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THE UNKNOWN BLONDE
CHAPTER XXII- Bannister stopped forward. It Was a woman's cry that he had heard a cry that was mulled and died quickly. He heard someone coming then and turned.
A slim young man with a squaro black object siung from a strap over one shoulder was coming to ward Bannister.. "You working for the Post?" the young man naked.
Bannister nodded.
""I'm Sawyer," the nowcomer said. "What's going on here?
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1933.
BY LAURA LOU
BROOKMAN
is because they the newest developments in the a telephone. A "and the reason was heading for minuto Inter he reported to the as-weren't there. There wasn't an caso in a friendly enough mannor sistant city editor of the Post that inch or that apartment that wasn't as the two walked along the street Denise Lang had identifled the girl searcaed. I was there myself and toward the office of toe Evening who was under arrest. The rest of 1 know!”.
Post. the story was all just as he had given it before.
"What's the rest of her story?" Bannister asked.
McNeal scratched him head. "We haven't got it yet," he admit
by morning we ought to have a confession. Maybe sooner.'
"Well, if our friend, Captain Mc Neal, is right about it," ho said, "my assignment: In the Post won't last much longer. All we have to do now is sit and wait for a con- fession."
Gainey frowned, "Yes," he anid, "But you haven't even got her McNeal is right. Funny the name yet," Gainey put in." "Mya-girl won't tell them her name or
usona mystery girl. Where'd she didn't want to spill her real name come from?"
you'd think sho'd make up one. wonder if McNeal is right.”
Parker Coleman and Deniso Lang were gone when Bannister returned to the corridor. For a nowapaported, but we will! man who had Just turned in an im- portant exclusive story ho showed a surprising lack of axuberance. His mood, as matter of fact, was
at the door of McNenie office, acowled and returned to the
BLANKET OF FOG.
ENGLAND AND WALES ́COLD CONTINUES
London, Dec. 18. With the exoption of southern Essex, Kent, Surry and Sussex, the whole of England and north Wales was enveloped in fog throughout
interday.
It was particularly denso on the Morsey side, where traffic both on the river and in the city, was dis- organised. Road conditions were particularly bad throughout the
country.
There is no prospect yet of any bronk in the spell of cold. Many English rivers, whose levels are low and streams sluggish owing to lack
la also forming on the Uppor Thames.-British Wireless,
Austin said to come over and make quite the reverse. Bannister looked tory girl, huh? Bliss X. Beautiful, even where she came from. If she } of rain, are covered with ice which
some shots of a couple of dames What's it all about?
Bannister explained what had -happened. The photographer slip- Fed the strap, from his shoulder and unfastened the case containing
his camera.
ho
"So they're still in there?" asked, andding toward McNeal's
office.
Bannister nasured him that they
were.
again
press room.
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The news that Denise Lang had identified the blond prisoner as the giri she had been talking with Tracy King two days before p pearing exclusively in the Evening Post that afternoon but the full atory of what happened behind that closed door was reserved for the morning nowapaper. It was almost six o'clock when McNeal admitted the reporters to his office. All of them had been waiting an hour or more. They naked questions cager-
The alender young man eyed the door speculativoly. "There's no use of my hanging around here," he said. "The chief won't stand for pictures in the building. Bestly. thing I can do is go outside and walt until this Lang girl comes out. I'll make some shots of her and the come back and see what I can get
"That's another of the things she won't talk about or nasa't yet." McNeal admitted. "The fact re- mains that she was the fast person to see Tracy King alive. She'd ad- much. Two witnesses have identified her. The coroner says King died between nine and 9:30 and that's the time she was in his apartment. Why, it's plain as the pose on your face-"
mitted as
"How about letting us talk to
Gainey asked. her?"
"I'm wondering the same thing," Bannister admitted.
But he wasn't. Hin feelings, since he had seen Juliet France that morning, had undergone a complete metamorphosis. He knew now that she had lied to him, de- liberately deceived him, trying to play on his sympathy. Sho had told him one story and the police She had said she did not another. "Not now! She isn't going to so know Tracy King, had never seen anybody until we get that confes-him before. Yet Denise Lang had
seen them together. Letters sion."
The reporters lingered a few min-what McNeal called "mash notes" Leaning both arms on the desk be- were trying to trace
McNeal ignored the qucationing.utes longer. McNeal said that they what could they, mean but a love affair? And a jealous woman tho' girl's fore him he began impressively; identity through, fingerprints, the would do anything. Yes, indeed, "Well, I've got something for you missing poreone burenu and several history had taken place just
How many murders in the world's this time. I think in 24 hours we'll other agencies. He was confidentMeNeal had reconstructed this one? Bannister said all right, that have this case solved. The girl has they would have her complete story Countless thousands, no doubt. would probably be best. Sawyer been identifled by Link, the clerk soon. paused long pnough to ask for ant the Shelby Arms, and she's nd- "How'd Sawyer come out on the match, lighted, a cigarette and then mitted she went to King's rooms." pictures 7" Gaincy asked as he and disappeared.
"What's her name?" demanded | Bannister left the room together. Gainey,
"Don't know. He was here but I don't know whether he made any- thing or not.
on the other one."
There were no sounds now from behind that door. Nothing at all. Bannister, listening, felt his mus- cles grow tout. He did not know why it had auddenly become so im- portant for him to know what was going on behind that door. But
te must know!
McNeal shook his head. "We don't know yet," he said, "but we'll find out. She's admitted she went to King's apartment at nine o'clock the night he was killed. Sald she went there to get some letters-
"What kind of letters?" one of the others asked.
And then the door opened. Park Coleman emerged, and behind him Denise Lang. The girl's face waa turned so that Bannister could not McNeal scowled. "Lettors she'd son it. He sald eagerly to Colo-written to him. Mash notes, I sup- man. "The other girl-?"
"She's still in there." Coleman did not look as though ho wanted to talk but Bannister paid au attention to that. "But is she the one?" ho demanded. "Did Miss Lang Identify her?".
It was Deniao Lang who Bworod. She raised her head and Bannister saw that she had been weeping. Her eyes were swollen and red-lined.
"Sho's the one," the girl tohl him brokenly, "Sho's the one I saw with T-Tracy!”
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Coleman put a hand on her arm, roughly but at the samo time as though he wanted to shlold her. "Come on, Denise," he said. "I'm
posa. Her story is that she saw King in the morning and he prom- ised she could have the letters if she came to his apartment that night. But when she got there he said he's misplaced the letters and promised to bring them to her the next day at the hotel. That's her story. We haven't been able to break it yet but we will. Now don t print this, but here's my theory.. Evidently this girl was crazy about King. Somehow she must have found out that he was going to marry Denise Lang, and she came here to try to stop the marriage. When sho found she couldn't-- bingo! You know the one about the woman scorned.' Well-
going to take you home. You Bannister, who had been listen- shouldn't have come out to-day, anying allently, interrupted: "What how."
about the letters? Did you find
Ho sald something more but Bun-them?" nister did not hear it. Bannister"
"We did not," McNeal told him.
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Was Bannister, who had seemed Gainey gazed at his companion. such a regular fellow, suddeny get ting high hat? The tone and air indifference suggested of
it. Gaincy was disappointed. The next moment he decided he had been mis- taken. Bannister chatted about
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He thought of the girl in the green suit again and a single word formed itself in his mind-Mur deress."
(To Be Continued)
LEAGUE'S FUTURE
CONVERSATIONS SHIFT TO
PARIS
Paris, Dec. 18. Conversations with reference to the future of the Longue of Na- tions have been transferred to Paris,
M. Avenol (Secretary-General of the League) has arrived here from London after a week's visit, dur- lng which he spent much time with Sir John Simon (Britain's Foreign Secretary) and interview- ed Cabinet minteters and leading public men.
Meanwhile, although the French Government is anxiously awaiting the visit of Sir John Simon, it is not expected that his persunalve aesa will alter the Government's attitude, which denounces the ab- solute re-armament of Germany and the fundamental reform of the League, Reuter.
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