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THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER The Mandarin House Murders' CHAPTER lted 1. the np PAVS company., could ,'Jwbich scudded by bo in themselves Ishadowy w . fl M ss.tht.'sk; aw:."10. : S directions but some '.ned annihilation. Cj kn he really is T North a. traffic halted to the CtturbanedSikh l, InteresunK 6m... Ita gflair u u Lta was deciding, could, and hue to w11 " nirht did distracted young . ,,ii(-rtain nationality L Mt to offer what was tan. U to bribe of ten thousand i considered Marya fJBVW -. ih. mnre she nuzzled mm. Mker geunine anxiety, she ,rerthele8S known jusi wnai, u doing and had said no thin ihe bad to while enlist uervices. She had been rath rer t the door of the Cercle if when he had inquired their ition. All she had volunteered "?lease follow me, Captain, ke you to Mr. King's room." Hustle ecreeched, a silver kara edon the Sikh's wrist gleamed ben the traffic again gathered item to further unroll the ring panorama of the Bund, noises, stilled by the down began again. - Ma wanchee?" Heavy laden coolies were bawling, "Hai lai yo!" "Fa tsal locyehl" A droves of incredibly ragged in cringing before belated ai in evening clothes. On the idewalk outside of Blanchi's i ten officers and some slim ion girls in evening wraps without much succees, trying at cab. ' lathe Taiwan Bank lay be- uneks from the ungreased nf produce laden wheelbar tortared tile eardrums more atly and soon the rickshaw i wail of "Way for the dis ihed foreigner" became min- Mtk drowsy river "noises drif t l from the Whangpoo. By VAN WYCK MASON Marya Gallian's rickshaw sped smoothly past the - North China Building and then the Palace Ho tel, and North 'began to wonder whether her destination was the Yangtzepoo quarters. He hoped not; half an hour was the most he could at present devote to her prob lems. The Cathay's glowing tower loomed brifly overhead and the clairnets of a jazz band blaring away within it for a while pene trated the traffic roar. Just as lights of the Mandarin House shone ahead the leading rickshaw swerv ed and, to North's sharp surprise, swung into the curb before it. Promptly his interest in Marya Gal lian achieved a new high, for he dis tinctly heard her call out, "Chan cho! Makee stop!" "And she's never been to China!" A thin smile flitted over the Intelligence Captain's lean vis age. "Well, well." Deeply intrigued, he watched her grip her rickshaw's handles against the coolie's sudden dropping of the shafts which nasty little habit will pitch an unwary traveler neatly onto the pavement. "Your fiance is staying here?" North inquired while interposing an arm between her and an M. P., busy hauling an hilarious gob away te some hoosegow. Under the hotel's great steel and glass awning, Marya Gallian cast one darting look about her before she nodded and gathered her even ing cape so high as to effectively mask her features. "Yes, Room 13111 think Phil said. Oh, dear, I'm so worried." And this was one statement of hers which the man from G-2 saw no reason to doubt. It was, North preceived, a neat dilemma in which he now found himself. Waiting for him inside would be Sir Guy Huntingden, Ma jor Kilgour of the British Intelli gence and probably that fat little lump of Oriental wisdom, Inspector Chao Ku. Especially he hoped Chao Ku would be on hand. Very little went on in Shanghai which escaped the S. M. P. detective's ears. When they gained the lobby, North paused. "Please wait for me in the wom en's lounge, Miss Gallian; better take a magazine or a paper. I may be gone some minutes." ' "I'd much rather go with you Dott't you see? I must find out what's happened as quickly as I can." Her skilfully tinted lips be came crushed between small white teeth. "Please let me go with you." "You will do as I say," North in sisted politely but definitely he really needed to get oriented. "Ill be back shortly." Bowing to occasional acquai tance, North was nearing the ele vators when an assistant manager came up and in a stagey undertone said: "You're Captain North, arent you?" "Yes." fcThe police are waiting for you iu room 131Li Please come with me." : " -- 1311! A small buzzing sensation made itself manifested in Hugh North's finger tips. "1311? A bad luck number and a good one. Quite the happy me dium in room numbers." "It wasn't very happy for Mr. King, sir." A - i j i. a suaaen realization struck North like the warning buzz of a rattlesnake and his long stride slowed a little. "What name did you say?" "The man who er, who hanged himself registered as Mr, King Phillip King. Gave his address as Baltimore, Maryland." "Mr. King took the room alone ?" "Yes, sir. Why do you ask?" "I had an impression that some one of a different name had taken 1311." "I could check up, sir, It'd take only a minute." "No. Never mind it's my mis take." Odd, he mused as the elevator shot upwards, if he had been dis posed to accept Miss Gallian's ten thousand pounds and he never had been it seemed as if he had already earned it. So Luther Adams and Miss Gallian's Phillip King were not strangers? How in teresting. How very interesting. The assistant manager, in pec cable in his neat dinner coat, rapped gently on the panels of a door marked 1311 and called, "Captain North is here, gentlemen," A broad beam of light sprang out into the hall when the door opened. Simultaneously the assist ant manager emitted a sharp "Oh, lord! Look at that!" Cast ever so high upon a wall within, the silhouette of a human head and shoulders was etched in sharp relief. From the base of the bent head a thin dark line arose to eventually lose itself in a long tan gent across the ceiling. V'How horrible! How perfectly ghastly!" North's companion fum bled at his own throat as if it, too were constricted. - ,. (To be Continued) Letters To The Editor Editor The Mountaineer: The news of the death of my old friend James McLean brings sad ness to one who has known him long and well. In all the 50 years that he has lived in Waynesville, I never knew him to do other than the honest and square and right thing. He was a man of straiglit- up-and-down character and integ rity, and this he put into his life and work. Years ago, David Gudg- er and I built our home on the old home place adjacent to Mrs. Annie G. Quinlan. Jim McLean did much of the outside and most of the in side work, and today the fine quality of his work speaks for itself. Here is an incident which shows just what manner of man he Was, We were paying our union carpen ters 10-hours pay for 9-hour day, but they struck because we would not pay them for an extra four hours which they did not wor. Jim, who was president of the union, refused to quit work saying "I have never taken wages lor work that I have not done, I have always given a man a day' work for a day's pay," It may not be generally known that Jim McLean is partly respon sible for our present fine system of waterwork. Some of us remem ber when our water came from a mudhole on the road to Eagles Nest. While Mr. George W. Maslin lived in Waynesville and had a bank in the library building (whi)h he built), he and Jim McLean were on the board of aldermen. During their term of office new water works were planned with an intake on Rocky Branch above Maggie's on Allen's Creek. To put in the water line a com pany was formed of local men who knew no more about the job than Jim did. Mr. Maslin had had ex perience with able contractors putting in waterworks in oth'i towns where he had lived. Against strong opposition and the cry "Keep the money at home," George W. Maslin and Jim McLean voted the job to the "foreign" contractors, who did the town a splendid job even if they made no money on it. Explaining his action Jim said to me, "I knew that Mr. Maslin had had experience with building wa terworks and I had great confidence Amid Goste Firtlieir The Law Requires Tliat We Advertise and Sell All Prop erty On Which Taxes Have Not Been Paid TOWN OF WAYN ESVILLE JOHN BOYD, Tax Collector Ratcliff Cove News Mrs. James Swayngim has as her guest this week Mrs, Tnurman Woods, of Highlands. Glenn Francis returned to Fort Bragg Sunday after visiting his family here. Miss Oberia and Miss Ruth Rat- cliff, of Asheville, spent the week end here with their parents. Rev. and Mrs. Brouton and daughter, Karis, ol Weddington, were the guests during the week cf Mr. and Mrs. W. VV. Jones. in him. So I voted with him and I made no mistake." When I go to the Methodist church in Waynesville on Septem ber 7 next, dear old Jim will not be there on the steps to give me a hearty handshake and a warm wel come. Nor in the church will I see him take up the collection at he has for long years past. And I shall hurt worse inside than I do now. He was my friend for 50 years, and I cannot let him go to his grave without putting on rec ord in the home paper some state ment of the solid qualities of char acter and integrity that were his all the long years of his life. E. W. GUDGQTR. Editor Waynesville Mountaineer. Dear Sir: In a recent auction sale held in the Corn Belt, 41 head of Short horns made an average of (1,070, which established a 20 year record over all breeds. Fourteen bulls made an avera ace of sl.766. the highest price paid being $4,500. The 27 fe males averaged $705. From this same herd a bull recently sold at private treaty for $7,500. These cattle Were from the fu mous Edellyn herd which has been using the best cattle obtainable for seed stock. Their present sire, Imparted Calrassie Mercury was 193938 Perth .(Scotland) Supreme r.hnmnion and . was sired by a Perth Supreme Champion whose first calf was also 1941 Perth Su preme Champion. Haywood county can also de mand good prices for breeding cattle if they produce the best. Very truly, WALLACE WARD. Lake Junaluska Rev. Brouton is a former pastor of Elizabeth Chapel. : Rally Day was held at Eliza beth Chapel Sunday morning with a program presented by the mem bers of Bible class. After the program a picnic lunch was en joyed. Last year North Carolina lay ers were credited with a total egg production of 670,000 or 188 per person, reports the State De partment of Agriculture. U. S. Plane To Carry i, Sixty Men Being Built NEW YORK Construction of a new-type, thirty-seven-ton trans port plane, capable of oxrying sixty fully-equipped oldiera, with hour, by the Lockheed Corpora tion of Burbank, Cal., has been reported in aviation circles. No one ever saved enough at the store on tooth, brushes and tooth paste to buy store teeth. Legal Holidays FRIDAY, JULY 4 AND SATURDAY, JULY 5 In Observance Of Independence Day By Proclamation Of The Governor Being Legal Holidays, the First National Bank Will Transact No Business On These Dates "lU QiUnAUf, Bank" first National Bank Mtmber Federal Deposit Ineurane Corporation $5,000 Maximum Insunance For Each Depositor) I WAYNESVILLE M aTOl l SALE 2 Sales Dailv. 10:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. U Never before have we had such a complete collection of Art objects Fine Diamonds Sterling Antique English Silver French Serve LiMoges Haviland China Bohemian Ruby Glass Cappi Di-Monti Art Pieces Genuine Mineton Antiques Beautiful Lamps Fine Oriental Rugs Imported Linens and Laces. A visit io our Gallery is a trip through wonderland. SALES EDAILY 10 30AM and 7:30 PM Located At MASS1E BLDG. Main Street Three Doors From Park Theatre 2 SALES DAILY 10.30AM and 7;30PM To our Old Friends and Patrons we extend a personal invitation to attend our auction sales Beautiful Gifts Will Be Given Away At Each Sale ; Auctioneer, Joseph Benson Ar falls ry
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