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SERIAL STORY

The Clue Of The Forgotten Murder:

By CARLETON KENDRAKE

Word

CHAPTER XXV

date of the telephone conversation is disappear. It was also, for certain TEOROns, either impossible or unwiso the day following Morden's murder." While Bleeker was telephoning, | Griff studied the letter, with his for Esther Ordway to give up her Sidney Griff paced restlessly up and forehead in furrows of seawling can- apartment and flee. Therefore, sho simply took the name of a niysterious down the apartment. Ils head was centration

Elis cyes thrust forward.

"1, Blocker said, "we only had Alice Lorton and told us the story thought. Ho aquinted in

seemed some way of locating this Kenneth about the disappearance of her Acti

tious roommate.” utterly oblivious of Dan Blocker and Boone we could of the telephoned instructions Blecker, 1 Grlif interrupted impatiently,

"But surely," Blscker said, "sha was giving to his nowapsper. When "you had followed my instructions by

Да rigid Blocker had hung up the telephone placing your men on duty at the Ellio couldn't have expected to have such polico investigation deception and returned to his chair Griff sudden Apartment you would have known all story stand up. Under ly whirled on him.

about Kenneth Doone by this time."

at the would have been noted almost Im- Blocker stared steadily

mediately. She couldn't have criminologist,

what counted for herself talk-

"How about putting them or that Elite Apartment to shadow whoever came out? Did you do it?"

Bleeker looked crestfallen

"Do you," he said, "know

"I did it," he said, "but I'm afraid you aying or are you just

I did it 160 Inte. I didn't.consider

Wo

know what I'm saying," Continuing to examine

•

Blecker took a letter from pocket.

the

his

the

19

Ac-

"Don't be too cortain about that,"

Alice Griff Griff wald. "Thera undoubtedly was Lorton an Allee Lorton.

of It was of prime importance. 1 sentail.

merged her identity into that Esther Ordway for certain purposes. men out there. After all, you know. cheques.

Then, when it became apparent that we're running a newspaper, and while;

the Ordway identity was going to get I'm going to mave heaven and earth to get this thing cleared up,

her into trouble, she switched back haven't got men to scatter around the

hero's letter," he said, "went to the identity of Alice Lorton. She city. Just on the hope something to Esther Ordway. Apparently it's could have given the pollen fairly turn un."

"Sc." said Griff softly and with an something in the nature of a love accurate history up to approximately ominous calm, "you let her get away letter. It's signed Robert Chelton, the time thut Father Ordway entered

It's sent from Summerville. It was the apartment." from you. Is that right?"

"But the police could have con- the early mail thlai "Not Eather Ordway," said Bleeker. rent out Sunday-that's yesterday

In its fronted her with the people in the "She'd gone atrendy. There was no and arrived on use watching the place after she'd left, morning. It's rather ardent except to get a line on someone whe term of affection. One gathers that apartment and

"And would have got no place," might come there and I couldn't see Miss Ordway has been the recipient of how we could find out just who was several proposals of marriage from

Robert Chelton but she has remained Gritt interrupted. "The polles would going to her apartment and who was going to the apartment of some other firms in her conclusion to live a single have found that persons in the apart At any rate, the apartment life. Apparently she's been divorced ment had seen her coming and going.

living in the apartment. I still there and the man is watching, once before and is finished with all They would have known that she was It's Alice Lorton who has inf. My forms of matrimonial vanture,"

The criminologist turned the letter wouldn't have known whither she was Esther Ordway or Alice Lorton. The In the men report

over slowly in his fingers. apartment."

"You have, of course, taken steps only persons who might have given that would clinch bec Sidney Griff made n snerting, ex-|

to find out about the writer of this testimony

dentity were the persons in the bank. plosive Round.

letter?" he asked.

For that reason she wanted to get her bank account closed and sent to her before there was any possibility of The fact that "When you get a report." Griff said police interference.

is not delivered on Saturday slowly, "you will find that Robert mail

nor on Sunday brought a hotel in afternuon Chelton registered at

"Then this Ordway woman, or Alice Summerville; that the address which about the downfall of the scheme." he gave was either so general it in of no assistance or that it was fieli-Lorion ns she calls herself, in probably You forgel,” Griff painted out, thus: that he remained long enough the woman in the case." to write and mail this letter and that

роткоп

there's no one

"Well," he said, "we'll let it pass, I'll tell you more about that after a while. What else have you get?”

"The mail," Blecker said. "I can't understand it."

"What about it?" "We made a wonderful catch," he haid. "I'm afraid we're going to have trouble about it. There's going to be trouble with the postal authorities."

"That's all a matter of history now. It's been done." Griff said Impatiently. "What did you get?"

"I've taken the steps, yes," Blecker said. "It's ton early, as yet, to get a report."

They

he then checked out of the hatel and "that we have, as yet, to account for the mysterious Mr. Blanche Malune whe is being engerly sought by the bereaved widow."

no one knows where he went."

"You've alrendy checked him?" asked Bleeker.

"No," Griff anid. "I know who he

"We got Esther Ordway's banking statement with the cancelled cheques. It had been malled to her by her bank, apots in resine to a request was and why the letter was written)

telephoned "Ah."said Sidney Griff, and his and, without reading the letter, I j tane contained the purring satisfac-, willing to wuger there is some refer- tion of some huge eat that has just ence in it to her room-mate.

liver. Lorton." yen a dish of raw been "Ah--h-h," he said again, and rubbed his hands together,

•

Bleeker pulled a long envelope from hia pocket, took from it the stiff yellow paner statement of a bank balance, with.machine stumped figures on the margin.

the

Grill reached forward, took cheques and the folded statement from Berker's hands, crossed to a table, sat down and spread out the eheqUER. His face it with satisfaction.

(To Be Continued.)

"The key witness," announces Sld. Alleeney if in the next instarment, "is

going to be Mrs. Bianche Malone

find her while she'

"There is," Bleeker said. "He has we can u paragraph about how charmed he alive." was to meet Miss Lorton and how pleased he is that Esther Ordway has no delightful and charming a room- luate."

Griff nodded slowly.

"But aren't you going to read the letter?" asked Bleeker.

Grit shook his head and tossed the letter to the desk.

"There is no need." he said. "It was a red herring dra un across du "Ah," he said, "n young woman trail, but it arrived too late. How who in out of work, and yet she makes ever one thing is certain. An at rather large deposits. A deposit of tempt will be made on the part of 3600. Then one of $7601 And here's Alice Larton to get the mail frem! the apartment some time-this-more one of $2,000!"

He picked up the cheques one by ing. She will either return to the one, suddenly stared at one of them, apartment or send sons young man Becker spoke Impatiently. "That's, there with a key to the mail box. the only one that counts." he salt. She will be anxious to get this letter "It's a cheque payable to Kenneth with the cheques." Boone, for the entire baiance an hand. It cleans out the account.

Griff nedited slowly. "The cheque,"! he said, is dated on the day Charice Morden was murdered."

Blocker took n letter from pocket.

his

"Here," he said, "In a letter fromi the lank, slating that in pursuance of telephoned instructions they are Reading her her cancelled checks and statement showing that the account had been cleaned out." Griff took the letter. "And."

"You mean Esther Ordway?" naked | Blecker.

"No." said the criminologist, " nean Alice Lorton. Although Esther Ordway is probably her real name."

"They're one and the same?" asked Blecker.

Rome," Sidney "They're one and Griff told him, "Beyond any doubt." "But why should Alice Lorton re- of Esther port the disappearance Ordway 7"

"Beenuse." Griff said slowly, "It wan Bleeker pointed out, "the imperative that Eather Ordway should

If

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