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SERIAL STORY

The Clue Of The Forgotten Murder:

DEGIN HERE TO-DAY

By CARLETON KENDRAKE

When DAN BLEEKER, Publisher of The Blade, textER that CHARLES MORDEN, polles reporter: 1185 been mysieciously killed be employa KIDNEY GRIF), famous eriming- Jokivi, anive the murder,

Morden had heen Investigating the affairs of PRANK 1. CATHAY. wealthy and pre minent, who had threatened to

The Blade brake the newspaper reported Cathay

wns

"Did you know him?" naked Griff. apartment in her owa name and mode She shook her hond

"Never saw him before 7"

"No," she said. "Why?" "We have reason to belleve that he was here in the apartment the day he was murdered."

She inoked at him with wide, She made n flat with

has been treated. The man arrested was Alartied eye and pressed it against":

wfmuster giving the name of Cathey and her right menpanted by girl called MANY BRIGAS. her tips.

Boon after Murders L found lend rumer mewn that Cathay in dend -poncihly polanturd: Murder's-Gagerprints are found in the apartment of girl named ALICE LORTON. who hru reported the dispecence of her TRODURRIE, ESTHER ORDWAY, Grift and Heeker gestion Alles amon

"Oh," voice,

she said in

suppressed

"And you're certain you'd never seen him 7" anked Griff.

"I'm certain." should. Griff that CARI. RACINE, detecten sort by MIS, CATHAY, is trying to Gri stared searchingly nt hor. locale & MRS. BLANCHE MALONE. Ditor face, now develd of make-up, Als cover that the man, wins registered showed # pasty white. Iler lipu

i have any mail sent in her care, and all that sort of stuff. But I know it was nomo peculiar quirk of her character. It wasn't because she had anything to conceal."

Griff regarded her with n ature which was not unkindly.

"Don't you think," he said. "you have carried this quile far enough, Miss Ordway?"

"What are you talking about?" she

p "You knew what I'm talking about," he Anid, "You're Eather Ordway. There never was any Alice Lorton. You just took that name in order to give Rather Ordway a chance to dis- appear. You betrayed yourself Just were taut and pale. Her eyes were now, and you've betrayed yourself by dark with panic.

half a dozen little things niece I first Griff's eyes focused steadily upon came to the apartment, but, mainly, her lign.

you showed your relief when I men. Allee Lorton answered Griff's third] "Even," he said, "If it should aponed that the name of Alice Larion ring at the doorbell. She was attired pour that lorden knew

you was written in Mordon's notebook.

at the Herest hotel die night of the ret

the water and not Cathay.

CHAPTER XX

упи,

in pajamas, slippers; and u klaxona, would still insist that you didn't know 'You knew that it couldn't have been, Her wide. Innocent, blue eyes sinred | him?”

at Griff in startled appraisal, and then her tips broke túto a smile.

"Oh," she and in a throaty tone, "It's you."

I

"Yes," Griff nid. " Morry disturbed you, but I've got to ask you a few more questions.”

"Come in," she said.

+

•

She tried to speak twice before words ennie.

"Knew me?" she asked. "But how could be, when I don't know him?" "Suppose 1 should tell you." and Griff, that your patne was entered in his notebook; together with this actrons 7

because the name of Aller Lorton was one that you had made up 423. the spur of the moment after Morden had been killed.“

She took the cigaretix from her Hus, tried to knock off the ashes. The hand quivered. The cigarette dropped from the nerveless fingers to the carpeted floor. Her face was a deat white, her lips pale, the eyes wide "My name?” she asked,

and startled. Yes."

Lorton, It market. "Alice

Grift picked up the cigarette, pinch- Kite Apartments, 19 Rolinsoned out the end and dropped IL Inte street. How wodd

explain the ash tray, you

"Are that?"

he asked, "going to She looked at him, and the fear on you?" fled from her face an hol chocolate "Why," she gaped. "1 never heard her. syrup slips from a ball of lee cream, of any such thing! What..

"Oh." be sual, laughing, "you're

Griff entered the apartment. The windows werezopen and a night wind! whipped the Incr curtains about. Alice Lortont went to the windows, closed them, shivered silghtly and overstuffed ebnir. dropped into un curling her feet up in under her. What time is 11?" she asked, "Not very late" he told "Somewhere" kreund midnight,"

"}

What

Huess I'd just droppet of 10 Just trying to pump me, aren't you? Ordekes you think that I'm Esther i sleep," she said and yawned.

No, really, Mr. Grift, 1 didn't know "The fact that you've been living Grit took a cigarette case from his him. You startled me for a moment in the apartment several months, for pocket, extended it to her. She hes-with those statements. But I'm telline thing, without having a single Hated for moment, then took a ing you the truth, I didn't know the belonging that you could identify na elgarette. Griff took one and held a man. I never saw him in my life." youtra. The further fact that the match to the tip of the girl's cigarette. Giriff's eyes remained fastened upon clothes you claim are Esther Ord- Just as the fame laminated her her tips.

way's are the type of clothes that cuateannce, he said casually, "You "You don't seem to attach much would be worn by a blend and not knew Cathay was dead, of course? impurtance to the fact

your the ones that would be worn by a The girl's face stiffened into rigid nas was in his notebook."

brunette. The further fact that you've Immobility. She remained perfectly "It couldn't have been," she said, taken such elaborate pains to con still, Un flame from the match "onters Esther had given to him. vince us that under no circumstances blackening the paper tip of the chOf course, that might have happened. could you possibly have been acquaint- arette. She did not inhale the smoke, fie might have mentioned to Eathered with any hay friend of Esther Griff watched her with narrowed that he had a friend, and that he'd Ordway. The fact that the apart

like to make a foursome rome nightment is registered in the name of Then Esther might have given him Esther Ordway; that the name of After a moment she sucked a dep my name. But I think she'd have | Allee Larton doesn't appear upon the

that

inhalation nudi expelled a cloud of spoken to me about it if she hadtul," she said, "I've explained all! the match and settled down in the uny possibility that Esther's is that, I've told you just how it hup-

senraner had anything to do with pensed,"

smuke, drew mack from the lame of do you suppose, Mr. Griff, there's

chair.

"Who," he asked, "s Cathay ?"

the fact that this reporter was here "Yes," he said, "It's a good explana- tinn-Just a little bit too good, Miss Ordway. Don't you think you'd bet ter give me complete story before I call in the police?"

(To Be Continued.)

en the lay he was murdered?"

"That," Griff said grimly, "a what Was he I'm trying to find bet"

"A man in Riverview Griff said. * didn't know him," aho nnid. **What did he die aft friend of Esther'a?"

"Oh," she said, "I'm sure it couldn't "And then, of course," Griff went have, Esther was mysterious, very on, "Morden in dead."

"Oh," she said, "I knew that. He's the newspaper reporter. I read about him in the newspapers."

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The following is the list of local] share quotations Issued to-day:-|

Blanks.

Hongkong Bank, $1600 b.

ILK. Banks, (Lon. Reg.), $135%1⁄2

23.

Chartered Bank, £16. Mercantile Bank, A. and B. £32 n. Mercantile Bank C., £13% n. East of Asia Bank, 393 n. Am: 0. Finance Corp., Sh. 620 -- Chinu O. Fin. Ord. Sh. 34 p. Chiza O. Fin. Pref. Sh. 35 ù.

insurances.

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Canton Ins., $260 an. Union 10, $517 China Underwriters, $1.15 b. China Fire, $51U B. H.K. Fire Ins., $2371⁄2 n. Internat'l Assce, Sh. $5.60 n.

Shippfr

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54ining:

Antumoks. 76 cia n.

Balatoes, $37 b.

Baguto Gold, 46 cls. a. Benguets, $13.76 n

Benguets, Exploration, 20 cts. b. Benguet Goldfeld, 20 cts. b.

·Big Wedgy, 10 cts. 5, Gold Creek, 20 cla b.

Gold River, 21 ets b.

Ipo Mining, $21⁄41⁄2 n. Itogons, $6.30 n. Salacot. 16 eta. n. Kallon, 19/6 n.

Langkats (Single), $15 n.

S'hat Explorations, Sh. $0.10 p. S'hal Loans, Sh. 36 n. Raubs, $11 8.

Venz: Goldfield, $5-n.

Docks, etc.

H.K. Wharves, $107 b. H.K. Docks, $123⁄41⁄4 n, Providents (old), $1.40 b; Provitants (new), 50 ets, t. Hongkews (old), Sh. $310 n. New Engineerings, Sh, $634 n. Shanghai Docks, Sh. $122 n.

Cotton Milla.

Ewo Cottons, Sh, $10.20 n. Shai Cottons, (old), Sh. $76 n.

mysterinus, She Was to keep her affairs to herself. She wanted to be secretive about everything. She was ngrent individualist. She carried the

S'hai Coltons, (new), Sh, $45 n. Zoong Sings, 39.40 n. Wing On Textiles, Sh. $55 n.

Landa, Hotels, etc.

H. and Hotels, $4.90 b.. ILK. Lands, $51% b H.K. Lands 4% debentures,

$101 n.

S'hal Bands, Sh. $25* sa, Metropolitan Lands, Sh. $13 n. Humphreys, $9% n.

H.K. Realties, $1.60 b. Asia Healtics "A" Sh. $100 n. aya imali wa "P" N. $205. Chinese Estates, $90 n. China Realtics, Sh. $12 n. China Debenture, $137 m.

Public Unitiz

Tramways, $10.75 a. Peak Trams (vld), $14 n. Peak Tiams (new), $7 n. Star Ferries, $97 n.

Yaumati Ferries, (old). $22 China Lights (old), $9.35 5. China Lights (new), $9.10 b H.K. Electrics, $69 xa. Macno Electrics, $25 n. Saydakan Lights, $8 s. Telephones (old), $23.86 sa. Telephones (new), $9.60 b. China Buses, Sh. $13.20 n. Singapore Tractions. 4/3 b. Singapore Pref, 17/9 b.

Industrinis Malabon Sugars, $8.70 n.

: Maer. (old) Sh. ! . Call: Macg. (Pref.), $20 n. Canlon Ices, $2.86 1. Cement (com.) $2.15 b. II.K. Ropes. $4.00 b.

Storra, etc. Dairy Farme, $221⁄21⁄2 8.“ Watson, $5 n.

Der A Wings, $1 . Lane, Crawfords, $3.8a. Mackintosha, $21 n. Sinceren, $10 n.

m. Powells, 76 cta, n. Wing On (H.K.) $110 n.

Miscellaneous.

Amusements, $2.75 n. H.K. Entertainments, $73% n." S. C. Enterpriacs, $1 n. Мариа "Greyhounds." $2 *..

Alice Lorton revises her story about her missing roommate in the next Instalment.

ANIMAL HEROES HAVE THEIR DAY

Continued from Page 6.1...

would be appropriate, Bal sips of omission and commission have been forgiven Polly for a recent net of heroism.

The house caught on fire and everyone who could have put it out before it gained headway seemed to be engaged elsewhere. Polly know the house should not be afire. She flew at the small flames licking the woodwork. She beat at them with her feathers, but the flames] didn't give way. Then Polly, whose volee has been the basis of breath and, utfered a long shriek. |complaints at times, took a mighty |

"Come quick

screeched, Hire ["Come quick! Fire! Fire!"

A housemaid, hanging vot clothes in the garden, heard the parrot, and the words, and flow indoors. Polly, with a sly com- mand of wit, remarked, "That's good!" and set about tidying the singed patches in her feathers.

I

The story of Aaron Watson is a queer one. Aaron Watson was the dog enteher in town of 5,000. It is not a particularly pleasant job.: On occasion Mr.. Watson has re- marked that little boys stoned him as he went about his legal busi- ness, dog owners drove him away from their property with threats, and that the way of his department

was, on the whole, exceedingly. hard in many ways. Still, in these times, a man must do what he

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Aaron

can And in the way of work.ments and decide how to capture The little dog was up like a flash, There was a small white poodle it. over on the south side, reported to

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Watson. Finally, against In a manner to attract attention.oyo An elusive little boast, who seemed the man decided the dog was 30 Watson was clear of the whoals of to havo a sixth sense about being occupied with the hone he would the truck captured. Aaron Watson went out be able to get close enough to seize Aaron Watson resigned from his one morning to pick up that dog. He started across the street. job. He adopted the little white After all, there probably would be le heard something drep. He dog, which he picked up from the Bondano dimoulty, since the dog scomed stopped, looked behind him, stoop-gutter and revived. He stood by not to belong to anyone. He found ou to pick up the bunch of keys while the dog was given a modal the little white dog attending that must have fallen through a fer herolam, too, a little while happily to a chance bono in a scrap hole in his pocket,

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of worn green grass before an old Around the corner came a de-Watson says, "Me, the dog catcher, brick house. fle stood across the livery truck. Too street to watch it for a few mo- Aaron Watson was

fast. after what that little homolona dog In its path. did for me? Not much."