THE UNKNOWN
CHAPTER XLV
Bannister matched his step to Matthew Hollister's. The older man said, "Bit chilly this morning, Jan't it?" He looked up at the sky. Texpect we'll get a good snow be fore long."
It had snowed the afternoon Mel- vinn Hollister had been found dead. Bannister glanced at his companion curlously "Yes," he said, "I expect we'll have some snow. Are you still out at the Shelby Arma, Mr. Hollister?"
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"I should think you could do the oldest man on the Post's call it in royal style 'for that.”
"Well, I want to do it up right," state editor and his work was deal- torial staff. Bob held the title of Hollister dssured him. "They saying with the out-of-town news cor- there's a swimming pool on this respondents. He had worked on bont and they dance every night" the Post for 30 years and was n He went on, recounting the lux-walking volume of local history. uries outlined by the steamship folder, and asking more questions. the Hollisters?" ho demanded.
"What d' you want to know about Bannister left him when they reached the street corner and went on alone,
BY LAURA LOU
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how her brother stood it all thoss
the way she did.” years, letting her boss him around
"He seems meek enough."
"Oh, Kurel How do you think if he wasn't? If he'd only admit it. ho'd ever havo lived with Molving
I'll bat he's glad to be able to call his soul his own!"
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"How about coming to lunch withi
"Glad to."
They strolled on to the restau- rant, found a table and ordered. Coleman lighted a cigarette and asked negligently, "What's on your mind?"
Bannister's eyes were osgor. "T don't know," he said. "I'm not quite sure. Do you remember the wrecked that we had been talking night we found Al Drugan's car
about Melvina Hollister?"
"No," Coleman said. "I don't belleve I do.”
"Anything you can tell me." Bob Whitaker's account was alm So Matthew Hollister was plan- Ezra Hollister, Matthew's father, gether satisfactory. It was near we wore at dimmer I told you I'd
ilar to Mr. Harborough's. Old The Interview had not been alto- ning a trip to Havana. Matthew, had built up what was considered a funch time and Bannister left the seen her brother, Matthew, and ho "Don't you remember that while
tailor, talked easily of spending died before her husband and the his favourite restaurant. paid so I might as well stay. But money by the thousand, of going money was left to Melvina and Bint- neared the street intersection a wasn't telling the police? I asked I'm figuring on getting away-at where there was galety and "livoll-thew with the stipulation that it large blue sedan halted at the you to go and have a talk with As be afraid she know something she least for a spell." He put his hand ness." Yet it was less than a week was not to be divided and, so long other side of the street. A man her" Into the pocket of his coat and since his sister had been murdered. as Melvina lived, sho was to say stepped out of the car and Bannis drew out several brightly coloured Bannister remombered Mrs. Har-how the money should be used. booklets. "Look at these!" he said borough's words, "Matthow'll have Beyond that, Bob Whitaker had who was driving. She wore
ter caught a glimpse of the gir ungerly.
quite a fortune now. Probably little to offer except one comment. brown hat and a dark red sult They were folders setting forth around $150,000. I wonder what "I wasn't as surprised as everyone Almost immediately the car was on the attraction of ateamship cruises ho'll do with all that money." to the West Indies, Central Amer
elso seems to have been when they Its way again. found her dead," he said. "Mel- Ica and Bermuda. The cover of
vina Hollister was a Tartar." ench bore a picture of a handsome ship and the colouring, suggested tropical splendours.
"Oh, yes, I'm still there. Rent/ewly outfitted by an expensive fortuno in his day. Mrs. Hollister nowspaper office,' walking toward told me he was worried about her,
to
Havo you ever been Havana?" Hollister asked. "Yes, I've been there." "Pretty lively elty, isn't it?** "Yes, it's lively, if that's what you're looking for. There's always a big crowd of tourists about this time of year, or a little later. Ha vana's a beautiful place."
Holliator nodded, approvingly. "I figured I'd like it. There's one of these trips that takes in a lot of different islands but I don't know, if I'd care so much for that. Ha- vana's the place I want to see They've got palm trees down there, haven't they? And it's warm there now. It says so here in this book" He held out the folder.
Ten days before Matthew Hol lister, wearing a threadbare tweed topcoat and a shapeless gray hat, had scomed grateful because Ban- nister had bought him a 10-cent glass of beer. He had spoken of the beer as a rare indulgence be causo "Melvina doesn't like it." And he had Intimated that his sister was worried, that he believed she had some knowledge of Tracy King's death which he was keeping from the pollco. Later Hollister had as much as denied that he had said that,
He might, of course, want to take a steamship voyage to forget his grief. Plenty of people did that. But Hollister had said not a word about his sister, not a word to sug- gest the trip was to case heartache, On the contrary, he was looking for gaiety, going because he had "never made an ocean trip."
"I'd like to go there," he went on, Bannister pursed his lips. "and just font around for a while. "There's something there!" he as- You see, Mr. Bannister, I've never sured himself. And instantly he made a trip on a boat. An ocean set a task for himself. It was to trip, I mean. Always wanted to learn more about-Matthew Hollia- but-well, one thing and another ter.
provented it. I made up my mind
the other day that I could go just
He went first to Jim Paxton.
as well as not, so I went down and "You're an old-timer here, Jim," he rot these little books." He smiled said. "At least your family's been boyishly. "I've been carrying here a long time. What do you them around with me ever since know about Matthew Hollister?"
"Aro you planning on going
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Bannister asked. "I'd like to. By the end of the week. Course I'll have to make up my mind first which trip I'm going 10 take. But I've about settled on Havann. The fellow who gave me the books told me what it would cost. I guess there's a lot of things that take money, though, that they don't figure in. And then I may want to stay quite a while if I like it. Do you suppose I could make the trip foray, $1,000 7
Bannister was thinking rapid-
But Paxton could tell him noth- ing he had not known before. The Hollisters, he knew, were an aristo- cratic family. Once they had been rather prominent socially, Paxton thought, but not since he could re- member. He knew Matthew by sight, though he had never spoken to him.
"What's up?" he demanded. "Something new on the murder?"
"Just
"No." Bannister told him. an idea I've got into my head. That's all. If it turns into any thing I'll let you know.""
He went next to Bob Whitaker,
"What do you mean?" "She had the meanest disposition and the sharpest tongue of any woman I ever met.
I don't see
Bannister called, "Oh, Coleman!" and hurried forward.
Parker Coleman said, "Hellot Haven't seen you in a long while." "You're just the man I want to talk to," Bannister told him.
This picture gives an excellent idea of the ki cil's now abhatoir, which bot been completed and is many new features for the proper killing and handli
this minute. Sho's the old girl who Hadn't thought of it again until "By George, I do remember now!
was strangled "She's the
one,"
Bannister to talk to her?" agreed. "So you didn't get around
Bannister. I remember now that "I'm damned sorry about it, I promilaed. I suppose it was be cause of all the excitement over (Continued on Page 10.),
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