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CHAPTER XLVII.

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then, seized with a sudden inspira- tion, he halted in the second floor The answer to the telegram to hall, took out his skeleton key, and Chauncey Smith, Optician, Riv- again effected unlawful entry. erside, California, como at 10 Ten minutes later he had the o'clock on Friday morning, bring-keen-oyed, sharp-faced young man BRANCHES - Bandi ing a new lustre to eyes heavy on the phone was exulting: "Found with doubt and sleeplessness. And it! And you'd never guess wherel thereafter, for 12 hours, no one See you in the morning about half could have accused. Bonnie Dundee,past nine. O. K.?” novice detective, of being a lazy man, or one incapable of moying mand upon Mrs. Rhodes: "save you his long legs swiftly.

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Among his activitles was Aling in person of long telegrams at his own expensa, so that their contents and the information they elicited would not become the prop erty of any curious mind at Police Headquarters.

And once more he made a de-

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1. M. LEERG,

MADREOK.

Bougkong. 28th May, 2010. “

got such a thing as a small-size phonograph record? The kind they London Bankers-National Previnmal Hank, make nursery rhymes on?"

"I know where I can get Dr. Weeka had a whole book of them for his grandchild.”

"Great!" Dundee hugged her again; "Send Tilda up with it as Four times that busy day a teld-soon as possible, and you might graph messenger rang the Rhodes lend me a needle and some white. House bell, and three times Dun thread, too." dee was awaiting him to snatch the envelope with avid fingers. When a telegram came about three, how ever, it was Mrs, Rhodes who ac cepted the message, having been warned to guard it with her life until the addressee returned from a momentous interview.

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"If you've got any mending to do, I guess I can do it for you," she assured him,

"Your stitches would be far too ment!" he refused gaily, "but I'll remember your, offer when I cast

button!"

He came back accompanied by

keen-eyed, sharp-foced young Lieutenant Strawn

"Well, how are you coming on?" man, who had been getting his

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daily dozen during a houted hour dewest recruit rather gourty at 11 with Dundee by alternately nad-luck on Saturday, ding and slinking his head with great vigour. A most opinionated grinned. "Is it all fixed up with young man," but one who undoubt-ne district attorney to keep the edly knew his stuff. One, too, who orders tied up an atternoon in

it' wreck my pinna itongkong Janeiro isked ne annaying questions. when a onice? he saw an excited detective com-they buzz around the house this mitting unlawful entry-by means nati-hatiday." of a mest életent skeleton key. "He'll keep 'em busy, quizzing "Look at this!" Dundeo cried ex-: em about bévier and the Hogarth ultantly, when the door of ancase, all right," Strawn promised. other man's room had closed upon "But i'd like to know what the the two. And he handed over the devil you're up to anyway. Seems message which Mrs. Rhodes had me you're either tying down on signed for. "I guess that clinches the job or being damned mysteri it, doesn't it? Yu said if he'd had s that training, he could do it!"".

"The latter, chief, though I'm not "Hmm," said the head-shaker-being mysterious just for the fun and-nedder, but nodding this timic.ut the taing," Dundee assured him. And then he got busy, uttering "There reany isn't much to tell yet,Authorised Captial, "Himmx" and "Well, wells," Inter- though I haven't been lazy. The Paid-up Capital Jarded with occasional sharp ex-ruth is, I've got a pot on the fireers Funda clamations of admiration.

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"How?"

Finally he arose, dusted his hands and conceded: "You were right! But there's one thing miss- init," and he proceeded to describe Il minutely.

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I find it." Dundes promised which he hoped would boil over rashly, xuberantly. Can't fill that evening. It was not an easy now. Well, what do you any? I ask, but he left Police Headquar I do find -and I will, somehowers with Lieutenant Strawn's un- what do you want to do, so that I wing and puzzled promise of as "can pull off my partz***

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by. Detectives pyne and Wi- ams, brusquely ordered all mutes In this house. In the early morn- the Rhodos House to the seconding of July 3 Cora Barker was also

murdered by strangulation." he was alone again in his own

"Where is he going to hold the Lieutenant Strawn paused, his room on the third floor of the Rhodes House was to call police meeting?" Dundee heard Norma face stoical, as exclamations, shud- "nin Mrs. Ho-ders and half-uttered questions headquarters. Two minutes lateratge quaver.

filled the room. Dundee glanced at Sergeant Turne's voice vibrated ¿arth's rooņi?"

Strawn harshly against his eardruin.

himself answered the the two men sitting beside him. THE NATIONAL CITY BANE

OF NEW YORK. "Dundee speaking, Sergeant, question by commanding curtly: Neither face betrayed anything but

Oh, horrified surprise. .. Yes, pretty busy. Listen, Open your door, Styles....

not locked.... Come in, Sergeant, and this is more import

Lieutenant Strawn went on: "I HEAD OFFICE: 55, Wall Street, make yourselves ant than I can possibly tell you: everybody and

have reason to believe that Dan

New York. I want you to detail one of your comfortable." best men to shadow Miss Jewell "I fail to see why my room was Griffin committed all three of those Capital, Surplus Briggs. He's not to, let her out chosen if you want us to make our-fiendish crimes, and that he is or of his sight a minute during the selyea comfortable," Walter Styles has been a boarder In this house! Wait!" he commanded sharp- day, and tonight want him sta- retorted angrily. "It's too small-" "Bring some chaira, boys,"

"y. "Let me describe him. Five Boned in the vacant room directly across from Jewel'e. Furthermore, Strawn ordered the two plat-years ago Dan Griffin was 30 years

BRAZIL The old, of medium height and build, men clothesmen. "Five or six. please instruct one of the

with light brown or reddish blonde patrolling the Ithades House others can sit on the bed." Frounds to keep an eye op Jewel's When his order had been carried hair, light eyes of hazel or grey; out and the Rhodes House resi-was neither handsome nor ugly, window."

"That makes three men" you've dents had seated themselves, hebut of extremely ordinary appear- got tied up, besides the two on looked about the small room sternance. I'm asking you now, and I the grounds, Turner grumbled iy. "Everyone here? Answer to want you to consider carefully be-

Commercial and Travellers' Ler "What--***

your names, please." He consulted fore answering: In such a man After skilfully evading the curia slip of paper: "Mrs. Caroline known to any of you, either as a ters of Credit, Travellers' Cheques was but secffing sergeant's questions, Rhodes, Mr. Rhodes, Mr. and Mrs. present boarder, a former boarder, Billa of Exchange and Cable Norma or as a transient mealer in this Transfers bought, and gold. Cur Sharp, Miss Dundee hung up the receiver, east Lawrence

house?"

rent accounts and Savings Bank a loving eye upon some apparently Paige, Mr. Walter Styles, Mr. Henry uninteresting items from the Dowd, Mr. Herbert S. Magnus, Mr.

The question was such a bomb- accounts opened and Fixed De Rhodes House trush bugs; then James Dundee, Miss Jewel Briggs, shell that it was greeted with pro- posits in local and foreign curren- locked them up and went down to Miss Daisy Shepherd, Miss Matilda found silence. Mr. and Mre, Sharp, cles taken at rates that may be na- on application to the the basement again to sec if he Brown. Is that everyone who Walter Styles and Daisy Shepherd certained

belongs in the house, Mrs. Rhodes craned their heads to cast fearful, Bank

"All but the cook, and you said speculative glances at Henry Dowd., We are also able to offer ou she could go home," Mrs." Rhodes But no one spoke.

Customers the services of the answered.

Branches of the International" As the horror-laden silence tiirobbed on, Dundee raised Bin Banking Corporation in San Fran handkerchief to his brow, as if to claco, Spain and the Philippine "Thanks, Mother Rhodes.

wipe away cold beads of perapira- Islands, and also of The National What's the heavy literature?"..

tion. A shadow which had lain City Bank of New York (France) "A deed. I'm selling the Rhodes

across the floor outside the open SA, In Paris and Nice, “ House," she informed him stifly.

door wavered, disappeared,

A few seconds later, when that "Getting a good price, too. They're going to use the site for an apart "I shall not keep you long, folke, silence was becoming too terrible) ment house. In a few weeks there Licitenant Strawn began from hisa thing to be borne, it was broken won't be any 'Murder Mansion," position beside the open window. by the tap, tap, tap of a typewriter. The truth is, I want you to help With a hoarse oath Bert Magnus sho udded bitterly.

"But what am I and the rest of me. First; I must tell you about sprang from the bed, Junged toward us pampered boarders going to do?" some new, evidence that has just the dour. Who, the hell, is using "I'm thinking of buying a house come to light. Five years ago umy typewriter?" he snarled thickly. four blocks further down Chestnut, Mrs. Emma Harkness and her The shadow of a man again lay and opening again about the first daughter, Mrs. Daniel Thomas Grif- across the open door, as Dundee, suffered terribly from the hands up to the present they have not of September, if you really want fin, fed from their home in Belton, followed the enraged scenario- Artblad Gaal of retreating, Chinese troops last declared their Independence, to stay with me," the landlady an- Missouri, a few hours before the writer who was plunging toward rald-Up Fand stroko

The FOREIGN INVESTIGATORS PUT Chinese troops looted und

year, when, it will be recalled,! The railway is running satis-swered brusquely, but there were police were notified that Griffin, the the door of the next room.

son-in-law and husband, had robbed tap, tap tap went steadily on. then factorily between Harbin and tears in her cyca,

As Bert Magnus tore at the knob IT AT $15,000,000. burned the city before retreating Manchuli although the track is in of me Dundee retorted, and $10,000. Griffin was never caught, Dundee laid his hand upon his

"Want to? Just try to get rid the bank in which he worked of in face of the Russian advance, bad condition in some places.. Investigators state that the 18,000 Chinese troops who sur- hugged her close for a moment be- and for five years young Mrs. Grif-shoulder.

""Griffin, there is no one in your Foreign investigators returning damage is estimated at $15,000,000 rendered to the Russians in the fere dashing down to the basement, fin lived in New York under the to Harbin from à trip to Manchuli: Mongols Want Autonomy. Manchuli and Chalainor regions last

He knew that what he was look name of Sally Graves, and Mrs. room now, just as there was no state that Chinese troоря are

The Burga Mongols are stated November, have been set free nowing for could not be far down in Harkness lived in this house na one in there last Saturday night the unfilled trash bag, if it was Mrs. Emma Hogarth. On June 2 when your mother-in-law was being gradually returning to the West to be negotiating with the Heiat Manchull. They are reported to the, at all, which he doubted. His Sally Graves or Griffin was mur murdered. No one but the per-party, racial of Food They have at present reached lungkiang authorities in Tajihar, have been "tured full with Com pessimism was justified. Empty dered. On June 29 Mra, Harkness,fect stenographer Hailar, which city is stated to have The Mongols desire autonomy hul munist propaganda." -Reuter

handed, he plodded slowly upstairs; or Hogarth, vins strangled to death

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could add to' them..

As he borrowed the old-fashioned! padlock key from Mrs, Ithodes, who was alone in her bed-sitting-room at the time, he noticed that she was studying an extremely legal-looking 'document.

on

Dowd, Magnus and Dundee had sented themselves the bed, which was along the wall in which the door was set. The door was open. The others occupied chuirs Walter sitting with his arm about Norma's shoulders..

(To be Continued:)

...

Manager

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Hongkong, 2nd July, 1929.

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