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The Clue Of The Forgotten Murder: TRAVEL SERVICE
CHAPTER XXXI
By CARLETON KENDRAKE
Griff told the cab driver to wait and he "and Blecker approached the house, a house which had at one time
been a pretentious private residence but was now given over to furnished
гость,
"Shall we." Bleeker naked as they entered the dour, "get the landlady nad inquire for Bianche Stanway?"
"I doubt," Griff told him, "If it's necessary.
He led the way up one flight of atairs, paused to listen in the halls way.
talking. This is none of your damn (phasis, "but because I'm going to get business!"
n lawyer to do my talking for me,
"who," ♫nkod" Griff,” lawyer?"
Griff smiled serenely. "Racino," he said, you are a man who knows the law. Perhaps you also know the potally for sompounding a felony."
men
Mrs. Cathay surveyed the with tired eyes, eyes which seemed hopelessly weary of it all. from which hope had vanished. There re- mained only the grim tenacity of a fighting breed.
*
Cari Racine moved ominously for ward,
"I'm telling you fellows," he said, "to get out. This is a private con- ference,"
The sound of swift, excited voices came from a room toward the rear, Grit nodded toward that room. think," he said, "that what we want in in there.
He walked noiselessly down tho corridor, paused before a closed door. On the other side of that door a woman was talking. Her voice was audible, but not her words. Griff placed his hand on the knob, turned also happens that The Blade is in it noiselessly, shoved the door open. Iterested in this Interview, an doubt
A Beshy woman with hard, green less the police will be." eyes and stringy, lack-lustre hair Rocine glowered at Bleeker, his which had been cut in a square bobanner truculent, but his eyes sud- was seated on a chair, a mocking denly shifted to those of the crim. sunile playing about her lips.
indlagt ns Griff falshed speaking.
Vi
nald.
Your
going to get one."
"I don't know," she
"I'm
"The police," said Griff, "may want to know something about this."
"The police," she retorted calmly, "can keep on wanting."
"I'm going to ask you just once) more," Mrs. Cathay said, "to con- sider my position."
Mrs.
The woman's eyes swept Cathay in hostile appraisal.
"You went to a lot of trouble to find me. didn't you?" she said "Just because you thought I could Dan
Blecker, 30 pounds lighter do you some good. How about the than the hig detective, and 10 years long years before? You didn't take older, pushed aggressively forward. any trouble to find me then? You "Try and put us out,” he snapped. didn't care what I was doing. If Sidney Griff spoke in tones that you want to know, I was scrubbing were calmly suave.
floors in office buildings. Think of "It happens," he said, "that Mr. that!
Down on my hands and knees. Bleeker reprene The Blade. It Crawling around, scrubblag floors, cleaning spittoons, my hands in dirty soap auds, scrubbing, scrubbing, nerub- bing! Always scrubbing! While you were powderest and perfumed, painted and manicured, riding around with a chauffeur in a shiny automobile. reclining on soft cushions, having maids to do, your hair and krep your. free tonotiful
Standing near the window, clad in black, was Mrs. Frank Cathay. Her Mrs. Cathay white-lipped, her face was white and tragic. There nostrila dilated, regarded Griff with
eyes that were dark with emotion.
in her eyes.
She broke
-1 will say
off abruptly and unce
this," she said, "the
was a bailed look of hopeless defeat presume," she said, "you want more gave that harsh, scornful laugh.]
Nearer the doorway, staraling with me to beg and cringe. I won't de his side to the door, liis big shoulders |}," squared, his face flushed with rage, was Carl Racine, the detretive.
Grill's voice was cheerful, " We intrude 7" he asked.
"How," naked Racine, "did you And out about this?"
Griff smiled at him. "How did you find out about it?"!
They stared at him. Mrs. Cathay's he countered, face showed bewilderment, Racine's, face
Mrs. Cathay whirled to the hard-
world has funded me eaough knocks
I know enough now to look out for myself and I'm going to inak out for myself."
"Will you," asked Griff, “make any statement."
"My statement," she said, "will be was white with cold anger, faced woman who sat in the chair, made through my altorney. The woman who was sented in the regarding then with glittering Ap- Griff turned to Blecker tind chair shifted her hart, green eyes praisal.
shrugged his shoulders, to regard the visitors with a curiosity which seemed, almost ensini,
"We Want very much," Griff went an, to interview Mrs, Blanche Stan way, or perhaps she might prefer to be called Mrs. Blanche Malone."
The smile faded from the Ups of
the woman.
"If you talk," she said, “you're not going to do yourself any goon."
Griff swung to her instantly.
i
"I think," he said, "we know all we need to know.".
Mrs. Cathay's eyes watched the
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If you don't talk," he said, "you're! criminologis! with stark terror ap- gen to put yourself, in a very pearing in their depths, questionable position."
Will you," she asked, "please con by the window jumped to her feet. CONSIGNEES' NOTICES.
Her face was vld with fury. Her
"I don't know any Manche Ma- j "My, my," she said, "how impor- lone," she said, "My name is Blanche tant I seem to be getting all of n. Stanway. Tell me what you want." suddent Well. I'm not going to talk]
"You" Racine said to Griff in anot because she told me not ta." voice flint quivered with rage, "can and the woman sput out the feminine wait in the corridor until we get done pronoun with a bitter, senrnful om-
CINEMA NEWS
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she isn't. in her apartment. You'll need a pass from the police if you're going to visit her. At the present moment she's at police head- picion of murdering Charles Morden, quarters where she's booked on aus-
A reporter for The Blade."
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The woman inugbed. Her laughsider my akde of this case was harsh, rasping and discordant, Racine spoke to her lo a rumbling (gnarled hands were clutched Isto
monotony,
fats. "They're newspaper men," he said. "Damn yout" she said, “Don't talk to them."
She hit her lip and was silent.
"And," went on Griff, hin eye The Steamship, Racine crossed to Mrs. Callay if you want to see her, you'll find fastened upon the face of Mrs. Cathay, took her by the armi and piloted her toward the door.
"Remember." he said, "we've gut to her previous success, however other places, to go and other things
to do." great. Fredric March gives Robert Browning the dash and fire that a woman, who remained seated in the "You won't and heri" shrilled the he plays three of the most exquisite chair by the window. "Go ahead and love seenes over to be recorded by try all you want to-you can't find the motion picture camera. Charles| her."
(To Be Continued), "If." said Griff Laughton does the tyrannical father Co-starred for the first time since with a terrific restrained power, So you're referring to the girl who is Racine, the detective, makes a hasty
variously known an Esther Ordway) departure in the next instalment, their appearance in the epic picture. thoroughly does he dominate proceed as Alice Lorton, the girl who was with difficulty the the daughter of Frank B. Cathay, you "Cimarron", Irene Dunne and Richarding that it is
audience Avoids
demonstrations will find that she was registered at Dix come to the screen of the King's against his characterisation. These
NOTES FROM THE THEATRES
in his manner. With Norma Sheader
in calm
Lones,
Theatre today in "Stingaree". are your three stars, strong enough Robinson street."
the Elite Apartments, number 319
Mrs. Cathay stared at him, her
The wonun who had been seated
romantic tale of the seventies inj to ensure the success of any picture, Australia, with Mary Batand, The stronger still hy such inspired cast- story deals with the great mutual Nor does the perfect casting "yes wide. love of Stinguree, a dishing bandis, supporting
-end-with- the-stars---Everyone-in- the) Cast has been rightly: and Hilda Buaverie, who drudges inehaven. rected by Sidney Franklin, the hong of the Clarkson's, her rich"The Barretts of Wimpole Street" relatives, but eventually achieves her stands out as a distinguished achieve. ambition and becomes an operatic ment in any screen 'year,
"Death on the Diamond"
pern
Hilda' at
star. Two melodious theme songs, "Stingare Ballad" and "To-night || "Death On the Diamond", gripping You're Mine", are woven into the plot detective mystery dealing with weird! as an integral purt of it, Scenes of killings in a baseball tenni during Hilda's operatic triumps in Italy, pennant season, opens to-narrow at Berlin, Faris um London give added the tussen's Theatre in conjunction Revue. with the Rhapsody Girls' glamour to the production and afford Written by Cortland Fitzsimmons; glimpses of notables of the period, nuthor of 70,000 Witnesses", and; including Edward Prince of Wales, lmed with the co-operation of the and are, who become worship. St. Louis Cardinals, the pleture is ni
blend of unique
actual baseball, abrine. Convent thrills, mystery, and Ирталтик Garden, world famous opera house in comedy, directed by Edward Sedg Landon, is also shown and Miss Donne wick, noted for his sports pictures of is heard in excerpts from famous the past. The shooting of a player, operas. Both Miss Damme and Dixing fans, weird attacks in the club!
stealing second, before 80,000`xereain- give splendid performances and their house, and other fantastic detail is respective roles are ideally suited to lightened by comedy situations and their talents. Lavish settings and a love story in which Robert Young beautiful photography add to thej and Madge Evans figure, as the two Includies C. enjoyment, and members of the up- principals. The cast parting cast contribute excollent fenry Gordon, David Landau, Nat
Teu characterizations, "Stingaree" is a Pendleton,
Healy, Edward musical, dramatic and scente treat. Brophy. James Ellison, Pat Flaherty, well worth seeing for any of these Pat O'Malley, Joe Sauers and others. three qualities alone.
Adapted to the 'screen by Harvey Thew and Joe Sherman, the picture "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" WOR dialogued by Ralph Spence. Actual quarters of the Cardinals "The Barretts of Wimpole Street", were used 精障 "Location", and the new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer pic material assistance was given in ture now showing at the Queen's rinking the picture by the Cincinnati Theatre, is, in every sense of the word, Reds and the Chicago Cuba. Amid magnificent triumph for all con- the romance, comedy and baseball cerned. Norma Shearer on Elizabeth thrills, runs a detective story in which! Barrett now stands unchallenged as suspleion falls on nearly thirty the First Lady of the Screen. Bere characters, before, in the final scene is a performance no sensitive, Bon the picture, the mystery is sudden- sincere that It brooks no comparison ty solved by a dramatic twist.
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