Evening star., 1941-12-14

would be impossible to guess. One of those
ageless creatures quick and strong as cat
She talked, when she would talk at ALL
high-pitched sing song pidgin English that
was just barely comprehensive. Niels kept
at her until we added at least little to what
we already knew
Al-lang had been Flora Young's maid for
many years. They had come here only short
time ago; why, Al-ang did not know gath
cred from Al-lang's attitude that a Chinese
lady did not discuss such things with a maid
She made sharp, angry kissing sound be-
tween her teeth when Niels showed her the
broken ivory figure, but all Niels could pry
out of her was that the thing had belonged to
Flora Young, and that it was very wrong for
him to have it in his possession.
Miss Young had had only one visitor: her
uncle, Edwin Young. Al-lang did not care
for Uncle Edwin; she made that very evident.
He all time want money b'long Missy"
she said, her black eyes swapping missy
say no; 60 way now. Missy say = Allang
frowned over the word = "par'site Missy,
she talk Merican plenty good"
The night before, there had been a phone
call. Miss Young had answered it, talked for
quite long time. Al-lang had not heard any
thing that was said. missy" had told her
to go upstairs and to bed early in the eve
ming that she expected someone and was not
to be disturbed When Al-lang came down
in the morning she had found her mistress
dead. That was all she could tell u.s.
NIELs motioned Tim to take the old woman
away, Tim is the uniformed cop who works
with Niels, and swell person he is, too
'Wel?" Niels challenged.
We'll, Al-lang has no use for Uncle Edwin,
Apparently, the girl didn't either, if she called
him parasite.
Check. | knew something about Uncle
Edwin from reading number of letters he'd
written Miss Young. Parasite was too good
word for him. Gilmore and couple of the
boys are SOLDERING him up now; found him in
little hotel on the edge of the badlands, dead
drunk and ugly. -"
Tim came in just then There's a guy on
the phone, he said in stage whisper. ASKED
for Miss Young. told him to wait, thinkin
mebbe you'd like to be talkin' to him."
Nice work." said Niels. The phone was
IN the hallway; l could hear Niels's voice,
but couldn't understand what he was saying.
We're going to have company" he said
when he came back. looking very much
pleased. "A DR.. Exter and his wife Old
friends of the murdered girl They should be
interesting. And while we're waiting, honey,
rustic around in the kitchen and see if YOU can
find an egg, will you?"
Sure. Why?"
i want bit of the white l think read
somewhere that it can be used to mend
broken china and such.'
"Ah" l said
Exactly" agreed Niels, and started
arranging the pieces of the broken ivory
hgurine.
AR. ExTER was younger man than had
expected; about thirty, with blue eyes that
were strlkingly accented by deep tropical
tan. A handsome, charming, carefully
society doctor. was my snap judgment.
His wife was the thin-faced aristocratic
type, with long, feline dark eyes and very
white teeth They arrived shortly after the
boys had removed the body
This is l can't tell you what shock
this IS, said DR.. Exter. Il can't understand
who could want to do thing like that to
Flora. She was practically stranger here:
she couldn't have made any enemies You are
sure ROBBERY wasn't the motive? She habit