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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1934.

THE UNKNOWN BLONDE

CHAPTER XXXIV

The girl went on without waiting for a reply, "Maybe that's a queer thing to ask but-oh, I mean it, Mr. Bannister! There's no reason why you should take such riska-1"

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Thore was little more casual conversation between them while You'd better ask Austin.

"Saw him a couple of hours ago. Bannister finished his breakfast. be able to tell you where you can He may Ten minutes later he left the house find him." und walked the block to the streat ear line.

earlier had disappeared. The sky His gloomy mood of an hour was still gray and looked as though now might fall before evening, but the crisp, cold air was invigorating,

But Bannister did not need to

the city room he saw the reporter. Austin where to look for Gainey. As adon ne he stepped Into Gainey sat at a desk in a corner of the room and, sented in a chair facing him, was a woman.

of the

BY LAURA LOU BROOKMAN

anyone finds out about it they'll fire mo. I know they will 1"

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shares have reached levels only Many justifiable by a much higher price of rubber than at present exista,

Reuter.

"But nobody's going to find out about it," Gainey reassured her.

I've already told you that. All want you to do is to tell Mr. Ban- later what you've just told me." tinued to regard Bannister doubt The mald's large blue eyes con fully. At last she said, "All right but I don't think I should have come I've thought about it all week, trying to make up my mind to see the dentist and when what was the right thing to do. I came down town this morning passed this building and saw it had happened to him I couldn't Was where the newspaper was hardly work or eat or sleep or printed I decided to come in." " anything. I kept thinking how for her to go on.

Both men were silent, watting handsome he looked and the sweet I saw him once on way he sang! Lang." the street, too-with that Denise

What risks?" Bannister asked. Juliet Franco unclasped her hands and immediately clasped them together again. She was leaning forward and her eyes, watching his Bannistor, as he swung nboard Intently, seemed to darken.

tho street car and found a sent, was

Bannister turned to the table on "There are rlaks," she said. still thinking about the girl who which exchange newspapers from forgive myself if anything hap from him. In the blue and white not interested in Gainey's compan "Don't you see that I could never had ant across, the breakfast table other cities were plled. He was pened? You and your aunt have gingham dress she had looked on. It would probably be only a been so kind to me. You've brought rather like an old fashioned picture. fow minutes before the interview me here to your home-treated nie And she had warned him about was ended anyhow. Bannister de- like a guest. I couldn't bear to dungers he might encounter. That cided to wait. cause any trouble for you! That's was amusing. Dangers in the

He turned carelessly through the why I want you to proming to give sleepy little home town of Tremont! newspaper on top

pile, It up, to stop trying to find out He opened his newspaper, turned turned through the second and to anybody." the maid continued, "I wouldn't have said anything who killed Tracy King."

Bannister broke the corner from then the sport pages. By the time was deep in the marvels of an "Only Mr. King was such a won- from one of her Heteners to the

to his favourite comic strip and then something caught his ove Ile

her words coining more rapidly. She paused and her eyes turned a piece of toast and buttered it. he had finished with them they were ancient temple recently discovered derful young man, I've got one of other. " "It seems to me," he said, "that down town. He left the car and In Mexico when he heard his name.his pictures--autographed. I wrote that," she said, "when it came to WNB thinking about you're greatly exaggerating the sit-walked to the Evening Post build- "Oh, Bannister!" uation. Thero isn't the slighest ing.

It was Gainey who had called ho sent the picture. Wasn't that that night."

and naked for it and right away me. I mean about what happened danger"

As usual he climbed the stairs and now was motioning for him to nice of him? When I heard what "Oh, but there is!" The exclama-to the editorial rooms Instead of come over to the desk in the tion was so swift it was startling. waiting for the elevator. Jim Pax-corner.

(To be Continued) Bannister put down the toast. ton was in his office and called to "What sort of danger " he asked him as he passed the door. "What do you expect to happen?"

The girl lowered her eyes. When sho raised them a moment later she said, "I don't know. But I'm afraid it will be something terrible! I wish you'd do as I nak!" He was to remember these words more than once in the days to come. He was to remember and wonder how he could have trented them so carelessly at the time.

"Well," he said, "I can't promise to do that. But, as for letting my- self in for any danger, I assure you I'm not going to do anything fool-i hardy."

"You won't give it up?" the girl asked slowly.

"No, Miss France, but if you've been doing any worrying on my account you can set your mind at rest right now. There's not the - slightest renson for it."

Bannister entered the office, "Hello, Jim," he said. "What's on your mind?"

Bannister crossed the room. Bald. "Hello. What's up?"

Ho

he

up. Bannister saw that she was The woman beside Gainey looked

wearing a brown coat and brown Paxton leaned back in his chair.hat with an orange ribbon on It. "The Tremont Club's having a Hor face was rather pretty, though dinner next week," he said. "They 'It was too broad and her nose in- want you to make a talk for clined to turn up. Her nge, them"

guessed, would be somewhere bo- "Good Lord! You know I can't tween make speeches,"

18 and 28. Stify curled hair showed beneath her hot and "Oh, it isn't as bad as that. You the rouge on her cheeks had been don't have to prepare Just say a few words, something

A speech.applied in large pink circles, impromptu-"

Bannister held up his hands la is Mr. Bannister. I'd like him to Gainey, anid, "Miss Connor, this protest. "Not me, Jim! You don't hear what you've been telling me." think I'd be roped in on a thing like that, do you? Say, I'd rather face a rifle squade Look here, I thought you were mine!"

a friend of

•

•

Paxton's expresslon was rather sheepish. "I knew you wouldn't want to do, it," he admitted, "but

and seemed to hesitate. Her eyes The woman looked at Bannister returned to Gainey's. "Is he on the paper, too?" she asked.

Gainey nodded. "Yes," he said. as I do." "He knows as much about the case He turned to Bannister. "Miss Connor," he explained, "is a maid at the Coleman's-Parker

"But you don't need to do it!" the girl urged. "There isn't any reason why you should. Your aunt had to promise to ask you. It Coleman's home. She's read about told me you were only working on the newspaper for a little while. You could give it all up so easily--"

was Ben Cameron'a idea."

"Then tell Cameron he'll have saw

the King murder, in the Post and to find another victim.

my name over the stories. AB my That's why she asked for me. She are definitely thinks she knows something of im-

portance-"

"I don't quite see it that way," evenings next week Bannister said steady. "But a cugaged."

for danger-that's ridiculous! And "All right, Dave. I'll tell them now suppose you give me a little that, Anything now this more of that hot coffee."

Ing?"

The maid interrupted. She said, morn-"I don't know whether it's Im- portant or not. And I don't know

She led the cup with steaming "Not that I know of," Bannister if I should have come here. If coffee. "More tonst"?" she asked. told him. "Have you seen Gainey

around."

"No more, thanks."

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