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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1933.

THE UNKNOWN BLONDE

DEGIN HERE TO-DAY.

Who killed TRACY XING, orchestra leather

found dead lu his apartment?

DAVID BANNISTEll, author, former now Police are searching for an "unknown blonde o visited King shortly before his death, Bannkter has open this wir), but she has duappeared since.

Daper reporter, undertak.a in find out,

HERMAN SCURLACH, who wrote King threatening letter, is in jail. He decir innone. Vaanister works the case with 3. HANDOLPH GAINEY, reporter of of the lost. In the dead man's apartment Hanskater picke up an o.d-fashioned westin picture which he keept.

All DRUGAN. frend of King's, says the orchestra eder has been having trouble wi JOM FARKUTT, bu former Vaudevlile Darcher, ad. Accurre Parrott of the murder Bannister Lette CAPTAIN MONEAL of the Selectire burrau about A Quarrel between King and KELVINA HOLLISTER, Middle ared spinster, after King cat killed her Enty, MeNEAL decides to investigate.

fashioned design.

Years before. She had

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·BY LAURA LOU BROOKMAN

"Oh and the little man." "I didn't know-1 was just wonder- ing-

I want to BCC

He turned to withdraw, the i words untinished, but McNeal

stopped hum...

"Just a: minute!" the captain bliss Hollister's aan ours1 Wildlicu. "You're parties, i guess i know! I've got arotner, aren't you: cura, havent 17, I ve got eyes. Ask you.” -

to how I know a thing uke that." The man looked back doubtfully. "Me? he asked. "You want to geo From the inflection of her voice mo7"

MicNeat "There's no reason to talk to seemed that Captain nu ave waited instantly. But Matthew!" Melvina Hollister put "ite doyant know anything Captain sicreal dad But Whe,

"So his parties disturbed you, about all thuis. There's no reason did they?" na sad evenly. "Did { at all—"

Beneath the down, rather heavily in the nearest, night, forn-tooting and radios and beaded fringe of the lamp ahadeer oda, mgn-jutched voice went jazz durcing

como abright glow fall in a cirelo six un "harply. "What'd you or neven feet across. Beyond this dere for?”. circle the room was almost in dark- McNeal looked nettled. He was ກະ#. .

2ccustomed to dong the question- | **

ing himself. "We came," he said It took an instant for Bannister's crispy, "to find out what you cant eyes to accustom themselves to the cell us about Tinoy King, the young dim light. Then he saw that the man who was murdered upstairs." woman before them was tall and "Oh!" The Hng of Miss Hollla- rather squarely ballt. Pale eyeater's lips became straighter than measure the two men from head to ever. There was a pause—a mo- you ever speak to him auout it?" - "Excuse me, Miss Hollister,"+Mc-" foot. The wornan's hair was wornment oddly tena and then she The pane eyes nashed. "I coraz interrupted. "I'll ask my own Miss Master said. questions, if you don't mind. And pompadour fashion and fastened

lgh on her head in a style of 26 et 1 can tell you," she sun, ainty and,"

"that Tracy King was an evil man. For a night or two it was quiet. came here to see your brother a large IIo indulged in strong drink. He hen-tro sume taing over again : as well as you," nose, dominating the slender face, was sinful and dissipated. At night What did Tracy King-care how Matthew Hollister came into his and her thin lips were drawn into when decent folks were asleep in decent, respectable tows lost the room. The flop-flop of his house NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. a straight line. Her dress was of their beds he engaged in carryings.cep? He was an evil man, 1 tel.lippers sounded monotonously and dark silk, high at the neck, with an I'd be ashamed to mention. Ile you. It's the devil's 'work.he was his eyes, resting on McNeal, seemed CHAPTER XVIII

ince collar about the thront. Over moral character."

oing and the devil who came, Io:

eprozchful. "Just a minute," McNeal Inter-m

"They're policemen," Miss Hol- M'Neal parked the police car and her shoulders was drawn a small

an im-rupted. “How are you so sure of There was a slight noise behindster explained rather inaccurato- climbed out, following Bannister, knitted Jacket. She was,

hem and Bannister turned. They. "They're here to ask about the Half-way to the entrance of the Pressive figure and at the same time all this?" Shelby Arms, the door opened. A forbidding one,

Miss Hollister eyed him disdain door into the next room had opened man who was killed last night." "You're Captain_McNeal?" the fully. My brother and I have and a man stood on the threshold. group of young people-three men

McNeal's mounting annoyance and two girisappeared. They woman salted, and the captain lived in this hotel since the build-lo was under average height-a

ing was opened," she said. "We're ittle man with thinning gray hair showed in his tone. "Mr. Hol- were laughing and talking rather nodded. noisily. The girls wore evening The pale eyes darted toward respectable, law-abiding folks. The and mild eyes behind spectacles. Ister," he said, "I'm Captain Mc- wraps over bright dresses. One of Bannister. "Then who's he?" she manager of the building can tell wore in dark woollen hous. Neal and this is. Mr. Hannister.

teruanded, the men had on a top hat,

you we aren't complainers either. Jacket. For an instant he stood We're from headquarters and I've As Bannister and McNeal passed For an instant McNeal looked But during the last four months there, eyeing the group in some been trying to find out from your sistor what she knows about the them the girl in the fur jacket was perplexed. Then he said shortly, since that good-for-nothing Tracy perplexity.

Before the new-comer could shooting last night. So far I singing the words of a popular "Friend of mine. We'd like to talk King moved into the apartment

to you a few moments. Miss Hol-above, this place has been bedlamspeak, Melvina had seen him. She haven t learned much. Sit down, BicNeal anorted. "A lot of dif-lister, I suppose we can sit down 7" Bedlam!" she repeated emphat turned sharply. "Matthew," she won't you? I'd like to hear your

(Continued on Page 6.); ference it makes to them that a She motioned toward chairs, sat ically. "Not a minute's sleep at enid, "you keep out of this!" man was murdered here last night!"*

song.

"No," sald Bannister soberly, "I don't suppose it doca."

They wont inside the hotel. The entrance looked almost exactly on It had that afternoon. The same girl sat at the switchboard. Link, the clerk, was speaking over a tele- j phone. He put down the instru- ment as they approached.

"Good evening, Captain McNeal.” he sald with elaborate cordiality,

·"Good evening! Is there any- thing-"

McNeal, Interrupted, explaining briefly why they had come. A few moments Inter he and Bannister stood before a doorway in the acc- ond floor corridor.

McNeal knocked but there was no answer. He knocked a second time, louder. A third knock and the captain began to fume int- patiently. "They'ro there!" he scolded. Link said so. '"

The words died na they heard a¦ boit turned in the door. Then the i door opened inward slowly. Through

silt of not more than two inches a voice asked' sharply, "Who is it?" McNeal's answer was prompt and impressive. There was a mo- ment of delay. Then the door opened wider. Through the open- ing a woman peered out at them. Evidently she was satisfied or con- cluded it would be best to coraply with McNeal's request, for she stopped back and sald in the same sharp tone. "You can come in."

There was a single lamp in the room, a reading lump of rather old.

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