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SERIAL STORY

The Clue Of The Forgotten Murder:

By CARLETON KENDRAKE

ARGIN DERE TO-DAY

ous. She's to stay there until sko'■'"That's what I hate about thin busi- i When, DAN BLEEKER; publkber of The got two or three letters and then she ness Blade, learn that CHARLES MORDEN, police can check out. She can put the "What?" Bleeker asked, Sepoyler, has blen mysteriosely k beeters back in the box with a notice,} "All this darn detall work. I want employs #IDNEY GRIFF. Tambun erimine Opened by mistake, or she can leave to play human checkers. I want to anther forwarding addrem back to start people moving around a little the Elite apartments and say nothing, bit. I want to get thera worried." about the letters. It depends on what's in them."

loghal, to wire

Jorder.

Marden had been investigating the affairs of PRANK 1. CATHAY, waliky and pr mineel, who bad threatened in The Bade because the newspaper reported Cathar had been arrested. The man arrested win AT Impostor ælving, the name of Cathar and, A companied by a girl tailNÍ MARY BRIGOS.

Boon after Morden is found dead comes news that Cathay ta dead-Dossibly puloned.

Morden's Angerprinte are found in the apsriment of a girl named ALICE LONTON who has froorted the appearance of but spammate, ESTREN ORDWAY. Geißt learns that CARE RACINE, drteelive employed by

BLANCHE MALONE.

MRS, GATUAK, in trying to forate = MTB

Grif mad Becker question Alice Lorton,

CHAPTER XIX

The cab was travelling nung n woll lighted boulevard, Dan Bleeker lean eff hack against the leather upholster. ed sent. "You don't think," he said, "that Esther Ordway took

An air. plane?

I don't see why not. Every thing certainly points to it"

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

"I don't like it," Bleeker sold dog. gedly.

The criminologist frowned. " said.

gathered that you didn't," he

Blecker said quickly, "You're not doing that with Decker in that murder case, You're keeping him from moving around. The police are com mencing to believe Decker knows a lot he hasn't admitted."

Griff's silence was significant, "Can you," asked Bleeker, "tell me "By the way." Blecker anid, “there's just this one thing-did you hide him one other development wo uncovered because he was nervous or because into this afternoon. We've found the you thought his life was really in hotel where Cathay was registered." | danger?"

"Where was it?" Griff Inquired.

Griff's face muddenly stiffened

to

"The hotel la the Hillcrest and rigid concentration. He said nothing. Cathay had Room 104, but he didn't occupy the room,"

What makes you think he

not?"

did

"We took a photographs of Cathay to the hotel and the clerk says bo's positive it isn't a photographs of the man who occupied the room."

examined

the man

Bleeker looked at him for several seconde, then remarked irritably, "There's no reanun why you can't answer that question, in there ?"

"What question?"

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

"How about the signature on the

Griff said slowly, "Bleeker, there's register?”

"The signature on the register something about this case that we're be Cathay's signature. That overlooking, something that's right in our bands. I almost bad it for a "Becaute," Bleeker sald, "Esther in bas points of similarity." Ordway in none other than Mary!

Gri quinted his eyen thought moment-something was knocking at Briggs and she knew that the police fully,

the door of my consciousness, some- would recognize her photograph.

"But," he said, "the detective who thing that I know already, sometimes That's why

that you know alrendy. But we don't, who posed "That, of course," Griff told him, Cathy, says that the man signed either one of us, appreciate its sign- "a possibility. But at the present) Cathay's name; that the signature ficance. Something that we've been time that's all it in. When will you was a perfect match for the signa- taiking about, something that one of hear the reault of the post mortem tures on the lodge cards and the au- us said started my mind on a trait performed on Cathay1"

tomobile driving cence."

of thought that made me feel I was Just on the verge of getting one those flashes of mental that we call inspiration.

AN

***Thia Saturday night,” Bleeker "I've thought of that," Bleeker said. nold. "I have an iden the doctors are "We are making a further check on werking on the case right now. They the hotel. The bell captain remem should make a report to the districtters that Cathay was paged several attorney and the coroner before mid-times during the course of the even night. We probably won't be able to

Ing." get a copy of that report before wo

but we should have sonte time in the morning."

"You'll let me know 7" asked Griff, "Certainly. And you think it's portant to get hold of Escher Ord. woy's mail?

ko to press

It

"Yes,"

"I hate to do it," Bleeker "I've got to put a woman out spot."

"Have you got une who knows way about 7"

said.

the

her

"And there was no answer?" "No answer."

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

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

pompective

"Then you interrupted me with that question about Decker. I've told you that I'll let you know when I reach a declsion. 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?" Bleeker naked,

Griff's exclamation was extreme irritation.

спиче

one

Griff nodded thoughtfully.

of "Well," he said, "I guess there's "Danin it," he said. "I've tried to nothing much to do except kill time think back to what was in my mind until we rurn some more facts. We and all I can think about was that should pick up something defin.te chop Decker and his fear that gang- within the next 24 hours. You let mosters were going to rub him out be- "Yes. Ethel West, my secretary, know, will you?" I right up on her toes. She's the

he'd seen Grill nodded.

a murder. That's Hort of girl who can do anything and

because you imposed Decker on my "We'll have that woman located consciousness and drowned out the get away with It"

within inather 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

"She's reminded him.

mind. Lots of times the Ansunewhere by airplane. We'll prub-conscious mind realizes the signif- Rub- Apartment under the name of Eather ably have the pick-pocket who posed ennce of things. It fits things Ordway and then instruct the port as Cathay rounded up. We've gone gether better thin the conscious mind. office to forward her mail from the after the police department hard on Then it tries to give the thought to Elle apartments to the new address. it, and they're making a round-up of the conscious sind and She'll have to live there a day or two, every pick-pocket in the city,"

but I don't want her to stay in the apart-

forget-you're not interested in prob Griff Jenned back against the lems of psychology. You're not cun- ment too long, though. It's danger-cushions, yawned wearily and said, rerned with the conscious and, the

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"No," Bleeker said with emphasis, "I'm not interested. And I'm aware thot, spite of all your talk. you haven't. As yet. told me anything nbout Thomas Decker or why you're keeping him concealed."

Griff's smile was disorming in its frankness.

That's Ft," he agreed cordial. ly, "I haven't."

(To Be Continued.)

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