some privacy in his own home! You can print what you want in your filthy sheets; you can peep through the keyholes of other nien's homes, but I have the law on you, domin you, if you don't get out of here! TH-1"
nister set off.
Gainey
You two!" he exclaimed, breath- Jossly. "Can't I give you a f down town? I've got my car, over here."
too?" Gainey asked.
"It couldn't have been anything else," Gainey told him. "Charlie Westwood, the coroner, told me They saw the car then, a dark there were no powder burns, Be- shadow in the driveway. "That's sides, a man can't shoot himself swell," said Gainey. "Did the old without a gun. Whoever shot that geezer send you out to be sure we bullet took the gun away."
Coleman's lips set in a straight were really leaving his premises?” line. "Poor Denise!" he said. Coleman laughed good naturedly."She's trying to be brave about it." "No," he said, "he didn't send me.
"It strick me," Bannister put in, Lord, Isn't he a Tortar? Not al- Bannister interrupted again. Always, you know. He can be as that the father was more hys- {terical than the daughter. I ready he was on his feet. "Comte decent as anyone. I didn't know shouldn't think a man liko that on, Gainey,” hạ
aald levelly, "it before, but apparently he has would be any too pleased to have take it we're being invited to move grudge against newspaper men.his daughter engaged to marry the elsewhere. Sorry, Misa Lang!" Told Denise not to see any of them.
Over his shoulder he caught a Of course he was only trying to master of ceremonies in a movie glimpse of the girl's white face. spare her. I suppose he's upset
"I don't suppose he was," Cole- Was there mute appeal in that about this whole thing-" swift glance--something
man agreed, "but he's never denied the girl They had reached the roadster, Denise anything in her life. He wanted to tell him? Bannister a large, low-swung, model, and couldn't very well start doing it thought so. Perhaps it was noth-Coleman hold back the door. now. He-ho's a rather hard man ing more than an apology for her "Climb in," he Invited, going to understand. I don't pretend to father's behaviour. Whatever Itaround to the other side and slip-understand him and I've known him wns, there was only a fraction of aj ping Into the driver's sent,
nli my life," second before Bannister had turned This is mighty kind of you."
theatre."
away. A moment later ho and Bannister said as the roadster's cu- Bannister line of thought chan- Gainey were in the hall. The maid gine came to life and the big car ged suddenly. "You murat hava
work.
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