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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1934.

THE UNKNOWN BLONDE BY LAURA LOU

CHAPTER XXXIII

Bannlater spoke 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→→"

"Olt, couldn't she? Maybe you'll go ahead and tell me why she was in Tracy King's apartment the night he was killed. Maybe you'll tell me the rest of it. Just be- cause she's got a pretty face don't let that fool you. "Did you ever see kun man's doll who wasn't pretty? Why couldn't the girl be in on it, I'd Hice to know?".

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janything else."

The younger man got to his feat. "But I promised your aunt," the

bravery on that occasion McNeal's his dignity. throughout the country.

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

"Did you turn the porcolator

name, had appeared in newspapers.well," he said. "I guess it's time girl said. "Sho told me oxacilyon?" a voloo called from the door-

ffo Baid that he had, though it wasn't true. As soon as she was out of sight ho pushed the elec- tric button.

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Five minutes later the platter

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"You don't want to let looks de- for me to be on my way." Ho took how you like the eggs.

I'll have way. celve you," he went on. "If this half a dozen steps toward the them" cooked in just a few min- girl isn't mixed up with some un-door, then turned. "Oh, there's an utca-" derworld crowd why won't she other thing I meant to mention. She gave him a emilo over her talk? I'll tell you why-because Jordan raised cane because my shoulder and hurried on to the she knows what happens to squeal-aunt sent him on a couple of or-kitchen. ers. They're all more afraid of rands to-day. Sald he couldn't Bannister sat down at the tablo their own crowd than anyone else,” watch what was going on around "Well," said Bannister, "how are the place if he had to keep run- you going to prove all this? What ning to the grocery store. I don't are you going to do now?"

exactly know what to do about it. If I tell my aunt-”

"Give Parrott the works and sea what we can get out of him. Watch the girl. If she's begun writing lotters, it ought to be a big help."

"Don't tell her anything," Mc- Neal said crisply. "I'll put an other man out there to watch the houso if Jordan leaves. The main There was silence for several thing in to trail the girl in caso minutes. Then Bannister knocked she goes any whore. We can't lot the ashes from his cigar. "So it's her get away. That's the, in- just another gangster mess!" He portant thing

"Listen," Bannister said, "have you any ovidoneo to prove that she's what you think she ja?”

"If I had evidence I wouldn't be sitting here talking about it. Say, why all tho excitement? You haven't fallen for the dame, have sold distastefully. "Well, Denise "O. K.," and Bannistor. "T}}} you?"

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

"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 where King got his money." your story straight."

McNeal aid, "He was in here this morning."

"Who?"

"Arthur Lang."

Bannister straightened.

"Good night."

It was into when Bannister reached home and it was late when he awoke next morning. He looked out the window and saw that the Guesssky was gray. The elm tree that

McNeal rattled back in his chair more comfortably, "Well, then,' he said, "hors it is. I figure Dru- gan and King were both in on the deal. King's been spending 'n 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. Almost all of its has Drugan. They didn't get it

"Wanted to know what progress leaves were gone now, and those playing in that orchestra. You we were making with the King remaining were brown and ahrun- know that as well as I do. Where case. It certainly surprised me ken. They danced and rattled did they got it then? I figure they when they told me he was here. grotesquely. It was a gray world were in with Logan. Nover mind, The way ho 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 Bannister did not mind that. It into all that now.

to think a policeman was poison! suited his mood. Usually he whis-I "Anyhow King and Drugan both got sore about it. He wasn't gotled in his shower but this morn-1 have a pretty steady source of cash ing to let us talk to his daughtering there was no sound but the -a 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 was another and went down stairs. meets this Lang girl and gota en queer thing about Lang. He told gaged to her. She has money to us he'd been in his ollice all that The dining room table was set burn. If he marries her he doesn't evening but we never did find way-for one. There was need his underworld friends anyone 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-aro, ad! Parrott ap how fond Arthur Lang was of his pears on the scene and about the prospective son-in-law." name time the girl shows up. Some. "That's one I can't answer. 1 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 gangstera work and that's the picture as I see it. I'll admit I haven't quite figured out the girl's part-"

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

"I tell you," the detective cap- tain went on, you can't tell about

"How much would you say Lung is worth?”

fruit on a

plate and cereal and a pitcher of cream. The bread was in the toas- tor, ready to be toasted. The per- cointer stood on its mat.

But there was no one in sight. Bannister went from the kitchen Into the living room. Both were deserted. He started back toward the kitchen when suddenly he heard steps and turned. Jullet France was coming down the stairs,

"Good morning," she said, smil- "I've heard it was a milllon and ing. She was dressed in one of I've heard it was five. Somewhere Kate Hewlett's blue and white between the two, suppose. He'll house dresses. It was much too

large for her and the

belt was folded over twice as far as it should

never starve."

"A million dollars," Bannister have been, yet it was becoming. domes. The wellest dressed and repeated. "That's a lot of money. "Good morning," Bannister greet- best looking and most ladylike het If I had a million berries I'd headed her. "Have you any idea where ing one I ever saw in my life was for the South Sea Islands."

my aunt is7" with "Big Boy" Milano the day "Where the girls wear grasa we found him here."

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skirts?"

"Sure. I'd be king of an island of my own and have a dozen of those grass skirt dancers just to wave plam lenf fans before my throne."

"She went to the market. Every- thing's ready for your breakfast except tha.eggs and bacon and I' cook them right away."

McNen was referring to his proudest achievement-the part he had played in the capture of the New York gangster who had defied police of a dozen big cities only to McNeal snorted. Evidently he bo takon in Tremont. For his considered any comment beneath cereal on the table.

"Oh, please!" Bannister didn't know why he felt that he couldn't have her doing that. "Don't bother," he went on. "There's I don't need

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