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Murder At Bridge

ANNE AUSTIN author. »/"THE BLACK PIGEONÍ

THE AVENGING EAYOUT" zit

DERIN HERE TO-DAY.

Juanita Belim le murdered at hee string lahle derina a bridge paris. Bonale Donitee

tho unders everyone to take

they held from the dealing of the death and until the body was found, Teony Crain, Karen Kimball and Carolyn Drake are the player, Lote Duniad, Nisa's only woman friend, stande beside them: Flors les is in the foyer

side Nita'a room triephoning: Jane! Kaymond

MURDER (ACVOTARS”

large ornate bedroom, murmuring

he did so:

"Don't be frightened, Mrs. Mar- shall. The bod mean Mrs. Sclim isn't here now....And you shan't have to screamh. I'll give the signal myself. I just want you to go

la on the front parch; Patty Beale and herafora!! finance. Clive Hammond, are in the solarium. Karen gate the bid for six raßen, and after

the same motions you did

On jerky feet the girl advanced

Penny, acting as Nita, lays down her hand to Nita's now deserted vanity Tracey Miles, Forla's husband, enters..

Fenny. Nita, Jumps up, wake him to dresser.

make cocktails, and leavee. Tracer, followed "[-] was calling her by Lole rose Inia the dining Marshall, Karen's husband, came in and alvo { time,”

walked over from the club.

Toom. JarteW

all the

she whispered. "I

didn't

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CHAPTER X

again.

"I know," Dundee assured her gently. Then he shouted: "Ready!" There was a concerted rush to

Herded by Strawn,

the amall the girl who had fallen, sobbing and whimpering. to the floor of crowd of men and women came the hall. But it was Dundee who running into the room, reached her first, Dundee and not Marshall lending the way, her outraged and exelted old hus-being second band.

Judge

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Ponny in line.. .Penny second! Why not Flora Miles, who

Paris "Mrs. Marshall-listen, please," had been nearer to that room than

Genova. he begged in a low voice, as he any of the others, If her story was

..18.16% Oslo: fted her so that her henil rested true? Dundee asked himself.

In- "You have been all had crowded into the room, Belsingfora.

1927 against his arm.

.375 Please be cluding Polly Deale and Clive Ham- Athens.. splendid--wonderfull

Buenos Aires...33.7/16 Heve that I am truly sorry to dis- mond, before Mrs. Miles crent in.

"Is this the order of your arShanghai. tress you so, and that very soon, I

New York.. hope, you may go home and rest." rival Dunder asked them all.

Penny, who was standing against Amsterdam.

Stockholm. the wall, just inside the doorway,

Vienna.. Ignoring Judge Marshall's louder spoke up, staring at Nora with

Madrid. blustering, Dundee continued soft-Crowning intentners.

Bucharest "You're Bort of mixed up, aren't

Montevideo ly: "You don't want the wrong

I was standing right fongkong... person to be accused of this terri-you, Flora? ble crime, do you, Mrs. Marshall? here until the worst of it was over Brussels. Of course not! And you do! didn't even go near Nita, and Milan want to help us all you can to dis-I know you didn't pass me.

"I can't bear any-more," Karen whimpered.

cover

Selim 7"

who really killed

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I re-Copenhagen Mrs. member that Tracey stepped away Lisbon

and enlled you, from the body. con-fund you weren't here. And then almost the next minute I saw you coming toward him from-from-Silver (spot)...17% over there!"

- suppore se." Karen ceded, on a sob.

Then I'll help you. I'll go into the bedroom with you." Dundee promised her with a sigh of relief. To the others he spoke sharply: "Go back to the exact positions in living room and dining room and solarlum. that you occupied when Mra. Marshall ran from the room," think you're overdoing it, Bonnie," Captain Strawn protested, "But-sure I'll see that they mind you."

And Ponny pointed toward that corner of the room which held, on;

the one angle, the door leading porch, and on its other angle the window from which, or from near which Nita Selim had been shot.

108.26

Balron San Francisco

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Singapor Bourabaya

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Changchun first picture.

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niezzo Hambur 2/0.16/32 She

1/ability and also singa in 13.6/16 soprano voice that has great appeal, how 13.7/10 undoubtedly due to the one hand of Harbin

director Marcel Silver. Wireleas.

of

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Vladivostock (Temperarlíy closed) Intress allowed on Current Ascounts. Deposits received for fized periods at anter

Tom Patricola scores heavily as the Honolulu rafamuffin handy man, proving him self a delightful comedian. Primarily "And the rest of you?" Dundee an eccentric dancer, he makes the to be obtained on application. anked.

most of his one opportunity in this

to the accompaniment "Nothing spectacular. I'm afraid, picture "You're lying, Penny Crain! 1

Antonio Moreno also reveals unusual did no such thing!" Flora Miles Mr. Dundee," Polly Beate answered Monkey on a Stick," sung by Mojice. cried hysterically. "I came running in her brusque, deep velce, now ability in the role of a dictator, in-with-with the rest of you, and edged with scorn. •

rushed over there just to see if

Further

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There are a dosen songs, including several typical Spanish numbers With Karen Marshall clinging to

elicited written by Mojies and Troy Sandera. Rotfyunland October 11, 1921, under special his arm. Dundee walked down the could see anybody running away little more, beyond the fact that Songe which seem certain of popular hall, beyond the staircase to an across the meadow

"My wife is right, sir," Tracey Clive Hammond had dashed out to ity are, "One Mad Kiss," "Oh Where door on his left-a door open

"Not So Dumb,” guarded by a lounging plainclothes. Miles added his word aggressively, circle the house and look over the Are You" and "Behind the Mask."

There is plenty of fun in "Not So man. Seated at the dressing table "I saw what she was deing-the grounds, add that John Drake had

Dumb," the current attraction at the We looked out of cal wife.

Queen's Theatre, which opened yester "Better let this bunch go for the Ray for a three-day run. Marion present, hadn't we, boy?" Captain Davies is seen in the lead, and she Strawn whispered

ASAHI of the guests lavatory was Flora most sensible of all of us-and I been fully occupied with a hysteri-

Miles, her aallow dark face 'se rav-ran to join her.

BEER ged that she looked 10 yards older the windows, both the side windows

than when he had first seen her an and the rear ones, and out of the door onto the porch. But we didn't hour before.

"So you were in here when you see anything." Bole Agent heard Mrs. Marshall scream, Mrs. Surprisingly. Dundee abandoned

the point. Miles?" Dundee paused to ask. MITSUI

"Yes," she gasped, rising. "And you were the only one to BUSSAN "And that horrible man has made touch her. Sprague?"

"1-belleve so." Dexter Sprague KAISHA stay in here Of course the

door was closed-before. I tele-answered in a strained voice." LTD.

phoned home to ask about my chillaid my hand on her her hair, PASENER BEET HONGKONG dren, and then I came in here to for an instant, then I picked up her

hund to see if there

was any to do my face over --"

pulse left."

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Mollified by the younger man's has excellent support by Raymond THE deference, Strawn obeyed the sug-Hackett and others. gestion, to return within five min Besides the main film, there is a utes, his grey brows drawn in to a news reel and a really excellent colour- frown.

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I take the blame," Dundee as- "Iseo," Dundee said slowly. bands"

um. "What did you do, Judge Mar-sured him, with a grin. "But that two or three minutes. Not only 'fool bridge game and I admit it that, but it told me the names of leaving

Karen to stand weakly shall?" Dundoe asked abruptly. against the door frame. Without "I took my poor little wife away was a horrible thing to have to do everyone in this party who could couchtold me a whole bunch of facts have killed Nita Selim, and--Good word to Mrs. Miles he looked close-from this room, laid her on

"For instance?" Strawn growled. ly at the dressing table top and in the living room, and then tele-that ought to be very, very useful." Lord of course!"

And to Captain Strawn's amaze- into the small wastebasket that phoned the police, Miss Crain stoodi "For instance,"

"Dundee answered, ment, Dundee threw open the door Q You-you can see that I cold, that she might ring you it told me that it took approxi- of Nita's big clothes closet, jerked

T

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I

stood beside it.

at my elbow, urging me to hurry,

creamed my face before 1 put one did. Your line was busy and fresh powder und and rouge," she lost about five minutes before Flora Miles pointed out, with an getting you."

obvious effort at offended dignity.

"After I came back, while you

were making those poor girls play

the hand over again, I went

through the sime motions--because

you told all of us to behave exarily

as we had done before"

"I-sec," Dundee ngreed.

in spite of being

Pretty clever, Talmust frightened to death. Dundee

Y

Thongkong Eclegraph.

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Baid to himself. But he had been Just a shade eleverer than she, for he had been in this room shend of her, and there had been no balls of greasy face tissue in the waste- basket then!

He was pissing out of the room, offering his arm to Karen, when one of his underlined notes thrust itacif

bis memory. upon "May I see your bridge tally, please, Mrs. Milen 7"

"My bridge tally!" she echoed blankly. "Why it must be on the table where I was playing-"

"It is not," Dundes assured her quietly. "Perhaps it in in your hand bag?" and he glanced at the rather large raffia bag that lay on the table,

snatched

it up, slightly averting her body as she looked hastily through its contents.

She

"It Isn't here.....Oh, I don't know where it is! What does it matter?"

Without replying, Dundee es- corted the. trembling little discov! erer of Nita Selim's body into the

mately eight minutes to play out a on the light, and stooped to the little slam bid, when ordinarily it floor.

would have taken not more than

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