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SERIAL STORY

The Clue Of The Forgotten Murder:

CHAPTER XXXIII.

By CARLETON KENDRAKE

Griff frowned at Blecker. "You' continually revert to the material." be:

"At least," Bleeker, naid with more] kaid. "You see things objectively. I than a trace of inpatience in his tone) prefer to see them subjectively, an he thrust a bill into the out- prefer to turn back the hands of time stretched hand of the cab driver, "wo and to reason what is going to hapwill get something definite here, not non from a philosophie contemplation of what has happened. I rebent that merely a mass of philosophies, and Blancha, Malone was beautiful, that her beauty was of the type that makes for misery. It is the fame in which the moth singes hin.solf and it is much a pathetic thing that usually the flame from this beauty singes the wings of the beauty itself, ..

Mockley and the name that the gave the police was one which was a shut sumod for the occasion."

theories."

1

The elevator ny slid the door

"Ninth floor," said the lawyer, "Ninth for us," Griff wald. The elevator shot upward. "What brings you to the city" asked Grift.

"Oh. Just a matter of routine busi news, I've got to sec. about taking

the donosition of a witness in a will case. Wasn't it unfortunate about poor Frank Cathay, you know?"

"Indeed It was," Griff mid. "Ap-|

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parently there was poison adminis tered."

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The lawyer shook his head.

"I'm afraid." he said, "It is a very serious matter."."

"You don't think it was suicide?!!

of luck that entered The elevator and to n sz.ooth stop into it, although, when one sees it, it at the ninth floor. The operator in an absolutely simple that one won-opened the door. The lawyer was ders it did not crash home to the sneaking as he stepped into the cor- consciousness long before. That is rider. the way with vital things. They are usually simple, usually plainly visible, camouflaged only by the lack of vision in the mind of the be- holder

"he mold slowiv. "I don't] think that it was suicide. However, I am monk in any that I Now' bang lust what it was and I doubt if wo can ever prove that it was not sul- citle"

"We are," Griff admitted, "ap- pronching the end of our chase, Soon we will have all of the straws in our hands and then we can see the direction in which those straws aro pointed-n direction which Mordon must have deduced from only the "ad she been, perhaps, a little single straw which we know was in more discreet, had it not been for

BER possession. It

uncanny this uncontrolled flame which wont It is, fn short, unbelievable. through her very being, she could still think there's must have been asked Griff.

Ind he not gone something have gune for through suffering she might have re- tained her beauty. Women do that, you know--women who have that sensual, physical type of beauty, It is retained and with the passing of years and the guineringoF We it ripens into a warm vitality which lasta them well into middle age. But so often that type of beauty, reck- ing nothing consequences, sweepa all before it in its mad rush to have the demands of youth, and there comes suffering.

friend. "And mark you this my Suffering and beauty do not go to gether. There is a certain type of ethereal beauty which is perhaps developed by suffering—rather it 15 a cold, spiritual something, the type of beauty which one admires in a snow-capped peak which is illum!- nated by moonlight. But it is not the type of beauty one embraces, and, after all, since woman in what she in, the only type of beauty that she cares for la the beauty that is em- braced. Na, my friend, sulfering and beauty do not go together."

Blocker's tone was unsympathetic. "Go on," he said. "Show yourself a good time. You think you've dis covered something I've overlooked. It makes you feel superior. You'te nervous and your nervousness nakes you want to talk and keep on talking. I'm just a target for your talk. Go abend and talk! Don't mind me, Hell, I'm just the guy who hired you! I don't count,"

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ah, it is too late!"

"You'll make the atlemnt?" GAN} naked, standing in the corridor.

"It depend«," Flaher old with n no

Blocker, apparently without 11- tening, pushed on past the crim- inologist and barged through the swinging door of the hotel.

"Caution, Griff whispered, "Let hurt of frankisans, "There's us not rush in here, my friend... particuler secret about it. The feel-

Ings of the widow, of course, are con-i cerned. There is, an to speak, the honour of the family. Those things ato sentimental matters, but, more than that. there may be 0 very material cash consideration involved. There was life Insurnace of something like so00.000. The Insurance policies provided that in the event of a death he nerdental means the amount of the uplicies would be doubled.”

Griff paused by the doorway. Bleeker looked, followed the direction of his gaze, and also paused.

A big man with stoopod shoulders was standing talking with a man at the desk. Blecker's eyes squinted for a moment in an attempt to refresh his memory. Then he muttered in an un- derteno. "It's Charles Fisher-Mrs. Cathay's lawyer."

"You mean," Griff asked, "if it "Over this way quickly," said the

"Perhaps he criminologist.

hasn't should anneer Cathay took polaon

nceldentelly it would make a differ een us."

He stepped behind a potted palm,ence of $500,000 to his estate?" dragging the publisher with him.

To Be Continued).

·

Charles Flaḥay exninian the term.

The two men stood motionless. Fisher did not once glance in their "death by accidental means," in the direction but finished his conversation next instalment, with the man at the de k. He stond for a moment, apparently undecided. Then, flinging his chin up na one ines when reaching a decision to plunge boldly into some unwelcome situation, he strode toward the elevators.

Grill

the publisher's Krqueezed. elbow.

Grit's tone was pained. "Please," he said, "believe me. I

nut talking for the sake of talk Ing. You cannot understund murder unless you can understand the things which have led to that murder, "Quick," he said. "We can't give There is nothing so important as an him the advantage.",

The wo appreciation of motive. By that I

tuch crossed the hotel their feet pounding mean appreciation of the emotional lobby. backgrounds of all the persons con- cerned. You cannot detect murder Their galt was almost a run. until you can judge it You cannot: Judge it until you can understand it. That which might well neito one per murder would cause only a mild Irritation in another."

tiri ceased speaking and Bleeker frowned and turned away. Bleeker's manner was that of bre who de liberately ignores a situation he ran- not control, After several moments be spoke.

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An elevator door sild open. women and a_man_got out stepped in. The elevator operator looked out toward the lobby in a per- functory survey and then pinced his left hand on the door, prepitatory to sliding it shut

Grüt gave a shrill whistle. The startled elevator operator looked at the two men hurrying across Inhby

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the tees of his shoes in frowning con. centration, looked up with annoyance stamped on his countenance. The annoyance gave place to surprise, the surprise to a friendly smile, and then he smile faded, as an expression 01 annoyance once, more came across his fentures.

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