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THE FATAL HABIT
THE CHINA MAIL.
HARBOUR OFFICE. Good Freight Figures Over Week-End.
(Continued from page 7.)
The Harbour Office reports dur
"I will call this afternoon at two-little thing too much. But not in ing the week-end gave a free move- thirty sharp, Mr. Longford.. Yes, this case, my friend. I have seen ment of vessels. Freights on
It is cold, even for the time of year. to everything-made no elipe Saturday were up to the mark, both I hope your chilblaion will soon shall not be caught. And if the inwards and throughs reaching ceasa to bother you. Good-bye were, how would it profit you? five figures. The total tonnage en- good-bye."
Nothing is more certain on this tered was 57,684. Michael Hughes, refraining carth, Mark Wheeler, than that you There were 14 inward registries, from assuring Vennor that both the will die this afternoon. But first of which one was British and six of former'a chilblains and the latter's you shall see for yourself how com four figures, while of the 10 earthly existence would terminate plete my plans are. Listen." throughs, one was that same afternoon, took his leave
British and six! And Michael Hughes detailed of four figures. Two vessels
Every arrived in ballast.
at 11.50; obtained a taxi, returned them from the beginning.
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During the meal he thought hard. Had he loft anything undone? overlooked anything?-made any slip? He had attracted no atten- tion at the dressing-room, and had worn gloves all the time so that he should not leave fingerprints about He was satisfied with his disguito, andy in fact, so far with every-
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was triumph in the voice that told carrying 50 out of the total in all the tale. It was good to be classen.
Arr. H'Kong Dep. Through
Michael Hughes at such a moment.) Detalls follow:-
He was surprised when, happen- ing to look at the clock, he saw Nationality. that it was a quarter to four.
"The time is drawing on, my American
British friend," he said. "I will now toll German ... you how you shall die."
made
French
Cargo
Gargo
Топя
Tons
2,800
·ទ
6
670
2,637
2850
?
081 1
5.245
944
250
10,970 2,860
2,038
718
94
4 5,088 -
13,409
He took the knife from the case. Dutch "This is the breadknife I told Danish you of a very ordinary one. 'I Norwegian Venner's face seemed near him believe some thousands are
Japanese .. Chinese as he ate. He found it easy to pie-every year. It will not be traced to ture the third eyes, the loose mouth, me. Now I will put the clock, Total ...18 20.880 15 24,485 the weak chin, and the forced smile which you cannot sec at present, on
Yesterday's Figures. that went so ill with those eyes. Ah the table, in full view of us both. The total tonnage entered yester- wall, he would not trouble the Observe that my gloves. prevent day was 81,114, Freights were up world much longer.
· Angerprints. It is now ten minutes to the mark, both the inwards and He did not return to the same to four. As the hour strikce I shall throughs reaching five figures, face to change, but took a taxi kill you with this knife. Ten There were 12 inward registries, straight to Paddington Station. No minutes is ample for you to pre of which nine were British and dimculty occurred, and at 2.15 he pare what God gave you for a five of four figures, while of the was once more John D. Longford, soul for His inspection. I hardly 11 throughs, nine wore British and He carried the parcel containing imagine it will take Him as long to three of four figures. Three his discarded clothes as well as the value it."
vessels arrived in ballast. handbag and its contents: rope, ai
There was silence but for the: Passengers entered during the handkerchief gag, a breadknife and clock ticking slowly towards period included 47 Europeana.and a life-preserver. By 2.26 he had Wheeler's death. As the hand 1,839 Asiatic deck, British vessels' booked a private-room at the botel drew near the hour his struggles carrying 1,208.out of the total in and arranged- that Mr. Venner grew more frantic. His eyes glit-all classes. should be shown straight tered with terror, and he seemed to Details follow:-- into it on arriving. He be panting through his nose." His
Arr. H'Kong Dop. Through signed the hotel register face was purple with vain efforts Nationality in his assumed name, most to free himself.
"You cannot escape," illegibly, but his gloves and chil
thought Dutch .... 1 blains accounted for that, as he Hughes, quietly watching him, "It Norwegian. 2 was careful to explain to the clerk.} is all over with you. My father Jananese ..
At 2.31 Marcus Venner entered will soon be avenged”
Chinese ... Wheeler lay still just before the American
German room. Hughes waited until the door was shut and then made clock struck, and was barely con- French, ... certain that the servant had de-scious when the blade of the kalfe | parted. Veuner smiled at this, was buried in his heart. probably for the last time in his He died easily.
the
life; for as he turned to take off
Cargo
Tons
7,042
British
14 ...
Cargo Tons 9,201
2,715
- 205
4.200
Total 19 11,946 18 11,587
ble Arch and strolled through the
his overcoat he was hit just above Michael Hughes was very care park, arriving home just after 12.0. the right ear with the life-preserful to see that no incriminating| While he was looking for his key ver and collapsed without a sound. evidence remained in the room. the door was. opened by a police. Quickly Hughes bound and gagg- He knew that once the body was man, and within ten seconds he ed him, and then, after locking the discovered a thorough examination was arrested on a charge of mur door, sat down to await his vic would be made of everything, from doring Marcus Venner with a tim's return to consciousness. the door-handle to the glass face of breadknife, and warned that any
Ten minutes later, when he judg-the clock. There were no finger-thing he said would be taken down ed that his father's murderer-as prints; he had worn gloves all the and used in evidence against him. he regarded him—was capable of time. He removed neither the While he was in Brixton Prison understanding, he began to speak. bindings nor the knife.
awaiting exécution, he passed the
"Now, Mark Wheeler," he said, When he was satisfied he bowed to in writing a document which and the bound man winced, and mockingly to the still form, opened he entitled: "Last Statement of greater fear shone in his eye, "we the door, locked it after him, and Michael Hughes, Murderer." It will have a talk. 1 will do the slipped the key into his pocket. No begins:
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4th Dec., talking. First of all, to introduce one was about. He hen informed "I regret that I shall never know myself, I am not, as you suppose, the reception-clerk that he was go- how posterity receives my unique John D. Longford, nor Am ing out, but would return soon, and contribution to the history of American. I am, in fact, Michael Hughes, the son of the man you Bent to his death twenty-five years ago."
24th Nov. 27th Nov. 9th Doc.
that meanwhile his friend wished to be left undisturbed. The clerk, suspecting nothing, obligingly pro- cured him a taxi. He left the hotel
`He let this sink in, and was re-mildly relieved that his self-ap- warded by a cold sweat on Whee-pointed task was over. 4th Dealer's face.
1st Dec.
crime. That its estimate will be high, I have no doubt.
About his feelings on being ar rested, he says:
"I was dumbfounded. I just had the presence of mind to refuse to He dismissed the taxi at Marble make a statement, although there
"There is hardly any need," he Arch, took another to Bond-street, was, as a matter of fact nothing to continued, "to tell you why you are and a third from there to Water-say. They had found my disguise, here. I decided some time ago to loo, where he made his way to the and the life-preserver, and I never remove you, and in a few minutes dressing room. A quarter of an had a chance of getting off. it shall be done.
"Ah! I can read your thoughts. All murderers are careless. They think round and through and over and under their crime, and yet leave one little undone, or do one
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hour later he faced the world "Probably in common with many again, does for ever, he hoped, people, I had the habit of putting|| with John D. Longford and his all stray pleces of paper-bus tic-110" abominable chewing gum,
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He spent the rest of the day at into the breast pocket of my jac-|| hia.club, taking with him the hand-ket. I also occasionally put my! bag, encased in an oil-cloth cover, handkerchief there. I had never so that the initials were not visible. realised this habit, just as a man will not know, unless told, that He awoke refreshed the next he ruba one side of his nose when morning, after a dreamless night. he is worried. When I paused with No, he decided, as he ate a hearty that morning three months ago to breakfast, nothing had been the look my handkerchief out of my foreseen nothing overlooked. He pocket. It brought with it a fold- had unostentatiously dropped the of slip of paper, which fell to the key of the door down a drain grat ground. If I had remembered that Ing. All was well. It was easier paper, or noticed it then, I shoul to commit a murder than some peo- not now be writing this. S ple imagined. He longed to tell "It was the receipt for Room 19 Simpson that, but restrained him in the Faddington hotel, dated the self.
previous day, January 21, 1982. Hd read the glaring newspaper "A man beside me, seeing some headlines with something ap- thing fall, picked it up, and was proaching amusement. They had about to hand it to me. If only he certainly made the most of their bad done! But he caught sight of To AUSTRALIA, Calling at Manila (P. Is.), Thursday is. Cairns Townsville material
the name of the hotel, remember- BRUTAL MURDER IN fed unfortunately what he had PADDINGTON HOTELread in the papers that morning, Theatrical Producer Stabbed with opened it, and saw with horror that Breadknife. Search for American it was the receipt for the room in Missing Key of ROOM 19, which Venner had been murdered. Well, he thought, you won't "He acted shrewdly; waited un and John D. Longford His re- I had left the bookshop, entered, mains are in a handbag, securely asked who I was, and went straight STEAMER KI locked in a drawer in my room: to the police.
wish you joy of your search.
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shop in Kingsway glanced in the wise per
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