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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1934.

SERIAL STORY

The Clue Of The Forgotten Murder:

BEGIN HERE TO-DAY

By CARLETON KENDRAKE

CHARLES MODERN, reporter for The Blade, telephones the newspaper a report of the death of EDWARD SHILLINGRY. pr. vato 'delective, be Unred to have been killed by "CINCINATI RED LAMPSON,

ter.

The same night an imposter, pretending to PRANK D. CATHAY of Riverview, wrathy And prominent, in brought to pullen bends quarters on aurptelen of driving while in

leted. With him a girl who says the la MARY BRICG8, blick-hiker. fleth

caped.

Montien telephones the facia to his news. pre. Next day the reni Cathay fall on DICK KENNEY, ei editor of The Blare. Cathay etnima his reputation has been Jared, and demands demares, and a simmer. tion.

DAN BLEEKER, Janjar publisher of The flade, enda Morden 10 Rivortles

a) he can about Cathay. Next day MES. CATHAY, #tractive and youthful, rajlı on Bleeker at his office.

CHAPTER V

Mrs. Cathay straightened. Her eyes ceased to smile and there was a swift rushing Impetus to her words an she went on;

"I'm going to speak frankly, Mr. Bleeker, because I can ace that you're business man, and that you like plain, frank dealing. I understand from my attorney that when an in- fluential citizen fles libel sult against a newspaper the newspaper Immediately tarts digging into his past, trying to find some old scandal or something that can be dug up. Is that true?"

Dan Bleeker met her gaze with sombre novagery in his black eyes,

"Of course that's true," he said. "We're publishing a newspaper. We work at high speel. We try to keep from making mistakes. Occasionally we make a mistake. That's all it mistake. If we injure

we can

somebody we do everyWe publish

to rectify that injury. arrirnction. It's a very serious, injury we file the fact away in our minds. We try to give that an a break some time. We try to make it up to hur

894

Mrs. Cathay tapped lightly with gloved knuckles.

"Who says no?" asked Dan Bleeker, struggled into an overcoat. "I say no."

"And what does your husband) any?" he asked.

remained ex.

"The Palace hotel," she said. "I

Mrs, Cathay's face pressionless but the shoulders of her "What my husband says "If a man wants to fight us, then count," she said,

doesn't coat rose and fell as she hraved a we #ght him. You know nad I know Pisher of the firm of Fisher, Barr and open for her. She awept through the "I have Mr. Charles deep sigh. Bleeker held the door that nobody was ever damaged by a Melendy In my suite at the Palace outer offler, chin high in the alr, eyea libel that was the result of an In-hotel. Mr. Fisher is my husband's straight nocent mistake. That is, there was intimate associate and attorney. He's Bleeker asked

ahead. "Palace hotel?" never any damage done that couldn't been with him for years. He knows be rectified by a retraction. We're Frank better than almost anyone in Have a car with a chauffeur." always willing publish a retraction the world. They were in business to- when we're in the wrong. When a gether in South Africa before Frank elevator which awayed slowly down to In silence they entered the huge man wants to capitalize un aur mis came to Riverview. In fact Frank the street level Bleeker held fortune we fight.

brought Charles Fisher to Riverview, outer duor of the office building open the put up the funds which sent him for Mrs. Cathay. A liveried chau- through law school and Ananced his fleur was standing beelde first few years while he was building black sedan. He opened the

a shiny up a practice. It's only one of numer

door bus good turns that my husband hasjon drill.

with the snappy precision of a soldier dom

ever legal assurances you wish that "Mr. Fisher will give you what the matter will be dropped."

"Does your husband know you're here?" asked Dan Diceker.

Blocker's yes flashed to the man's there was something ruthless aboudit.. face. It was handsonte face and the arrogant pride of one who is only too conscious of his power. The ex- pression of the face was in strange contrast to the marked military bear. ex-ing.

and

"When we fight, we fight We as every weapon that we eau get

Our haha .'

"Do you," she asked, "think that fair to hit below the belt 7"

"When a ninn starts fighting us, we fight him," Bleeker snid. "If he kicks at us, we kick at him. If he gouges in the enches, we gouge. If he hits below the bell, we hit below the belt.":

"But," she said, "suppose you shouldn't be able to find anything derogatory to a man's character?"

Her face remained cool, and "Bah!" leeker anorted, "wa're all pressionless. Her tone was blunt Mr. Cathay stepped lightly to the of us human. You take a nian whe

inal.

running board. Bleeker didn't bother goes to a city and becomes a pro-

"No," she said.

with the formality of assisting her to minent citizen and he gets a lot of

"want to talk with him," Bleeker enter the car but, when she had boot licking. The first thing he

said.

entered, dropped to the cushions be know, he's trying to live up to it.

side her. The chauffeur regarded He hasn't got guts enough to come|

"I'm the judge of that."

Mrs. Cathay with a glance of steady out and be human and admit that

"Won't you please come and talk inquiry. She raised her eyes to his he's u human being like the other with his lawyer?"

and gave an almost imperceptible nod folks. A certain type of small town

"Why should I?"

of the head. The chauffeur smiled, s likes to play up to that sort of "able developments. It will save you the lip corners.

"It will save you a lot of disagree-smile which was a mere upturning of The eyes did not Those are thy men who always from having a libel suit filed against change expression. Then the chau. have something they want husher up. you. It will perhaps save you thou. Teur slammed the door shut, squirmed We're all of us just about the same. sands of dollars in legal fees if in beside the steering wheel, started We've gut just about so much good nothing else." and just about so much bad in us."

"But my husband isn't like that," Mrs. Cathay said.

TELL

Bleeker's retort was blunt.

Then what're you here for?" he

naked.

She made that quick, biting motion with her teeth and tower lip.

"You're taking it very hard for me," she said.

"It isn't necessary."-----

"And I don't come?" asked Bleeker,

the car, and without a word of audible instruction drove directly to Palace hotel.

the

She laughed and the laugh was Crossing the lobby, Mrs. Cathay a mere, meaningless gesture, contain seemed agreeably conscious of the ing no irth nor bitterness, na admiring eyes which followed her. utterly meaningless us the goodbye! She went directly to the elevators, kiss of a faithless wife.

entered the cage and slood very erect "Don't you understand," she said, against the panelled side of the "I'm trying to hand you

olive elevator. Bleeker entered, แก

removed branch"

his hat. The cage door slammed "Why doesn't your attorney come shut. over here?"

"Eighth floor, please, nid Mr.

"You're making it hard for your 'self," he told her. "Tell me what "Because," she said, "it wouldn't be Cathay, and the enge shot smoothly you've got to say and get it over with the thing for him to do. It wouldn't upward with Mrs. Cathay's eyes fixed It's these gushing preliminaries of look right. He prefers to remain in rigidly upon the glistening panels of yours that are making the trouble." the hotel,"

the elevator, her figure held stiff and

When the cage stopped Mrs. Ca- thay led the way,, without a single backward glance, to reom 894. She tapped lightly with her gloved knuckles

She stared at him and took a deep Dan Bleeker had the reputation of motionless. breath. The animation faded from never failing in an instantaneous her face. Her eyes ceased to sparkle appraisal of character. Ile was at him. Her volco no longer gave a known for his ability to reach light Auggestion of well modulated intining decisions and express them in macy but was cold, fint, and float. explosive monosyllables,

"Frank," she said, is a fool. ite had no business taking the stand he You publish a retraction: that's all there'll be to it."

did.

"All right," he said. "I'll go."

(To Be Continued.) He pushed back his chair, jerked A telephone call brings news which open the door of a small closet, pulled startled the entire city. Read about his hat well down on his hand and fit in the next instalment.

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juantities la qualities already bought Lave been booked. A few small sales of "spot" cargo in Greys and Whitos have been done but the markot re- mains very gulet.

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