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́HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY; NOVEMBER 19,- · 1934.

SERIAL STORY

e Clue Of The Forgotten Murder:

By CARLETON KENDRAKE

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"I want you," Bleaker anid, "to go to Riverview. Find out mil you can about Frank B. Cathay."

HEGIN HERE TO-DAY.

CHARLER MORDEN,

Morier for The Blinde, telephones the newspaper a report of the death of EDWARD SHILLINGBY, pe vate detective, belleved to have been killed by CINCINNATI RED LAMPSON, ERDRIFT, The same sight an impostor, pretending to

ithe man's identity," Dan Bleeker | Morden shook his head.

"Know how it's done?" asked And.

"We were Just going to press," the Bleeker. city editor reminded him.

"I have an idea,” Morden katti. "All right," Blecker told him.

"Go

"That doesn't make any difference," "But, after all," Kenney painted into the morgue, dig out everything FRANK II. CATHAY of Riverview, out, "you can't run a newspaper like you can And on Frank B. Cathay of wealthy and prominent, k brought to milera bank. It's Tun at high speed. Rivervjow. If he's bren a prominent

unters on sumpleton of driving while There'" Jaletlenést, With him to a girl who anga she

MARY ARIGGS, hitch-hiker. Both ar Pelenne

“Mutilen telephones the fact to his new paper. Next day the 298) Vath calia on DIE KENNEY, city llor of The Blade. Cathing talte hie sunt how time in Jured, not demande datinges and a retretinn, Keaney and Morten derle kept the matter before DAN BLEEKER. publisher of The flade.

CHAPTER H

Jester

Dan Bleeker, Junior publisher of The Binde, was in the late forth He was thin of frame, saltow of com plexion. His black, smoldering eyes! fouked up in awiti appraisal at the faces of the two men as they entered: | his private office.

"Looks serious," he said.

"It Is," Dick Kenney assured him, "Sit down and walt until 1 flaish these letters," Bleeker snapped.

"Of course there's something about it," Murden said.

villzen' there for 15 years we'll pro-

"Wait a minute," Bleeker inter-bably have a lot of stuff about him. rupted. "There'a something fishy The Itiverview Daily Pross in, hin about this,”

paper. That means The Riverview fishy Chronicle, will be fighting him. Go sp to Riverview and see The editor of The Chronicle. Find pul all they can tell you about Cathay. Find out where he made his money, where he spends his nights when he's in the city. Find out all things about him that he doesn't want to come out in public.

Bleaker ruled black, smoky eyes and regarded the young man for a full setand before saying, "Shut up!" Ile dropped his chin to his hands, stared at the floor for a few minutes, then looked up at the city editor. wasn't Cathay?" he asked.

"How did you find out the nint "Frank B. Cathay, himself, came lo son me."

"What did he want?** "Plenty."

"How much?"

"He didn't say. He wants are traction, and he wants dumages."

"Oh, he does, dərs he?" said Bleeker Krimly.

"After you've got all that infor- mation have a heart-to-heart talk with Mr. Frank B. Cathay. Going to have a facsimile of a substantial lcheque printed in The Riverview Daily Press, is be? I'll show him. I don't know anything that give me greater pleasure than to sit that bird across the desk from me and tell him, “Now, Mr. Cathay, you understand that if you try n lihef suit the question that's Kenney and Morden found chairs. "He seems to have as on the spot," naturally presented to the court is the Blecker pulled freshly typewritten Kenney said. "He's a prominent man damage to your reputation. There letters into position on his desk, read in Riverview, He's running for the fore the nature and character 雠 brießy, trave pen across the papercity council, He's been president of your reputation enters into it. with nervous baits. He signed his tho Chamber of Commerre, thei "Now, you try to allow that you're

in town's biggest the most prominent citizen name in the same manner that he did president of the

the everything else—a swiftly nervous luncheon club"

eunumunity. We'll try to show that manner. One gathered that his mind Never mind all the detalls," in- you're EL damned Hypocrite. Nat was I state of perpetual irritation terrupted Bleeker explosively Iurally we don't want to do this. at the inability of the physical en-know the type. I know all about We just have to do it. We'd have to vironment to keep pace with his him, more than he knows about him go into the matter of that chorus kiri. thoughts.

15. His wife is a social lender. She! We'd have to air those charges of Blvcker shoved his pen across the fixes the social status of every wo- frnud in connection with the big Just of the letters, jabbed a button, man in town. People toady to her corporation merger you put across We'd have to dig and a tall, gaunt young woman strode at fondy to him. flow much money two years ago.

up that old business about you being into the room. She cast an appruis-doen he want?”

the real beneficiary under a contract that you had the tank make with a subdivider.”

ing glance at the two men whole wants a substantial cheques occupied chairs, picked up the letters he can have a facsimile published in and departed.

The Riverview Daily Press, which

As the door closed Dan Bleckor his backer in the pallileal campaign. turned to. the two men. "All right." he said, "what is it?"

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"What's the matter with It anked Bleckez.

"The man who was arrested wasn't Cathay at all."

sure

#f

Blecker broke off and grinned ear- lenically.

stand?"

Dick Kenney nodded and sighed

relief. "Thic one," he said,: looks like a humdinger."

"It'll be a humdinger before I get doven with it. Blanker snið,

In the next instalment Dan Blecker récélver 'an unexpected caller and some information.

"Wants to what?" yulled Blecker. "That's what he said," Kenney re- "Pye told you before, Kenney," ho "That Frank B. Cathay story wemarked. "He want to have a facsi-said, "and I'm telling you again that milo of the cheque published so he can we're publishing a newspaper. We're convince the incal citizens that atone-t pablishing history: we're publish. news. Do the best you can. ment had been more for a great ing

When some fellow comes in and starts wrong,

"What?" Bleeker whirled to talking about libel suits you send him Dan Blecker gulped. He whiriel ward Morden, 'You're the one that to me. I'll handle him. You under about in his swivel chair, stared at got us into this, huh?" he asked. the men with black-eyed, aggressive "I reported the case when it first zage, jumped to his feet.

came in. It was a John Smith case with "Ilaven't you been in the newspaper then. I was instructed to get game long enough to know that you human interest article and-" can't run a story like that without "And you're the one that got us being absolutely

your into it, huh?"

"Yon Fir." grounds?" he demanded.

Blacker sighed.

That's a lot better, my boy." he Dick Keaney's voice was anxious-said. "When I ask you a direct ques "It was just one of those things tion, give me u direct answer. The that couldn't be helped," he said. "Italibis ran come later. If you'd kept came in at the fast minute. The man beating around the bush I'd have fired gave the name of John Smith. The you. As it is, I don't mind telling police checked back on where he'd you that you did what any wide- rented the roadsier and found that awake newspaper man would have he'd given the name of Frank B. done under similar circumstances. Cathay of Riverview. They con How did you get an exclusive on It?" fronted him with that statement and "I was covering the thing from a he admitted his identity. He pro-human interest angle, sold Morden, duced cards, all sorts of identifica-when they started checking up on tion.

the man's identity. Then they found He looked over at Morden.

out the car he was driving was a ront "Morden," he said, "was in a Lough car: that when he rented the car he spol. The paper was all ready to go had elven the name of Frank B. to press. Whipple of The Planet Cathay of Riverview, had shown his suspected something—”

driver's licence and exhibited his

Dan Bleeker snorted contemptu-edge and club cards by way of re- ourly.

ference."

"Cards!" he said. "My God! You "How did he get those CATOK?" couldn't get a $20 choque cashed on Bleckor asked of Dick Kenney. the strength of that Identification. "Cathay says his pocket was pick- Yot you go ahead and plunge the[ed."

newspaper into libel suit on iden "Did he make a complaint to the tification that hasn't got anything|police?” C mare to it than that!"

"No."

"No, wait a minuto," Dick Kenney "Did he say how much cash he told him. "We did a lot more than lost " look at the cards. We telephoned to

"No."

IC

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(To Be Continued.)

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FRIDAY,

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PLEASING CONCERT

CANTON'S CLAIM

APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCE AT NANKING CAPITULATES ON

HELENA MAY

At a concert hold at the Helona

May Institute yesterday evening.

the contributing artists wore Mire.

CUSTOMS ISSUE

Canton, Nov. 8,

The Canton.Government claims

R. Sanger, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. the receipt of a reply from the Bowes-Smith, and M. and Mme. Central Government promising to Henri Evelle.

concede to Canton's demand for the

Mrs, Sanger sang three French shelving of the suggested establish. songs, by Faure and R. Haha, and, mont of a customs house in Hong- on her second appearance, gave

you're telling 'off-colour selections from Gorman com-kong-Central News Agency.

bilious, headachy,

She responded to 'blue." posers.

enthusiastic

for demand

Riverview and talked with Mrs. "Did you ask him what he was do-havo a nasty taste in the mouth, a

jing in town?"

said he was here on businosk "He "Did he tell you the nature of the business?" "No."

Cathay. Shio admitted her husband was in the city. And Tom Caraons; down at the detective bureau didn't) release the man until he had given proof of his identity. There were signatures on the cards. Carsons had him duplicate those signaturos.**

Bleeker stored steadily at the city editor. Dick Kenney met his gaze to answer,"

calm.y.

"That all your story?" asked Bleeker.

an an

furred tangua: or if you've got off one with "The Brown Bird violin and piano duets. Bime

singing." Mr.

the dally habit which means so much. to chortful health, your need is Pinketton.

Gently, yet surely, Pinkettas cor-two

Bowes-Smith contributed Evelle subsequently accompanied

Sanger and "Concert Valse". The concert was one of the most Tell you where he was stopping?" occasionally when needed, they keep He played "Negro Dance" as an enjoyable held for some time and rect these troubles. Then, taken for selections, "Fantasia in Mrs. "No, I asked him and he refused you in the pink and as fresh as encore number. Mr. Bowen Smith the audience was not, slow in

paint

Try them to-night. All accompanied his wife in her ren showing its appreciation. chem's sell,

doring of two airs from Puccini's operas.

M. and Mme Evelle were en Mrs. Jocs, will take place on thusiastically applauded for their Thursday, the 22nd instant.

Dan Bleeker fastened his glitter ing black oyes on Morden. "Ever work for a newspaper on a libol suit, "It's damned poor way to verify Morden?" he asked.

Kenney nodded,

PINKETTES

The next concert, arranged by

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