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The DARK BLOND

CARLETON KENDRAKE

CHAPTER XXX Milleent piloted Norman Happ down the corridor to her room, closed Shu turned to and locked the door. face him, wundering where she should begin, and as she Attred into his over knew that it was going to be in creasingly imeult to go through with the plan she had decided on.

She realized that she valued the opinion of this mon very much, Kood and she realized also that it was almost impossible for her to make a explanation which would be credible The words of Robert Calse rang in her mind. She could explain away the with one murder, but facts connected how could she explain away facts con- nected with two?

Norman Happ saw something of what was going on in her mind. "Is it going to be hard to tell?" he asked. question, she realized And, with his suddenly that she was going to tell him- everything, that she was in such a hurry to know his reactions that she could hardly wait for the words to formulate themselves,

ing

"I am the girl the Police are look-

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for the Drimgald murder."

For a moment the full significance of her statement didn't down on him. Then, no he grasped wint sho hia telling him, eyes showed credulity.

"You can't be he told her. described her. newspapers blond. She's No, no

usually make a ery-baby of myself."cipate what it was.

"Do you remember the brand of She could see his resentment of

"Why, yes," she said. "That was this criticism of herself. He said whisky?" he asked. impatiently, "You're not a cry-baby and you're not to call yourself one. one of the things Detective Buchanan You've been through things few girls and Sergeant Mahoney were talking. could have endured. You've been ablo about. They said it was rather ex- peculiar type of whisky for a chnuffeur to do it because you're auch n-clean, pensive and that it was sweet, square-shooting kid.'

For a moment she saw the gleam to be drinking." of affection in his eyes. Sha found herself hoping he was going to take her in its arms again. But instead there came over his face a look of grim determination.

"Look here." he said, "we have to boat everyone to it."

"What do you mean?" "I mean we have to solve both of these murders before the police And

out about you."

"Oh, but they've nirendy found out abrant me--or they will."

"What makes you say that?" "Bob Calse knows."

•

She saw swift jealousy du his face and made haste to interrupt his thoughts."

"No, no.

didn't tell

rather a

"What was the brand?" he asked her.

"Buchanan wrote it on n plece of Mahoney. I have the paper here in paper and handed it to Sergeant the drawer."

She opened the drawer and handed hin the folied piece of paper. He unfolded it and stared thoughtfully at it for a few moments.

Do you know what time whe when you got back?" he asked.

"No. I'm not certain. It wasn't very long before daylight."

"And the books Dad gave you in the suitcase were stolen while you were gone?"

"Yes. You see," she said, "when that typewritten message was slipped him. I under my does thought you were haven't admitted it even yet, but he the one who had written it. You see, knows. He was wisnicious of me we'd be talking out this woman He thrust the folded paper in his from the first. Ile wondered why in the black crming coat, ond

pocket,

Come on," he said. "You and I

"What do you mean?" are going out and hunt clues,

"Just what I said. We're going to hunt

unt clues."

"But what clues are we going to

w your father brought me here and I In-think in some way he knew that your father wan-interested in the Drimgold "The murder. I don't know whether ho She's knew about your father being in the builling when the murder was com- was the mitied or

any rate he was not.. At she salt. I am girl. Your father knows he took suspicious and he took a photograph

"We're going to find out about that me to a friend of his who changed that had been published in a news my appearance and made me a brunet paper and darkened the hair. The instead of a blond. I tell you I'm result looked enough like me to con-woman in the black ermine

im that I'm the girl they're We're going to find out about the ear of which you have the licence num- the girl. I worked for George Drim vince him

But first we're going to find out gold and

about that whisky," he asked.

"What about

"

Her voice trailed away into silence. It was going to be harder than she thought.

It took a moment for Norman Happ's mind 10 mijust itself to the situation, just as it had taken a moment to appreciate the significance of what she was telling hitn.

hunt?"

looking for the palice I'll kill him," ber.

"It he Norman Happ said.

"I think he's already told them. lie and Vern Duchene are working together. They wanted me to swear

mething that was false,"

"What

"They wanted mo Duchene an alibi."

cont.

"Simply this: larry Felding was he started working as a chauffeur he at one time a heavy drinker. When 'made up his he was going to to give Vern cut out booze entirely. He never took a drink all the time he was working Dad. What's more, ho nover for allowed any whisky in his place."

"If that's the case how did it hap- sho Millicent's voice censed pen that

"Then she's the one who murdered

he exclaimed,

Millicent saw his jaw set, saw his look of grim 1 determino- eyes take un tion. For a moment it seemed as Fely don't think she is. She fits

congealing "No, I though her life force was Inside of her like mercury dropping into the picture some way, hat I don't I have an iden in a tube on

cold night. Then, know just where, very My

Ree, import of what she was trying to with the sound of his vuice, she felt Bab may think that she was the one suddenly became aware of the full a surge of happiness. He said dog who murdered Felding. You

are.

stand back of you."

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Nurman Happ

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up Whatever you did, you had some flask. Detective Buchanan, locked

MUSICAL ATTRACTION FOR Sergeant place after he left, doubtless by the reason for doing it. I'm going to the whisky flask in your father's "That whisky was brought into lis

London, May 28. reported study and

POPULAR RESORT thought the person who committed the murder. Mahoney. Boh Calse

Madame Delius, widow of the The Gloucester Trio, compris-famous composer, has died of That made it wonderfully easy. fingerprints must lo those of Vera It's an unusual brand. The prob where in the neighbourhool. We're

ing Mrs. Nura Kanis (piano), pneumonia contracted while travel- She poured forth her story in quick, Duchene, so he slipped into the study abilities are it was purchased some- narrowed, going to find out who purchased it."

Miss Prue Lewis (violin) and Mr.ling to England to attend the cere- disjointed sentences, not sparing her and smashed the flaats.”

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(To Be Continued).

D. Wolff ('celllat), will make their mony of her husband's reburial at self for what she called her stupidity

debut the Gloucester Hotel on Limpsfield churchyard on May 25. in running away from the scene of the "We've got to get to the bottom of

a pro-Reuter. crime. Then she went on, telling him this thing," he said, and the only

Saturday evening when exactly what had happened that night way we can do it is hy onding nut

gramme of musle will be played. when she had gone to the garage, just where Bob and Vera fit into the SUBMARINES COMING

There will be a special pro- taken Bob Caise's car and gone for picture. Someone murdered Drim- the wild ride which terminated when gold. Someone murdered Harry Feld- ing. We have to find out who that she ran out of gas.

When she had finished Norman some weak," she said, "as though

"You sponk," He said, "You Happ moved nearer.

It might be the same person.* poor kid!"

He blinked his eyes thoughtfully Before she realized what had hap-

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"It isn't

The submarines are of the "R" placement is about 1475/2015 tons. type "Rainbow class" and the dis- The dimensions are 260 by 23 by 1314 feet.

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other hand we Penang during the month of June. the observed. which seemed to drain worry

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patted her shoulder, his at conclusions before we have enough 3 and will sail on June 7 while the check was against her hair. She could facis to warrant them.'"

moment. June 20 They were silent for a feel the roughness of his coat sleeve where it circled the back of her neck. Then Norman Happ went on with Yet he made no attempt to hold her slow deliberation, "The man was dead

It was an though when in a closer embrace.

"Yes" Chtered the room?" he realized the necessity for her to relax completely, to feel that some-

H.M.S. Dorsetshire was designed one understood all her troubles.

you went to the bathroom by Sir William Berry and was com Slowly her sobra ceased. She drow back so that she could look up into and got a drink out of his whisky plated in July, 1930, at the Ports- mouth Dockyard. Iler displacement his face. She smiled at him with

ia 9,000 tons and her length x 830 equipped with 8-8." 50 oyes that were dimmed by tears, but

10 feet. She which nevertheless sparkled with a

cal. 4-4" AA, 4-9 pounders, new-found happiness,

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"Poor kid," he said again, and pat- ted her shoulder. "You've had tough time."

"I guess," she said, "it was biore

a

"You're certain?"

felt his wrist."

flask "

"Yon." "How much whisky was there in the flask?"

"I don't know. It was a little over half full, I guess.".

**

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She could see that he was driving

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