The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-11-14

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Next morning Bannister reads
that TRACY KING, orchestra
leader in a movie theatre, has
been found dead in his apart
ment. Police are searching for an
unknown blond" who visited
King the night before. Bannister,
remembering the girl in the taxi
cab. is puzzled.
He sees her again that morn
ing. The, girl tells him her name
is JULIET FRANCE and that she
knows nothing of the murder. She
is terrified and begs Bannister to
help her. Against his better judy
ment, he agrees. Bannister urges
her to tell the police her story but
she refuses. Then she says, Tve
got to go back there"
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CHAPTER V
She saw at once that he had
read something into her words
that she had not intended.
"Please don't misunderstood"
she begged. CT tell you l don't
know anything about what hap"
pened after l left. But I've got to
get back into that room!"
"That's impossible" Banniste"
said brusquely.
ooh, but there must be a way!
There must be some wayv The
gray eyes were almost black now.
"Don't you see," she went on, i'm
ploringly, cts my only chance!
Otherwise they'll say l did it!
They can arrest me--put me in
Jail! They might even prove that
II killed him"
"But you've assured me that
you didn't" Bannister repeated.
"Why can't you tell the police the
same story you've told me? And
| certainly don't understand why
it's so important for you to get
into that apartment"
Because" Juliet Frances voice
dropped almost to whiper, 81
left something there"
"The police will return it to
you"
ooh, mop The girl shrunk
back, horror in her eyes. II can't
tell the police! 1 can't let them
know. l thought you were going
to help me. You said you'd do all
you could"
"And getting into Tracy Kings
apartment this morning rates as
distinctly impossible. Don't you
know there'll be police all over
the place? They've been taking
photographs, hunting for finger
prints, turning everything upside
down. If you left anything there
last night, rest assured it's been
picked up by this time"
ooh, do you think 500" The
girls lips quivered and Bannister
saw that she was near tears.
SUPPOSE he said gently, "you
tell me what it was you lett
there?"
at was just-a paper"
"a paper"
She nodded, "a paper that
wouldn't mean anything to any
body else, only if the police got
! tiff they have it now-they'll
know how to find me-"
at was a paper with your name
on it"
Again she nodded. "My name,
she said, "and some other things,
II think l wrote down TRACY
[ Kings telephone number. l didn't
call it but I think l wrote it
down"
Her voice trailed away. A looh
of complete detection had come
over the girl. eff they've got it, y
she went on, as though to herself
81 guess there isn't any use. There
wasn't any use of my coming"
She seemed, to Bannister, in,
finitely pathetic then. She haC
shown spirit a few moments be-
fore, had seemed self-reliant.
Listen" he said, leaning for.
ward, maybe it's not as bad as
you think. Maybe there is some
thing we can do"
"But if the police know-don't
you see? They'll find me here
and they'll arrest me and take
me to Jail! And there isn't an!
reason for it! No reason at all
l can't tell them anything about
who killed Tracy King because
don't know. Only they'll never
believe me. They'll say I did it
Oh, l read the newspaper thi:
morning and I've heard about ths
terrible things the police do. The
third degree, it's called. They
make people confess things they
didn't doat all"
Color had come back into her
cheeks now, and some of the
spirit she had shown before was
in her voice.
"No," Bannister said firmly,
at won't be as bad as that. Well
get in touch with your friends"
II haven't any friends" she
told him slowly. "Thcre's no one
no one at all"
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She saw the look of surprise in
his eyes. Impetuously she added,
'It's good of you to offer to help
me. l know that all I've said
must sound terribly queer! i
suppose if somebody else told me
| such story I wouldn't believe
IT'S tri1e-alI that I've told YOU.