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SERIAL STORY
The Clue Of The Forgotten Murder:
CHAPTER XXIX
By CARLETON KENDRAKE
"You searched him pockets?" "No."
Saturday afternoon and a Sunday | intervened enabled us to get the Dan Bleeker's voice was strained cheques when they were ready for Griff's smile was cold and cynical, and harsh. "Drop that gun, he said, delivo gives us all we need. We you think you're protecting,
"I'm not entirely certain just who Misa "or I'll make a siove out of you." "That
Boone hesitated. Bleeker's gun can got the bank to Identify Esther Ordway," he said, "but I want to was covering him. Boone's gun was Ordway as being this young woman. assure you that your attempted pro- covering the criminologist. Griff was We can show from her signature tection is simply going to make things cool and smiling..
that she is. We can identify the harder for both of you. Why don't You don't want to do that, you letter from Summerville as having you tell the truth?" know, Boone," Griff said. "The place been posted by Robert Chelton. The "I am telling you the truth." is surrounded. We took that precau-hotel men can identify him. We can "You haven't," he said, "told me tion before we came up. There are show that Kenneth Boone was in the truth at any time since I've come
down-stalta. two detectives
You direct communication with Esther in contact with you.. You lied to me. can't possibly kill us both. You may Ordway, by the cheque made in his most dramatically and almost con- stand some chance of beating the favour and this endorsement on the vincingly, ather murder case but you stand no back of that cheque. Also, the bank chance of beating this."
will remember cashing it. The door of the closet burst open. Alice Lorton pushed her way into the room, disregarding Griff and Blocker, running straight to Boone. "Don't do it, Kenny!" she said. "Please don't do it. Please drop the
gun.
men's extended arm slowly
"Now suppose you people set on- sibly and tell us the truth. Why did you kill Morden, Esther?"
way," about not being Esther Ord-}
sho sald.
"About Esther's disappearance, with all of the weird story about her having taken her pictures, the photo- graph album, and the way she was for dressed when she left. About how she hap ened to pick you up when you were down and out, and all of that stuff."
"I didn't kill him!" she fared. "I'll take the responsibility that," Boone said sullenly.
"Kenny!" ahe screamed, "Don't say that! You don't know what you're talking about!"
I got you into this. Don't fot me get you in any deeper. I'll take my medicine."
The
Griff stared steadily at the young dropped.
won.nn. "Suppose
he said, "you i Now.drop the gun." Griff said in tell me the a kindly tone."
She made a gesture of resignation. Boone let the gun slip to the car-There were, however, no tears in her eyes. She stood slim, straight and White-fnerd,
Now," Griff said, "let's come down to earth. Boone, you took Morden's body out to the place where it was found and planted it. Personally, I don't think you killed him. I think the girl killet him and you did it to protect her."
afm not making any statements," Boone anid,
The girl started to say something, Griff silenced her with a motion of his hand.
"I didn't kill him," she said, "hut Kenny thinks I killed him,”
"Aw, Esther," he myltered re- pronchfully.
"Don't interrupt, Kenny," she said. "You keep out of this, She turned to face the criminologist with dry- eyed defiance. "You can believe It
or not," she said. "I found Morden in my apartment and found him dead, I don't know how he got there. "What's the use of lying?" he said, should have telephoned the police "You're just going to make things but, I lost my hend ond telephoned WORAC. Let me sum up the ease the for Kenny instead, He said there way it stands.
Morden is murdered. was no reason why I should get mized His body is found in an abandoned up in a scandal; that we could leave subdivision. It had been taken there him there until dark and then dump
and dumped. the body some place." automobile เท Obviously, a woman wouldn't have had the strength to carry the body
An
"That," said the criminologist. "is to the automobile and dump it. We all right so far as it goes. It doesn't
far enough, "What do you mean?"
know something of Morden's move. ments on the day he was killed. We have absolute proof that he was in the apartment of Esther Ordway. We locate that apartment and find a young woman there who swears that she is Alice Lorton, a roommate of this mysterious Esther Ordway.
"I mean." he said, "that your ren
for not telling the polleo isn't credible. Even Kenneth Boone, who Is infatuated with you, didn't believe You can't expect us to believe It and you can't expect the police to belleve it."
She was silent, white-lipped. "Go on," Griff said, "tell us the truth."
She remained silent,
"Lay off of her," Kenneth Boone muttered thickly. "You can't pin a murder tap on' her."
"Shut up!" Griff snapped, There was an interval of silence.
three men The eyes of all
were focused upon the girl's face, a face which was as white as the back of an invalid's hand. The orange make- Upon her cheeks flared into crimson brilliance, against the contrast of the dead-white skin,
"I think," said Griff slowly, "that you're trying to protect Mr. Frank B. Cathay, aren't you?"
Her lips quivered. She tried to say something, but the words did
not come.
Boone glowered at her with sudden suspicion distorting his features,
Say" he said, "am I a sucker in this thing? What the hell is Frank I. Cathay to you?"
It was The girl mado no answer, the criminologist who answered the question, speaking in low tones, his eyes boring stendly into the girl's face.
"I think," he said softly, "that he's her father."
She looked at him, her eyes dark with pain. Slowly her head droped
pressed her forward. She against her eyes. Her shoulders shook with soba.
hands
Bonne put a comforting hand on her shoulder.
She shook off the band savagely, "Don't touch me, you beast!" she
"She can't make her story quite convincing enough until after she's so she planted a few more ajibis,
She shook her head in mute, white-screamed. gets you, Boone, to go down to Sum. merville and write a letter to Eather faced negation. "You can question Ordway to which you sign the umeme all you want to," she said, "but of Robert Chelton and in which you you won't make me change my story. thinks That's the only reason that I did mention Alice Lorton. Sho the authorities will get that letter what I did. I didn't want the news and that it may help establish her paper notoriety." secondary identity. The weak point in her whole alibi is the bank account that is kept under the naine of Esther
"Did you," he, naked, "know who Ordway. She tries to clean that account out and get the cheques de Morden was when you saw him?"
"No," she said. Recount is livered an soon as the
"Did you have any idea 7" closed out and balanced. It took a
"No." lay or two to do that. The fact that
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Griff's eyes were staring atendily and appraisingly at her lips as she talked.
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Boone's jaw sagged. He touched her again, only his fingertips contact- ing her shoulder,
She gave a shrill scream and then burst into high-pitched, hysterical laughter.
Griff picked up the telephone re- celver, "Police Headquarters," said,
(To Be Continued).
Griff
he
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