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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7. 1933.

THE UNKNOWN BLONDE BY LAURA LOU

· DEDIN 'HERE TO-DAY

Who killed TRACY XING, prehestra tender

found dead in bla apartment?

paper reporter, undertakes to find out Police

the ban disuppeared again,

his innocence,

CHAPTER XII

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jho's been out of work. Cross. Cranky. Well, Carlotta didn't like that. She thought he wasn't in love with her any more,

BROOKMAN

torily.

"Yeah," ho said, "lots of funny nuts liko that around an apart- mont hotel. They've got to re somewhere, I guess. - Relatives won't have 'em, or they can't get along with anyone else."

"Do you think I should tell Mc- Neal about it?" Bannister asked. "Oh, you might as well. What

"I got all this from the womanure it, that's why she put on that who lives across the hall. Mrs. scene at headquarters.”” Nicholal, her name lo. She auid "How does it happen the dotec- Carlotta knocked on her door next tives haven't heard this Nicholai morning and came in crying that woman's story?" Bannister asked, harm can it do?" To Gainey this Herman was going to kill her. She "They will in time. I suppose. Hne of thought was distinctly said he had a gun and had threat-Down in that neighbourhood they're secondary. He returned to Carlotta ened to shoot her! Mrs. Nicholai | all afraid of cops. Close-mouthed Scurloch. "You know" he said, said Carlotta cried so much it was but" Galnoy grinned again, "It'a queer how a girl like that a long time before she found out "well, we managed to get friendly,can marry an egg like Scuriach. what it was all about. As near as It fan't my idea to print all this Of course thera are plenty of she could get the straight of lt- right away. I'd rather hold it--" brighter people in the world but Mrs. Nicholai I mean-Herman be "Until they get a confession she's not so dumbi Darned good. lieved that Carlotta had been with from Scurloch?"

looking, too. She had that little King and that's why she was late

Gainey auok his head. "Not place where they live all fixed getting home.

that," he said. "I want to see how up—" one or two other things turn out | "Did you talk to her husband?” first."

Bannister asked,

"Yeah, and a lot of good it didi

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DAVID BANNISTER, author, former new*»! are searching for an "unknown blonde." “So what did sho do? Well, she known to have vizited King shortly before his

In a movie theatre, you death, Banniter has seen this girl, who told Works aims her name was JULIET FRANCE, the know. Usher at the State. Prob- swore she knew nothing of the murder, but ably got her idea from some phoney HERMAN SCURLACIE, who wrote King movie. Anyhow she decided to threatening letter, la în Jall. He also declares make Horman Jealous. This part be fine works as the eats with 2, RAN, she told me herself. She wanted to DOLPH GAINEY, star reporter of the Post make him think some other fellow In the dead man's apartment Bannister picks

crazy about her and sho up an old-fabloned wedding picture

was keep it as a possible clue.

pleked on Tracy King! dainey ella Bannister he has been talking

"Being a sap, Herman fell for to Beurisch's wife, Carlotta,

it. But not in the way Carlotta expected. He came to the theatre "Well, by this time I guess the one night-Herman, I mean-and Siri saw that her little game had Bannister broke open a poppy heard King singing this song, "Lis gone too far. She tried to tell seed roll, buttered a portion of the ten Carlotta. I guess it made him Horman the truth, that who didn't - Bannister remembered then the Just a big guy with a head "of roll and ate it. "What did she tell wild. The girl, trying to make her even know Tracy King. That only story that the woman at the Shelby solid bone. Kept saying over and you?" he naked.

story better, said King had written made things worse. They had a Arms had told him, the story of lover that he didn't do it, that he'd The little reporter's pose of the song for her. Of course if terrible scene and once she thought Melvina Hollister's dead canary never hurt nobody'! Steve Fish- boredom was forgotten. He leaned Seurlach wasn't completely dumblo was going to strangle her, then bird, and Miss Hollister's heated er told me they haven't been abla forward, eyes glowing. "What a he'd have known King didn't and there. Instead he grabbed up quarrel with Tracy King,

to get anything else out of him story!" he repented. "Do you know write that song but then he is his hat, put the gun in his pocket "Hero's a funny one I picked up except when the girl was there. what that dome was doing when dumb. He wroto the letter they and left. Now listen to this-Car- this afternoon," he said. "Maybe They left Scurlach and the giri I got out to the house this after found in King's room-threatening lotta hadn't seen him from that you can explain this" He re-alone together but of course the noon? Mending a pair of her hus- to get him if he ever sang that time until she went to headquar- peated what Mrs. Kennebec had detectives were latening. Scur- band's socks and crying over them. xong again."

tera to-day Mrs. Nicholai said said. Gainey asked questions but lach broke down and cried and Crying. Oh, she pretended that she

Home of the children saw him at evidently was not much impressed. told Carlotta he was sorry he'd wasn't but I could see the tears “Doos - Scurloch_admit that?" the house once but it was while It appeared that, to J. Randolph scared her and he'd never do it just the same."

Bannister asked. Writing the let Carlotta was at the theatre. Whore Gaines, the King murder case had again if only they'd let him go Bannister grinned. Touching!" ter, I mean?"

ho was all that time and what he been solved and solved satisfac- ('st so no pɔnujnoŋ) he said. "So the beautiful Car- "Oh, sure! He raved on about was doing nobody knows?"" lotta'n weeping moved you. Not King trying to break up his home. going soft, are you, Galney 7" Said he wanted to frighten him The other nodded impatiently. and make him leave Carlotta alone. "Listen," he said, "this is straight. The girl's nearly crazy--and I'll tell you why. She thinks Herman

did it!"

Bannister straightened. "Did she tell you that?" he asked.

"No, she didn't say it not in

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The cops didn't know until they talked to the girl that she'd never even spoken to Tracy King--that she made up every word of the story she told Herman."

"They're pretty sure of that, are they?"

o many words. But I know it's! "McNeal believes it. Al Drugan, true just the same. That's why who's supposed to be King's best she put on that looney scene at friend, said he'd never heard of headquarters. She thinks he did it, the girl. I guess that part's and she's scared to death. he'll hang for murder"

Scared straight all right.

"What about the gun?" Ban- nister asked.

"I didn't have it when they searched him at headquarters. I don't know any more about it but.

know he didn't have a gun then. Of course he had plenty of time! to get rid of it—”

"But."

Bannister objected. "granted that Seurlach did have a gun and a motive for killing Tracy King, how could be get into King's apartment? The clerk at the Shel- by Arma awore this girl they're looking for is the only one who went up to King's rooma."

Gainey snorted. "There's are plenty of ways to get into a hotel!" e said. "The clerk doesn't watch the servants' entrance, docs he?

"But here's what the cops don't A wafter appeared to remove the know!" Gainey had forgotten the soup plates. Converantion ended food before him, was leaning for- abruptly until the plates of corned ward eagerly. "Three nights ago beef and vegetables had been the same night Scurlach wrote serve and the two were alone again.; that letter-Carlotta was late get

"It's like this," Gainey went on ting home from the theatre. She Remember Scurlach had had three wagerly. "Scurlach's got a temper.works until the place closes at His wife didn't tell me that; midnight. It was about 1.30 when got it from the neighbours. And she got home and Herman he's terribly jealous, too. Lately waiting for her,

was

days to brood over his troubles. And they were real troubles to him, too. Maybe he'd been drinking. Maybe he got someone else to help him-but I doubt that, A jealous person wants to settle accounts with his own hands. There's a lot of it I can't figure out yet but I do know this-Carlotta Scurinch thinks her husband killed Trney King, I could see it in her eyes, the way she talked and everything she said.

That's not the worst of it-for her," he went on. "I think she really loves this dumb husband of hors. She wants to help, him and doesn't know how. The way I fig-

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