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SERIAL STORY

The Clue Of The Forgotten Murder:

By CARLETÓN KENDRAKE

BEGIN OERE TO-DAT

ous. She's to stay there until she's '“That's what I hate about this busi- When DAN BLEKKEN, publisher of The got two or three letters and then she, nies. Blade, learn that CHARLES MORDEN, pot.ce, check out. She can put the "What?" Bleckor naked, reporter. has been mysteriously killed he letters back in the box with a notice, ! "All this damn detail work. I want employs BIDNEY CRIPP, famous crimine "Oponed by mistake,' or she can leave to play human checkers. I want to lorit, to solve the murder.

Morden had been investigating the affatestuor forwarding address back to start people moving around little

FRATIK CATHAY, washy and pro the Elite apartments and say nothing, bit. I want to get then worried." minent, who had threatened to suỡ The Blade | about the letters. It depends on Bleeker said quickly, "You're not beat the newspaper reported Cathay had what's in them."

doing that with Decker in that murder

"I don't liks li," Bleeker said dog-case. You're keeping him from kedly.

moving around. The police are com- mencing to believe Docker knows a lot ho hasn't admitted."

The criminologist frowned.

h.es arrested. Tow man arrested was N Impostor giving the name of Cathay and ser companied by a girl calIN MARY BRIGGS.

Boon after Morden is found dead comen news that Cathar ja desd-possibly poisoned.

Morien's fingerprince we found in the epartement of a wirl named ALICE LORTON who has reported the disappearance of her | said. roommate, ESTHER ORDWAY. . learns that CARL BACINE, detective employed by

BLANCHE MALONE.

"I gathered that you didn't," ho "By the way" Blocker said, "there's MHS. CATZIAX, fpping to locate a .one other development we uncovered ate this afternoon. We've found the hotel whore Cathay was registered."

"Where was it?" Griff Inquired. "The hotel is the Hillcrest and Cathay had Room 004, but he didn't

Grid and Bleeker gallon Aller Lartan.-

CHAPTER XIX

occupy the room."

"What makes you think he

Griff's silence was significant. "Can you," asked Bleeker, tell me just this one thing-did you hide him because he was nervous or because you thought his life was really in! danger?"

"There's no સામ

The cab was travelling along a well lighted boulevard. Dan Blecker lean- ed back against the leather upholstor-not 7" ed rent. "You don't think," he said,

"We took a photograph of Cathay "that Esther Ordway look an air-to the hotel and the clerk says he's pinne?

I don't see why not. Every positive it isn't a photograph of the thing certainly points to it.

Griff, who was smoking, did not man who occupied the room." answer for a moment. Then he asked. "Why do you think she went to all the trouble to take her photographs

with her 7"

"Because," Bleeker said, "Esther in, it has points of similarity." Ordway is none other than Mary fully. Briggs and she knew that the polico, would That's why."

the man

Griff's face suddenly stiffened to rigid concentration. He said nothing. Blocker looked at him for several seconds, then remarked irritably, reason why you can't answer that question, is there?"

"What question?" "About why you've got Decker concealed and when you're going to bring him out in the open."

"How about the signature on the

Grig said slowly, "Blecker, there's register?"

"The signature on the register something about this case that we're seenis to be Cathay's signaturo. That overtasking, something that's right in

our hands. I almost had it fo Griff squinted his eyes thought- | morient—something was knocking al the door of my consciousness, some- "But," he said, "the detective who thing that I know already, sometimes recognize her photograph.examined

that you know already. But we don't, who posed 路 Cathay says that the man signed either one of us, appreciate its eigni- "That, of course," Griff told him, Cashny's name; that the signature ficance. Something that we've been "19 possibility. But at the present time that's all It is. When will you

was a perfect match for the signa- talking about, something that one of hear the result of the post mortems tures on the lodge cards and the au- us aid started my mind on a train

tomobile driving geenee."

of thought that made me feel I was performed on Cathay 7"

"I've thought of that,” Bleeker said. Just on the verge of getting one of "This is Saturday night." Bleeker "We are making a further check on these flashes of mental perspectivo said. "I have an idea the doctors are the hotel. The bell captain remem- that we call inspiration. working on the case right now. They bers that Cathay was paged several should make a report to the district)

night.

attorney and the coroner before mid-times during the course of the even-

We probably won't be able to i ing.

"And there was no answer?" get a copy of that report before wej

"No answer." go to press but we should have it: Home time in the morning.”

"You'll let me know 7 asked Grir. "Certainly. And you think it's hu portant to get hold of Esther Ord- way's mail?

"Yes."

"1 hate to do it," Blecker "I've got to put a woman on apot."

anid.

the

"Have you got one who knows way about?"

her

"Yes. Ethel West, my accretary, is right up on her toes. She's the sort of girl who can do anything and Ret away with it."

"How about the room? Was it slept in?"

We've talked with the mall, but the maid doesn't remember."

•

"Then you interrupted me with that question about Decker. I've told you that I'll let you know when I reach a decision. I haven't reached a decision yet. You're not going to get any where by harping on the subject, and when I'm concentrating don't Inter-; rupt me."

"Can't you tell what you were thinking about?" Blocker neleed.

Griff's exclamation

che of extreme irritation.

Griff nodded thoughtfully. "Well," he sakl, "I guess there's "Damn it," he anid, "I've tried to nothing much to do except kill time think back to what was in my mind until we learn some more facts. We and all I can think about was that should pick up something definite chap Decker and his fear that gong- within the next 24 hours. You let me sters were going to rub him out be know, will you?"

cause he'd seen a murder. That's Grift nodded.

because you imposed Decker on my "We'll have that woman located 'consciousness and drowned out the within another 24 hours," he said, thought that was just about to enter "You know what she's to do," Griff: "and then you'll find that she went my mind. Lots of times the sub- reminded him. "Sho's to rent an somewhere by girplano, We'll prob- conacious mind realizes the signi- apartment under the name of Esther ably have the pidengeket who posed cance of things. It fits things Ordway and then instruct the post as Cathay rounded up. We've gone wether better than the conscious mind. office to forward her mail from the after the police department hard on Then it tries to give the thought to: Elite apartments to the new address., and they're making n round-up of the conscious rind and

but I She'll have to live there a day or two. every pick-pocket in the city.”

forget-you're not interested in arab-) I don't want her to stay in the apart- Griff leaned back against inent too long, though. It's danger-cushions, yawned wearily and

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