Argosy All-Story Weekly — page 57: what you’re looking at

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By FRED JACKSON Author of ‘‘ The First Law,”’ ‘‘ The Third Act,”’ ‘“‘ The Diamond Necklace,’’ etc. WHAT HAS OCCURRED IN PART 1. Phe COSTA, handsome dancing star of the new ultrafashionable “ King of Clubs,” is recognized by Bartlett, gambler and sportsman, as his ungrateful and double-crossing protégé. In a private room the pair quarrel fiercely, with the result that the gambler murders his former pupil. Katherine Kendall, beautiful heiress, is the first person to see the dead form of the man with whom she had been somewhat infatuated. To save Katherine from unpleasant notoriety incident to the investigation, Garret Carpenter, her deserving suitor, persuades the restaurant pro- prietor to aid him fathom the mystery before notifying the police and to keep the tragic news from the patrons, Bartlett, who has returned to his table, manages to reassume his old confidence as he asks for his check preparatory to leaving the place. He ts astounded to learn that through the irony of circumstances, the management of the King of Clubs had arranged to allow no guest to go home until daybreak to insure a prolonged success of the opening night. There are perhaps six hours before daylight, and the blood stain from the wound incurred in the Struggle with Da Costa is spreading slowly through the waistcoat and coat—until it appears ominously dark and wet. It is a fight between that dead man upstairs and himself! U CHAPTER VI—( Continued). he glanced at it from under knitted brows as he waited. At Garry’s knock he admitted him PSTAIRS, meanwhile, Silvers was promptly. pacing the floor. He had locked “T suppose the next thing is to look for himself into the French drawing- clews,” he said, without wasting any time. “LET THE DANCE CO ON.”’ room with the corpse, over which he had “JT thought we’d better do that together— thrown a white cloth. From time to time in case of trouble with the police later on!” This story began in the Argosy-Allstory Weekly for October 28. 847 comicbooks.co