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DETECTIVE TIIRILLER!

THE BLACK PIGEON.

By Auno Austin.

CHAPTER XV.

Otto Pfluger hunched his should ers and rammed his hands deeper into the pockets of his uniform. "I dunno about two o'clock, I Kuoss. I ain't keepin' tabs on them

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,"

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let the office boy tell his when comes in-if he ever gets here," McMann added curtly. "Who else came to the seventh floor Saturday afternoon?"

"That'll do, Moran!" the detec- tive shut him short. "You and Otto can get back on your jobs, but I don't leave the building till I give

you permission, understand?"

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When the door had closed upon the elevator boys,, McMann faced Jack Hayward, his eyea, narrowed to glinting grey slits." "Well, how

The following quotations as at the about It, Hayward? I suppose you're going to tell me it took you close of the market on Wednesday 10 minutes to find these convenient-have been received from their cor-/ ly forgotten theatre tickets.

respondente, Messrs. Hayden, Stone

Before Jack could answer Patrol-and Co., of New York by Messrs. man Biggera appeared, with the in-Swan, Culbertson and Frits, Susson formation that the men from the House, Shanghai, (cable address body of the murdered man.

that's at a right to come and go."! Borden," Mleky answered sullenly. morgue had arrived to remove the swanstock" Shanghai), who are not

"That lady I heard you call Mrs. "Isn't there a register record for "Gees! I didn't know the sheik was Saturday afternoon, Coghlan?" Mc. married!" he added, brightening. Mann demanded. "You require "He sure didn't let it crimp his everyone to sign in and out, don't tyle none." You?"

MeManu frowned. "Keep your Coghlan shook his head, "Not opinions to yourself until they're until four o'clock Saturdays. Too called for, Moran! When did you many tenants coming and going bo-bring Mes. Borden up?" fore then "

respankibin for cable, mutilations. "Just a minute, Biggers. Hold 'em back until I get Mrs. Borden These quotations are subject, to con out of the way. I'll put her urination: Covey's charge down the hall i Anaconda Copper"

need her."

Bethlehem 'Steel

Some of Ruth's hatred of the de-i tective evaporated as she witnessed Chrysler Corp. (Common) his gentleness with the widow General Motors (Common) whom he had, a few minutes before, Goodrich B F (Common) tried to bully into confessing that she had killed her husband. But Granby Consolidated Copper when the body. had been removed International Cement (Common)

the "I can tell you almost to

Micky stuck out his lower jaw minute when 1 returned and when pugnaciously and seemed about I left the building," Jack Hayward to go into a stubborn silence. Then, Bottled the question matter-of-"I dunno! Pretty soon after I took factly. "Mi Lester and I went to any down, 1uess. After half-on as stretcher, and McMann was Liggett & Myers “D” ....... Junch at the Chester Hotel, and just funà one, anve ay." before dessert wus ser... i dise

free to devote his entire attention Missouri Pacific (Common) manner? to Jack Haward, fear for the man Nevada Consolidated Copper MeMann she loved fanned her hatred of Packard Motor Car (Common)

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Did you notice her covered that I had left the theatre Anything unusual?" tickets on my desk. We are goingcapard out. In a matinee, I looked at my watch,

"I didn't pay no attention to her. found that it was 10. minutes She didn't mean nothing, in my two, ond walked rapidly from the Chester to the Starbridge Building -- distance of only two blocks. 1 didn't have to wait for the elevator, so it must have been not later than

five or alx minutes of two when I got off at the seventh floor. I went to my office and-"

"Just a mintue." McMann inter- rupted. "I'd just a little bit rather have Otto's story before you have

young life," Micky retorted."She just got in the elevator and I took her up-that's all."

"And when she came down 7" MeMann was having hard work to restrain his anger and Impatience. "Was she upset? Crying? Pale?"

"Gees! I didn't give her a 300- and look, after 3 seen it was the same lady I'd look up," Micky pro-

a chance to tell him what he re-tested disgustedly. "I ain't got un members. And you might unclench time for dames her age."

that fat of yours, Hayward. I'm

MeMann looked as if he could cheerfully have clouted the impu•

afraid you'll sprain your fingers, dent youngster over the head, but und that would be too bad. Now, Otto, how long was Mr. Hay-he limited the expression of his anger to a black scowi. · "Anyone

ward in his office before he wentele 7" back down again in your car?"

"Sure.

A frail that was here Saturday morning, and two or three Stimes before then," Micky anawer-

"I ain't saying he was in his offico at nil," Otto denied sullenly.

"Oh" McMann pounded.

N

you saw him head toward this winged, sulkily, "Looked like a chorus of the building when he left the cle- giri." vator, did you ?”

"Rita Dubois!" Ruth cried. "I Otto Pluger shrugged, and thought she was to meet Mr. Bor- slouched lower against the wall; den at the station "

"Just

minute,"

F

McMann "No!" I ain't sayin' he was in hia office or he wasn't in his office, be-silenced her peremptorily. "De- cause I didn't follow him-ce? I scribe the girl, Moran-hair 'tended to my business and that eyes, clothes, anything you can re-

member." was runnin' my elevator."

MeMann looked at Ruth,

"Black hair, black eyes. Kinda "And right now, young man, your business is to answer my ques-tall and slinky, like a movie vamp, Lions," McMann retorted. "I may Micky obliged. "I didn't notice her A swell not give you & tip to keep your clothes, 'cent she had on mouth shut, as Mr. Hayward evi-Tur coat with a real live white. dently did, but I can give you a free orchid pinned on the collar."

who ps to the jail if you don't open up

i nocted an exper confirmation of the and spill what you know."

"Mr. Hayward didn't give me no girl's identity. "All right, Atoran. this When did you bring her up and Saturday-no, tip mornin' neither! He Ups us boys what happened, that you know of? reg'lar the first of the month, like Did you talk with her?

"Not when I brought her up." most of the other tenants do.

Aw, all right! I'm tellin' Micky answered the last question you, if you'll let me! It was about first. She was looking so sore, 10 minutes after I took him up he-topping her foot and acting so im- fore i took him down again, I guess, patient, that I kept my mouth because I sent my kid brother, what shut."

nor

"When withis? MeMana

was hangin' around in the Jobby, over to the drug store across the pounced.

"Gees, I dunno! Bout half an

street to get me a cup of coffee, right after I'd took Mr. Hayward hour after Mrs. Horden left, I

reckon. I ain't got no way of tell-

up, and I'd drunk it before he runging the time each party come up.

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for me to take him down."

McMann grinned crankedly as he made rapid notes of the boy's story, "You didn't have any other pin songer during those 10 minutes, Otta?"

"No."

"And when Mr. Hayward ieft, did; you notice anything peculiar about his behaviour?" McMann suggest

ed.

Otto glowered. "No!"

1 let her off at the seventh floor While and then i went back down. my car was down, the telephone in the booth started ringing and I an- swered it. The starter goes off at half-past one, and there wasn't anybody else but me down there,"

"Yes? What of it?" McMann de- panded impatiently. "How long before Miss Dubois rang for the elevator?"

"At's what I don't know--not Italh could have kissed the aul-exactly," Micky admitted, flushing. was my girl girl on the len young lowhead for his failure

to mention a fact which might yetphone, and I made a date with her assume rast importance that Jack for Sunday, and--and kidded her Hayward had returned to his office akong awhile, men when I t back in my car the seventh foar red

empty-handed and left it with a flight was on." heavy briefcase.

"Who else rode in your ear be tween two.and four o'clock Satar- day?" McMann prodded the unwill- ing witness,

"Five minutes? Seven minutes? Ten minutes?" McMann' suggest- ed impatiently,

"Maybe 10 minutes,

maybe "I ain't been taking no memorymore," Micky admitted, his flush course," Otto Pfluger shrugged deepening. "This Rita dame looks "But for as I remember, I didn't sore because I've kept her waitin," take down no passengers from the and I jolly her up a bit. I anys to Boventh floor after Mr. Hayward her, "Sorry if I kept you waitin', McMann scowled, then turned Miss. I was makin' a date with my sweetle, 'I says. "Nen she says, upon Micky Moran, who grinned well, be sure you don't stand her cheerfully, "How about you, up, old dear. Nothing makes a girl Moran? Who were your passengers more sare than to be stood up,' she for the seventh floor after Miss anys, tanning her foot in, like Lester's and Mr. Hayward's second she was sore as all get-out. An' trip?"

I says, 'Gees! Dld Borden stand

Jeft."

Micky scratched his thatch of red up a swell frail like you?' An' she hair, First I brought up Bonny grins a little at that an' cracks Smith, the kid that works here."

right back, 'I'll say he did! And "Benny!" Ruth exclaimed. "Why, how!" he left for the day at exactly one- o'clock!"

"What else?" MeMann demanded. "Gees, ain't 'at enough for one "Well, he come back," Micky trip?" Micky grinned. "She got grinned, "Said he'd forgot come off and boat it out of the elevator, thing, I took him back down three like she was in a hurry. She run or four minutes later.... And say into the telephone booth and that's I guces 'at lets Miss Lester out the last I seen of her, 'cause I had all O. K.! If the kid had found his a call from the fourth floor ther- bose dead he wouldn't a-rode back or maybe it was the dfth. No, It down whistling, would he?"

was the fourth. Old man Cohen→→→ wholesale shoes."

Ruth smiled gratefully at the boy who was so obviously anxious to "Any other passengers for the lift auspicion from her,

seventh floor Saturday afternoon?" "If the boy came back for some-McMann demanded impatiently. thing he'd forgotten, it was un- "No, not a soul," Micky an- doubtedly in the outer office," Mc-swered promntly. "I thought Bor- Mann pointed out. "And the door den had gone down by the other was closed between the two offices elevator, for some reason or other. after Borden was killed, according Gees He musta been dead already, to Miss Lester's own story of her and his sweetie thought he'd stood discovery of the body. But you her ap! Gees! She must stood stick to your own story, Moran, and there poundin' on the door"

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