10 Short Novels Magazine — page 16: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Page 14 of "Ten Short Novels Magazine" This page contains story prose with no illustration. The text appears to be from a spy or espionage thriller involving international characters—an American named Hugh Allison, a German baron (Von Schlechtweg), a Japanese nobleman (Count Uchida), and a woman named Betty. The narrative describes Allison discovering that Conrow, apparently a cipher expert, has been murdered in his locked hotel room. The neck is broken, suggesting foul play. Allison then contacts Carlton Chumleigh of the British Secret Service by telephone. The plot involves stolen documents, coded messages using a Japanese Kana code, and diplomatic intrigue among Western and Oriental characters.