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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1934.

UNKNOWN BLONDE BY LAURA LOU

CHAPTER XXXIII

Bannister spoko slowly, "You don't mean that," he said, “A_girl like that why, she couldn't have anything to do with Mug Logan's gang! She couldn't"

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anything elso."

bravery on that occasion McNeal's his dignity. throughout the country. name had appeared in newspapers, The younger man got to his foot. "But I promised your aunt," the "Well," he said. "I guess it's time girl said. "She told me exactly colve you," he went on.

"You don't want to let looks de-for me to be on my way." He took how you like the eggs. I'll have girl isn't mixed up with some un- door, then turned. "Oh, there's an utes"

"If this half, a dozen steps toward the them cooked in just a few min- derworld crowd. why won't ahe other thing I meant to mention. "Oh, couldn't she? Maybe you'll talk? I'll tell you why-because Jordan raised cane because my shoulder and hurried

She gave him a smile over her go ahead and tell me why she was sho knows what happens to squeal aunt sont him on a couple of or kitchen.

on to the In Tracy King's apartment the ers. They're all more afraid of rands to-day. Said he couldn't night he was killed. Maybe you'll their own crowd than anyone clao." watch what was going on around

Bannister sat down at the table, tell me the rest of it. Just be- "Well," said Bannister, "how are the place if he had to keep run- cause she's got a pretty face don't you going to prove all this?. What ning to the grocery store. I don't let that fool you. Did you ever see are you going to do now?"

exactly know what to do about It, a gun man's doll who wasn't; "Give Parrott the worka and ace! If I toll my nunt" pretty? Why couldn't the girl be what we can' got out of him. "Don't tell her anything," Mc- in on It, I'd like to know?"

Watch the girl. If she's begun Neal sald crisply. "I'll put an "Listen," Bannister said, "have writing letters It ought to be a other man out there to watch the You any evidence to prove that big help.”

house if Jordan toaves.. The main sho's what you think abo is?"

There was silence for several thing is to trail the girl in caso "If I had evidenco I wouldn't be minutes. Then Bannister knocked she goes any where. We can't let witting here talking about it. Say, the ashes from his cigar. "So it's her get away. That's the im- why All the exoltement? You just another gangster mess!" He portant thing 1- haven't fallen for the damo, have said distastefully. "Well, Denise "O. K.," said Bannister. "T

Lang's lucky if you're right about tell Jordan ho's still the errand

you?"

"I haven't fallen for her," Ban-it. Wonder if her father had any boy." He grinned. "He won't like nister said bitterly, "and I don't Idea of all this. I mean about it much. Good night, Cap." Intend to. I just wanted to get your story straight.".

where King got his money."

McNeal said,

this morning."

"Who?"

"He was in here

"Good: night."

It was late when Bannister McNeal settled back in his chair

reached home and it was Inte when more comfortably. "Well, then,"

he awoke next morning. He looked he said, "here it is. I figure Dru

"Arthur Lang."

out the window and saw that the gan and King were both in on the Bannister straightened. "Guess aky was gray, The, elm tree that deal. King's been spending a lot I didn't hear about that," he said, stood outside the window swayed of money around this town. So "What did he want?"

in the wind. has Drugan. They didn't get it

Almost all "Wanted to know what progress leaves ware gone now, and those of its playing in that orchestra. You we were making with the King remaining were brown and shrun- know that as well as I do. Where e08c. It certainly surprised me ken. They danced did they get it then? I figure they when they told me he was here.grotesquely. It was a gray world and rattled were in with Logan. Never mind The way he talked that first morn outside, a cold and dreary world. Just why I think so. I can't going after King was shot he seemed into all that now.

Bannister did not mind that. It to think a policeman was poisont suited his mood. Usually he whia-I "Anyhow King and Drugan both I got sore about it. He wasn't go-tled in his shower but this morn-1 have a pretty steady source of cashing to let us talk to his daughter ing there was no sound but the - good deal more than they're at all until I finally told him what splashing of the water.. He dressed earning at the State. Then King was what. There wan another and went down stairs. meets this Lang girl and gets en-queer thing about Lang. He told guged to her. She has money to us he'd been in his office all that burn. If he marries her he doesn't evening but we never did find any- noed his underworld friends any one who could prove it. longer and he wants to get rid "So he wanted to know what of them. You know what happens progress you've been making," when you try to give a crowd like Bannister said. "I wonder just that the run-around! Parrott ap how fond Arthur Lang was of his pears on the scene and about the prospective son-in-law." same time the girl shows up. Some-) "That's one I can't answer, body plugs King and Drugan starts didn't waste much time on him. yelling that it was Parrott. So Told him we were doing all we Drugan gets his. That's the way could."

these gangsters work and that's "How much would you say Lang the picture as I see it. I'll admit is worth?" I haven't quite figured out the girl's part-**

"Maybe you're right about it," Bannister and heavily.

•

The dining room table was set for anc.

There was fruit on a plate and cereal and a pitcher of cream. The broad was in the toas ter, ready to be toasted. The per colater stood on its mat.

But there was no one in sight. Bannister went from the kitchen | Iinto the living room.

deserted. He started back toward Both were the kitchen when suddenly he heard steps and turned. Juliet Franco was coming down the stairs. "Good morning," she said, smil- ing. She was dressed in one of Kate Hewlett's blue and house dresses. It was much too

white!

large for her and the belt was folded over twice as far as it should have been, yet it was becoming.

"Good morning," Bannister greet-

my aunt is?"

"I've heard it was a million and I've heard It was five. Somewhere between the two, suppose. He'll never starve.”

•

"I tell you," the detective cap- tain went on," you can't tell about "A million dollars," Bannister danios. The swellest dressed and repeated. "That's a lot of money. best looking and most ladylike act-If I had a million berries I'd headed her. "Have you any idea whero ing one I ever saw in my life was for the South Sea Islands." with "Big Boy" Milano the day "Where the girls wear grass "She went to the market. Every- we found him here."

skirts?"

thing's ready for your breakfast "Sure. I'd be king of an island except the eggs and bacon and I'll of my own and have a dozen of cook them right away." those grass skirt dancers just toj wave plam terf fans before my know why he felt that he couldn't! "Oh, please!" Bannister didn't throne."

have her doing that. "Don't McNeal snorted. Evidently he bother," he Went on. his considered any

"There's comment beneath i cereal on the table. I don't need

•

McNeal was referring to his proudest achievement-the part he had played in the captura of the New York gangster who had defted police of a dozen big cities only to be taken in Tremont. For

and poured cream on the cereal. Ho was uncomfortable. Ho didn't want this girl doing things for him, waiting on him. He was an- noyed with himself for sleeping.60 late, annoyed with his aunt for going to market.

on?" a volco called from the door- "Did you turn the percolator way.

He said that he had, though it wann't true. As soon as she was out of sight he pushed the olec- tric button.

Five minutes later the platter

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