THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1934.
THE UNKNOWN BLONDE
CHAPTER XLIV
A few hours earlier they had talked in more friendly fashion than over before. Now that was changed, and Juliet Franco thought sho knew the reason.
"Perhaps," sho sald quickly, "1 shouldn't stay. Perhaps, it would be better if I didn't—”
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"I'd like to tell you about It," she said, "only I don't suppose it makes any difference now."
He knew the answer, though he rofuced to recognize it. He had gono into it because he was inter ested in Juliet France and because ho wanted to help her.
BY LAURA LOU BROOKMAN
Bannister left the house with a new grievance. It was true he didn't feel well. Ho hadn't "slept much the night before and the thought of food was hausanfing. If Aunt Kate should take it into her Allen had hurt his pridd he had bead that he was nick he know
leved himself broken-hearted. He'd pester him about li. had never loved Adelo really. That The world in general was a No, of course, it didn't make any
was clear to him, too, now. Adele wearisome shade of blue that morn difference. Not the slightest.
had turned to Donald Quayle being until Bannister strode into the Bannister said, "If I were you I
He looked across the room where cause Quayle was a famous star Hotel Tremont drug store to buy wouldn't think any more about it." she had sat. Did she expect him and being seen about with him some cigarettes, Ho had taken one Her Angers touched the plane to listen to the songs she had aung would aid her in her film career. from the package and paused to keys. She played a few notes of to Tracy King? Well, he wouldn't! Bannister, thus left in the lurch, light it when a man, leaning against the oriental love song she had sung suppose he told her they were had interpreted his bitterness as the counter, caught his eye. "I'm sorry," Bannister apoleone evening before. "Do you like beautiful," Bannister thought proof that Adele was the only wo- gized. "I didn't mean what I said that?" she naked.
scornfully. "I suppose he praised man he could ever care for. What to sound the way it did. I didn't "Very much."
her volco and paid her a lot of com-nonsense! He had cared no mora mean to be rude. It's only that it She played the melody, began pliments."
or her really than she had cared might be easier for you if you went the chorus. When she glanced Irritably he got to kis feet and or him. with your sister and brother-in-around again he was reading the walked to a window, looking out. evening newspaper, apparently ob-is aunt, coming to the room, "I won't do that," she told him. livious to everything else.
asked, "Where's Juliet?”- "I'll soo this through to the finish." "What's in the paper?" she
There was silence for several mo- | naked, monta. Juliet leaned back, resting ́ond arm' on the piano. She had never looked lovelier and Bannis- ter had never seemed less aware of it.
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"Nothing much. They've had a bad storm on the cast const. another pair of movie stars are getting a divorce."
Over the newspaper only the top. of Bannister's head was visible. The girl waited for him to con- tinut, but he did not. Suddenly "I think I'll go to my room," she "Not at all," he assured her. {said, and disappeared. But it wasn't the truth. He did think she had been foolish. Out-
"I don't know what Elbert told you," the girl said slowly, "But I do know him! I hope you don't think I've done anything too fool-she got to her feet. ish-"
of
Bannister put down the news rageously foolish. He couldn't for paper and stared at the fire. He the life of him understand how a thought, "I've made a mess girl like Jullet France could let everything. I don't know any more hermolf become involved in a flirta-about who killed Tracy King than tion with Tracy King, involved to I did the day I heard he'd been such an extent that she had been murdered. I've wasted a lot of the victim of blackmail. He time when I might have been do- couldn't understand that and yet he ing something else. What did knew it was true.
ever get into this for?"
"I think she went upstairs.” Mru. Hewlet picked up her knit ting basket. "Oh, denr, she com- plained, "I've lost those glasses again-"
"Her nephew paused in the door- Way. "I'm going out," he said. “Be back in an hour or so."
No, he wasn't in love with Adele, Her place had been taken by a alender girl with spun-gold hair and gray eyes, a girl who sat at the plane in the twilight and played old-fashioned love songs, who de- lighted in snow storms, and laughed like a child.
"And a girl," the imps of tor- ment reminded him, "who carried on a cheap affair with Tracy King. You've got to put her out of your mind. You've got to forget her! If you don't you'll only be sorry for
It was an instant before Ban- mister recognized him. Then he stopped forward. "Good morning, Mr. Hollister," he said.
Matthew Hollister turned. "Hel lo," he said. "Say--I'm glad to ace you. Let's soe, your name to--?"
"Bannister. David Bannister." "That's right. I remember nov. I'm glad to see you, Mr. Bannister. Have a cigar."
"No, thanks. I think I'll finish this cigarette."
"Take It" Hollister urged, hold- ing out the cigar. "Put it in your it some other pocket and smoke time. It's a good one-I'll guar- antee that,"
But it was later than that when he returned. Head down, his coat collar turned up about his neck, Bannister strode along the dark, it!"
Bannister took the cigar because cold streets. He gave no thought When Bannister reached his ho did not want to offend the other to the direction he took, passed aunt's home the house was quiet man. He looked at Matthew Hol- and only a single light was burn- jllster appraisingly. From the gray buildings without seeing them.
Ho walked rapidly but the toring. He fastened the door for the felt hat to his neat black oxfords went upstairs to his jeverything Hollister wore appeared "You've made a fool of yourself," room. menting thoughts pursued him. night and
to be now. His, dark blue fleech At breakfast he and Juliet overcoat bore no relation whatever they informed him. "You've pre- tonded you were trying to solve a France scarcely spoke to each other.to the worn tweed garment Ban- murder when all the time it was it was the same during the even-nister had seen him wear before. the girl you were interested in. ing meal and again the next mor- The silk muffler was conservatively Well, you know the truth about her ning
correct. So were the gray gloves, at last. Sho's like the rest-vain, Ha aunt tried to question him." But the change in Höllister's ap- more than that silly, empty-headed. You let her "David," she said, "aren't you feel-pearance was flatter you by saying sho'd reading well?"
wrought by clothes. He looked your books, didn't you? How do
why, yes. I'm all right." younger,, The meek, submissive you know that she read them? Sho "Well, you don't look it. And manner was gone. To Bannister probably flattered Tracy King, too. you barely touched your food. Why the contrast between the man he Don't forget that! Why, you don't you stop in and see Doctor was facing and the broken, half- couldn't be in love with a girl ilke Porter on your way down town?" hysterical Matthew Hollister who "Aunt Kate, there's no reason had cried out that the police must that"
for me to see a doctor! I'm per-protect him was almost Incompre-
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In luvo? Ah, but he was: Bun-fectly all right, I tell you." nistor knew it now, He knew he had been in love with her almost from the first, only he had been too blind to realize it. Because Adele
hensible.
Kate Hewlett eyed him shrewdly. Bannister unid suddenly, "Going "Well, maybe. But if you don't eat down the street? Suppose he walk more this evening I'll know some-along together?" thing's wrong."
(To be Continued.)
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