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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1933.

UNKNOWN BLONDE

DEGIN HERE TO-DAY

Who killed TRACY KING, orchestra loader found dead in has apar.ment,

DAVID BANNISTER,

Police

Author

(All Rights Reserved).

BY LAURA LOU BROOKMAN

tinue. she asked when he did not con-

Paxton offered me a job on The "That's all there is to ft. Jim Post and I took it. I'm working on this murder coas.”-

The elevation of Mrs. Hewlett's

expressive.

newspaper account:) "an't thera always, dira. Hewlett said, "onu special, one the porico know is Haidy isn't there always one. dreamed of murder and murderers!lief. He was glad to know nothing him clearly. No wonder he had know. It gave him a feeling of re-

they don't tell anything about?"

"Sometimes," Bannister nodded. newspaper reporter, undertakes to find out Gainay, the Post reporter, had was asleep. Headlines told of the In his imaginings the gure of important had happened while ho

but I don't think there is in this bione who vislied King shortly before bitno orchestra leader. But it was name

are arching for an unknown merged into that

case. The whole thing's a muddle." Beach. Bannister has seen the girl, but the King who had boon murdered, story was credited to a "close friend of Tracy King. I search for "another suspect" whose

smart enough to study a murder "But who do you think did it?". has since denppeared.

Ho smiled. "Aunt hate, I'm not HERMAN BOURACIL who wrote King Bannister remembered that, Hel of the dead man," also anonymous. eyebrows was

was not given. Drugan's threatening letter, in jail, te declares kis innocence. I DRUGAN, friend of King's, remembered the brownish stain on | Apparently no one on the rival

rringly, point out the guilty par- or hve or six hours and then un- trouble with JOE PARROTT.

PARILOTE. the carpet of the hotel bedroom newspaper had heard of Matthew that's it." she said. "You couldn't ully-"I dont think there's anyone vaudeville parler ail Recuses Parratt of 10 remembered, too, that he had and Malvina Hollister's connection out of it! Something disse in Tremont who can do that "Sa Jon. And he paused thought- the pure Folke en that MELVINA promised Jim Paxton to work on with the case. At least it was not graceful and--and criminal hap-tner.", HOLLISTER, middle-aged spinater, ha violent quarrel with King after Sle eat Sitted tho murder story for the Post.

pone, like a murder, and you columns about the murder but sturave of it at all"

Bannister finished his breakfast There was nothing now in the prove of this, David. I don't ap-it was 10 o'clock by the time he couldn't keep out of it. I don't ap briefly and took the car down town. Bannister read them eagerly. Half way through the story of the now was no disapproval in her yo.ce Austin, the assistant city editor, 01ched the city room of tha tha. suspect, he was interrupted.

But sho didn't mean that. There Post: Paxton was not in sight. "David"

and none in her eager eyes na she was busy at his deals and there was asked a moment later, "David who no one else about whom Bannister do they think did it?"

know. Without waiting, he went on to contral headquarters,

says the orchen r

her canary,

his former

CAPTAIN MCNEAL of the detective bureau

!Those Lep will bear watching."

¡mentioned.

Kata would brook no delay at meal It was his aunt calling and Aunt time.

Bannister pulled his wrist watch groes Ler at Mia Holister and her brother, toward him and saw that it was MATTHEW. When he leaves he declares,noarly 8:30. A fine hour to be waking! Gainey had been on the Job for at least half an hour. Pro CHAPTER XIX-

ably longer. Yes, a ne hour it The stream of yellow sunshine was to be getting up and a fino fell directly across David Bannlot of help ho, David Bannister, ter's face. It wavered gently, na wan to the. Post. He stood up,, the curtains at the open window realizing that he was tired. Too "Coming!" Bannister answered. blow inward; then settled across much running around yesterday. An instant later he appeared in the ridge of Bannister's nose. He wasn't used to it. The whole the dining room, the newspaper In

The sleeping nian wrinkled his Idea was a pack of nonsense face into a grimace. The sunshine

his hand. But by the time he had finished persisted, Bannister omitted

The odour of fried ham and coffee shower David Bannister's and sound between krunt and a grum-spirits

the French toast bie, turned on his side. For a mo- sardly wait to see the morning not another cook like you in the

wore rising. He could "Aunt Kate,"

from hla preoccupation, however, won him ment he lay peacefully, but the newspaper to find out if any new whole country

he began, "there's movement had aroused him. His developments in the murder had eyes opened-two narrow slits been reported. Newspaper training Then reasserted itself and he was eager to know if the morning paper, the opposition, had scored any sort.

a bent of

and he frowned at the light. the eyes opened wider. Bannister looked about him, bewildered.

He was not, as he had, been dreaming, in a subterranean .cay. erm

"Never mind the flattery, she said. "Maybe you've something to She stopped him with a glance.

ay, David Bannister, about what you were doing all day yesterday. ap-night! I thought it was rest you not showing up again until mid- Lighting out after breakfast and

came to Tremont for!"

crossed the dining room and

He came downstairs whistling, peared in the kitchen doorway.

"Morning, Aunt Kate!"

on removing golden brown allces His aunt looked up, then went of French toast from a smoking

While she had been talking she handed him a cup. was pouring the coffee. Now she

Adela Allen was not beside him, wearing a green costume, brandishing a revolver and threat- ening to shoot him if he did not help her cecape from the giant canary bird pursuing her. The rest of the horried vision faded and Ban- nister was tremendously, relieved. skillet. "Morning," she anid crisp-mind being addressed as though ho He was not a murderer or accusedly. "Go on into the dining room, were a 14-year-old. It was like of murder. Melvinn Hollister was David. Breakfnat'll be on the table old times. "Important business,” not there, nor a jaunty vaudeville in a second.' singer who said his name туля Gainey--

he told her. "I've got a job"

"A what?"

Bannister located the newspaper on the living room table and open- Dannister sat up with a started out the pages. There was plenty The thought of Gainey brought the about the King murder, but there events of the preceding day before was nothing that Bannister did not

Bannister grinned. He didn't

one,

working on The Post.

"I've got a job. A respectable

Newspaper reporter.

I'm Kate Hewlett waited. "Well?"

The Eridge Hunt, of which the Master is the Marquis of Abergavenny, holding

ite opening meat at Eridge Castle, Sussex.

"Oh, I don't know. It's hard to mean this man. they've got locked nized him and Bannister nodded, say now."

in jail,"

Mrs. Hewlett frowned. "I don't The oflcor at the desk recog- she persisted, "or the He went on into the corridor, al- (Bannister noted aho had missed who came lying down the stairs. other one they're looking for." most bumping into Cunningham none of the details of the morning i

(Continued on Page 11.)

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