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UNKNOWN BLONDE
CHAPTER XLVII
Parker Coleman looked up from the open bureau drawer ho had been searching. "There's nothing here," he announced regretfully.
Bannister, on his knees before the clothes closet, said, "Try. the bath room next”.
Bannister was golog through a pile of pasteboard boxes. lie in ished and shoved them back into place, got to his foot and paused, frowning.
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ucleo as possible. He looked out, shook his head and then closed it again.
You can put the light on now,” he said. "It's not there," "What's no thera?" "A window.box." "What?"
"Just to be safer. I don't care much about carrying a loaded gun around"
BY LAURA LOU BROOKMAN
TRAGEDY OF SEA.
WHOLE CREW LOST IN FIERCE STORM.
Amsterdam, Jan. 18. The whole crew of the British in steamer Oakford, eleven men nil, was lost neor Texel: Island, according to reports reaching hore,
It required the two policemen to hold him. Coleman tried desper- ately to wrench himself free. "Let The sentence was never infalied. me go!" he screamed. "I havon" There was a sound in the outside dono anything! Why don't you ar-` corridor. Both men heard it and rest Hallfstor? Bannister, make stared al each other. For In-them lot mo go! Tell them it's from the scene of the wreck. The atant there was quiet and then they Hollister!"" heard the noise again. Someone was putting a key in the lock.
*I thought he might have hidden the gun in a window box," Bannis- ter told him. "Just an idea I got There was no time for flight, no some where. But there isn't any time for anything except what Ban- "Listen," Coleman objected. "Inister and Coleman did-snap off don't think we should stay here the electric light switch and flatten They had searched Matthew Hel-much longer. You can't tell what themselves against the wall. They later's bedroom high and low' but
happen." Coleman's may
oyes heard the key turning in the lock then the door swung opas. had found no sign of a revolver, were bright with nervousness. Holand Bannister pulled out the drawer of looked as worried as his válce, Someone entered the living room. A table and peered into it. No sounded. "Wo don't want to be Bannister could hear. Coleman's revolver thoro. He had known that found here," be reminded Bannis heavy breathing. There anyhow, because he had looked in ter.
voices in the living room-low, in- the table before.
The other looked at his wrist distinct. One of them was Mat- watch. "We've been here 25 min-thew Hollister's, but the other was utes," he announced. "There's an unfamiliar. Now the men in the other 20 before there's danger of outer room were moving about anyone coming,"
Banalster heard another door open But Hollister may decide to but the voices did not seem to go come back sooner than you think farther away, he will!"
Then he went into the hail, paused before the door of the bath
room.
There's no place here, where anything could be hidden," Cole- man complained, "except in this, cabinet."
A. The door of the medicine cabinet stood open. On the parrow glass shelves an assortment of bottles and boxes were aanged, most of them bearing labeis or trade names and all too amall to conceal any- thing as bulky na à revolver.
"It's not there,"
Bannister agreed curtly. "Well, come on. We've barely started."
They continued the search. Ban nister want to the kitchen and atarted going methodically through the cupboards and drawers. Every thing was in perfect order. He suspected nothing had been touched there aince Melvina Hollister Inst arranged her kitchenware. But the revolver was not to be found.
Parker Coleman put his head around the door the asked. "Do you think we'd better stay much longer? Somebody's luble to
-come-"
"I'm not going until I find that gun," Bannister told him doggedly "I'm sure it's here and I'm going to find it."
Another 10 minutes passed. Bannister finished with the kitchen and turned his back on it. He found Coleman in the living room. Ha had pulled the heavy writing desk from against the wall and was looking down behind It.
Thought there might be a chance it would be down there," he explained.
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But the other had stepped back. "I'm sorry," he said. "You'll have to go along with them. There isn't anything I can do for you now. You see I know you killed Tracy King I
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LISBON DISORDERS.
MEASURES TAKEN TO CURB TERRORISTS
Lisbon, Jan. 18. Vigorous measures have been
ship was struck by, a flerco storm. The "Onkford WAS found abandoned and a long search by const vessels and lifeboats for a sign of survivors, proved · fruit- less. Nine bodica were found, washed up on a sand bank, sub-
dead soquently. All the Londoners.-Router.
aro
Six Lives Lost.
London, Jan, 18..
The north and west of the taken here by the Government to British Isles suffered most severo- forestall terrorist activities and a gonoral strike, which was institu-y in yesterday afternoon's gale. ted by a revolutionary organisa-Six lives were lost in disasters at tion described as the "Syndicalise" | sea and several exciting rescues of but which is known to contain steamers in distress wore effected. Communist members,
Lifeboats and Ilfe-saving goar The Government made pre-
"Wo'll have to take that chance," What happened after that took Bannister said, apparently unruf-place so quickly that Bannister was fled. "Well, I didn't think we'd never able to describe it clearly. find the gun in this room anyhow. He was crouching closely against paration to met all emergencies effected rescues of 22 members of Let's go back to the bedroom." the wall. He remembered that last night. Following the receipt crews of two steamers which ran "There's that other room we Coleman's head was just barely of Information that a general ashore, one off the Cornish coast haven't looked in," Coleman re-visible in the darkness. Suddenly strike was to be declared, military and the other off Cumberland. minded him.
there were footsteps coming toward and police units, armed with ma- "That's right."
the bedroom door. The footsteps | chine, guns and tear gas bomba, Bannister opened the door_of paused, and then the door was flung occupied all the strategic po- Melving Hollister's bedroom. For open. There was a cry and a rush sitions in the city, closed down backed by gales, caused flooding in an instant. It seemed he could still and the lights came on in a hlind-all night clubs and raided a num- seo the bulky outline of the sheeted Ing glow.
ber of cafes.-Router. figure, lying on the amooth white "Here they are!" Matthew Hol- counterpane. But the Illusion was later exclaimed excitedly. There gone as quickly as it had come. He were two men beside him, officers entered the bedroom, pulled down in blue uniforms. the window blinds and touched the electric switch.
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Once more the two set to work Bannister pulled out the top drawer of the dressing table. There were neat piles of feminine garments there chastely white cotton and linen. None of the lacy, pastel- shaded silk stuff he knew most wo- inen wore nowadays. Garments cut after the fashion of another day. Carefully Bannister lifted them, searched the drawer and then went on to the next.
He had reached the last of the three drawers, was going through it carefully and methodically when Coleman heard an exclamation.
He turned. "You've found it?" Bannister was on his feet and in Bannister nodded. He sat down his hand he held a dark, shining and began taking books from the object. "Yes, I've found it! See book case.
As he took them out he-it's a 32. And the same make na stacked them in plles on the floor. the gun that killed Tracy King. Ho had finished with two shelves when suddenly he jumped to his fcet and went to the window.
One of the stepped forward. "Come on !" ho sald harshly, "What are you two doing here? Let's see that gun!"
"We found it here, Officer," Ban- nister told him. "Ifidden in that dressing table. It's the gun that killed Tracy King!"
"What?"
"It's the gun that killed Tracy King-or one just like it. We found it right there-"
He turned, pointed to the drawer, still pulled out and its contenta rumpled.
Matthew Hollister's face was drenched of colour. "You found that-here?" He repeated slowly. "In Melvina's bedroom? You-you mean?"
The feer slipped the gun into his pocket. "All right," he said. "It's the gun we've been looking for." He whirled and put a hand "You'll on Parker Coleman's arm.
Coleman's eyes were incredulous. "What do you mean?" he demand- ed. "Are you crazy? This isn't my apartment. Hollister's the man you want. The gun proves he's guilty!"
It is the gun that lolled him have to come with us," he said, told you we'd find it hore, didn't I? I told you Hollister was gulity!" There was triumph, excitement Coleman was beside him. "What In Bannister's voice. He opened Is it?" he demanded anxiously. the revolver, looked into the cylin- "Turn the lights off, will you?"ders. "There are four bullets left," When the room was in darkness he sald. With a quick movement Bannister opened the window he emptied them from the gun, -cautiously and making as little "Why did you do that?"
"Oh, no, it doesn't. You're under arrest; Parker Coleman. You'll have to come-along"
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