Show ttE 1929 By NEA Service Inc G ANNE AUSTIN r CO Tho great dark ark eyes sud suddenly enly wear weary Ii 1 I was was- afraid he had promised ju dust t. t to get rId of me on 1 wanted to tall talk him again to o ask him himi I he had seen his lawyer as he had promised he would or had made the appointment nt to do so BIrdwell ol Opened ened the door Heres Miss Dubois Dubols chief Have her wait trait o out t there UIl I call for her te directed Im- Im patiently Now Miss lIss Manning l why didn't you U call Borden fifteen cn Or twenty minutes later Why hy dId you walt wait until alter after 2 o'clock Ruth watchIng the woman closely close close- ly 13 her own heart heart- beating b heavily o wondered IJ If It was fear or merely Indignation which made those great I dark dark- c eyes es dilate as' as they lido did I After 2 Miss Manning re- re I did not walt wait until alter after 2 i X I. called him at five fhe minutes of 2 and Mr Ir Borden answered the phone himself He again promised to see his lawyer Monday 4 Just a minute l cut In sharply Suppose I tell you o what happened You came to the Star Star- bridge buIlding to see see Borden orden again after you'd made your our fIrst call call- not true th the woman cried Shut up and listen to me the detective commanded harsh harshly b You came here knocked moc ed on Bordens Borden's door he asked who it was was you OU answered an an- lie he your voice refused to admit you rou you ou determined determined deter deter- mined to see him or talk with him somehow you OU remembered that John C. C Haywards Hayward's offices s Fe te directly directly di- di across the from Bordens Borden's Bor- Bor dens den's you went to hIs door possibly bl bly to ask him to let you you use his phone even to solicit his aid In forcing an Interview for you with Borden Borden- Xo No no That's not true None or of it is true Martha lartha Manning cried passionately rising from her chair in her excitement The detectives detective's mighty voice lowed through her hel protestations You didn't rind find in In but because his cleaning woman was careless you ou found his his door unlocked un- un locked entered d. d telephoned Borden Dorden quarreled with him from flom froma floma a few minutes after 2 until 2 10 learned earned that he would no nothing for you Wait lie he c roughly anti and forced the agitated woman into liar her chair with ruthless hands I 1 even know the exact words with which he be refused your our demands Miss Manning Borden Said Raid to you Who are you to tell line Harry Borden Borderi what lie he can cando cando do and cant can't do A witness overheard overheard over over- heard Borden Dorden say those exact I words lIss Manning But not to me she cried but she sat stilt still again except for thos twIsting hands watching the detectives do- do face And then Tann Ic went O on l in in- in you remembered th gun gunyoU yoU had s seen en lying In the bottom of Mr I Haywards Hayward's a desk dealt the fIrst time you were In office You called Borden from Haywards Hayward's window win win- n- n dow lie he stepped to his own window win win- dow after first securing the weapon with which lie he had armed almed hImself against an attack he evidently feared you and shot hot him hi his bul- bul Murder Mystery Contest Closes Tuesday Night Just cJ remain In which h to solve the mystery of Handsome Hand d Have sonic some you rOUnd found the tho murderer Do you OU know why the murder was com coat Perhaps you have uncovered some sure fire clues l I so burry hurry bur hur- ry and get them down on paper explaining the details of the tha murder and the motive and send them to Th The Telegram office at once You m may y win the prIze But remember the contest closes Tuesday at midnight If yOU have not sent in a solution to the murder mystery you had bad better do so at once RULES OF THE CONTEST 1 Solutions to The Black Pigeon must bu be submitted before before be- be fore midnight or of the pubU publication atlon day of chapter 42 on March 19 Envelopes bearing a later postmark post post- mark manic will not be 20 2 containing the solutions must be written on one side of the paper papel only and WIth pen and Ink or r typewriter 3 3 of The Tle Telegram and members or of their families will 1 not be allowed to compete 4 Bear in mind that your solution solution so- so lution need nut not bo be like theauthor's the authors author's It probably will not be according to hat The Telegram am is told You are invited to display display dis- dis play your skill as a detective andas and anel ns as a writer Special consideration tion will be given to the cleverness cleverness clever clever- ness or of submitted solutions the reasoning empo employed cl and the manner of presentation 5 Your solution must not be bemore bemore more than words In length You may submit as many solutions tiong as you wish and equal consideration con con- will be given to all G 6 Prizes will be First prize 10 0 second prize 5 and five of 1 each for the next I best solutions J let Joi 1 wild and hitting the wall beside window S O Oddly as tilE th detectives detective's charge hal e piled up UI against her the woman became morn more and more calm When hen henhe lie he had finished his terrible harangue she raised her head and her eyes eyt's met hIs full fully steadily though her face was ghastly white the rouge spots SlOtS Mr Ir Mc- Mc Mann yoU are are merely trying to bully m me Into confessing a crime I did not commit possibly bly have any proof to back your absurd charges I will gladly face anyone you ou forward who will say that he or she saw me in inthis inthis this building building- on Saturday You know you ou cannot bring forward such a person for tor I was not here At the supreme confidence behind I those quietly q emphatic words the thelast the thelast last or of Ruths Ruth's hopes of time thus clearIng clearing clear clear- Ing the mali she loved vanish dor d- d or almost vanished For if Martha Manning had not so used Jack haywards hayward's hay hay- wards ward's office who had McCann tacitly o admitting admitting- his lack acl or of proof by not answering her I challenge considered Son for a long moment then said with a shrUg of his massive shoulders Well ell where do you OU say you were Got a good alibi all framed flamed up I suppose First where do you say you wore were when ott mado that second tee talc phone call I 1 called from a booth in a cigar store Martha lartha Manning l replied c calmly and named It And I 1 called at five minutes to 2 as I told you ou After my conversation with Mr Ir Borden I was sure lie he would do as he had Promised and andI I went directly to the panIc parI whore where I walked d or sat on benches readIng reading read read- Ing until halt haIr past 4 when I returned returned re- re turned to the Acropolis arrIving about fifteen or twenty minutes to 5 5 Any proof that you ou were in the park See anYone you ou knew Me- Me Ic- Ic Mann Iann asked sarcastically Martha Manning that smiled strange Ironic smile that deepened the bitter lines Jines between veen nostrils and mouth corners A lone woman worn worn- an practically friendless is not likely IIley to encounter acquaintances in the par park I thought so lc lann comm corn com m with grim ambiguity Then he strode to the door and curtly requested Rita Dubois Dubols to enter The little dancer r showed signs silas of the strain under which she had lived during at least east four twenty hours but there was a trace ot of the theoM oM jauntIness as she sauntered into the roon Old od home week for Handsome harrys harry's sweeties nest ce pas she laughed as liar bright young black eyes took In the older woman Y You ou re recognize Mig liss Manning lanning lann Ic asked quickly Xo just a natural conclusion the dancer r informed ed him Keep your seat scat ba baby y face she grinned at Ruth Lester Leter who had risen to offer her chair Im sure Mr Ir Mc- Mc Mann Iann wont won't keep me long ong She was right Ire In a series of oC rapid questions Tc Iann elicited the following story regarding Friday Fri Ir day night She had had dinner dinnel at atthe atthe the with Borden Boden and had seen Jake Bailey joIn lien hel suitor on the sidewall before belore the restaurant restate restate- rant Borden had joined her at 10 o'clock at the Golden Goden Slipper nightclub night club and had arranged with the manager for or her to have ha the night off on Saturday so that she could go away with Borden on the weekend week week- end trip to Winter Vinte Haven Borden had had to pay In advance advance ad- ad vance for Ritas Rita's substitute but had seemed in the best or of spirits spirit No he had not said a word to her about Martha Manning or concernIng con con- canning a visit from a a woman earlier in the evening e Throughout hout the questioning or of Rita Dubois the last Woman to whom Borden had given his fickle love Martha lartha Manning sat with downcast e eyes es and when the dancer had been sent back to Detective De- De Covey a tremulous sigh of relief stirred the bitter mouth of the tho older woman I The detective sat at foe fOI lon hoar min mm- ute utes making futile marks mark with hIs pencil on Bordens Borden's desk blotter Then at last Im going to let you go now no- Miss Manning but I warn you ou it if you tr try t leave the city you shall be detained and arrested I 1 shall not leave the city Martha Manning Manning- promised quietly o. o and left eft but not before she he had smiled mIstily o. o with her helo leat tragic er s and bitter mouth at Ruth L Lster ster Nothing to to hold her now on-now I rc grumbled in self defene to Ruth good But L Lord rd What's aU all the For the second time durin during the investigation into the Ule murder of Harr Harry o Borden Benny Smith the theoffice theoffice office b boy o tore open the door stood swa swaying Ing Ingin in it but this time ht he said Ive comp come to give n up I shot Mi- Mi Borden To Be Continued |