THE CHINA, MAIL FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1935
The Subtle
Crime
Continued from Puge 9.)
isa Edwina must have been Manfreight at least. Though it was hard to tell. Her virginal quality was not alone the result of spinsterhood. She was rather likel * pink-and-white baby whose faint. wrinkles are the marks of a woD- dering parlement at the world re- volving round her and of which She was she seemed no part rand and a little puds like a baby, too. And there was some- thing pathetic about the wistful look of her blue eres. She had pale blonde hair that crinkled with the same suggestion of babyhood, and her hands were tender" and soft.
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Early he learned that she was quite alone, Ler loneliness intensi- fed by the fact that she travelled a lot and saw about her other travellers who enjoyed the pri
She vileges of companionship..
was too timid to permit the ap proach of strangers, too accustom- ed to her loneliness to do other han accept it as her lot in life-
She had been an orphan since chilhood and her only relatives were distant cousins in India. All this fattered in fragmentary con- fidence from her pink lips that quivered as if in astonishment their volubility.
He was certain she had not the alightest suspicion that he deliber- ately coaxed forth information, breaking through her reticence by the mere gift of being a good lis- tener. So few know how to listen well that only those who have something to conceal fall to res pond to a sympathetic ear.
In his varied experiences with women he had discovered an almost infallible rule. Properly handled, eve the most cantions succumbed to innate femicire yearning-for-a confidant Miss Edwina was piti- fully ready. Her congenital shy-- ness became a barrier trail as paper against the first man who in years showed a definite interest in her. She welcomed his in- quiries as one long suffering from hange welcomes 'food.
Before the voyage was over the had practically all the data be re- quired. Miss Edwina's substan tial income came from an “estim whose proportions had grown as her few close relatives died, of An only child, the inconvenience of and sisters solicitous brothers would be eliminated if suddenly Miss Edwina should drop from sight. Eventually the distant re- latives in the Far East might make inquiry for the purpose of laying hands on her fortune, but by that time he would have disappeared as the little spin- unobtrusively as ster. There would be no trace of either.
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Turning the car up an incline toward the house which had been In Miss Edwina's family for several generations, "be smiling at the prospect of himself in the role of bridegroom. was coming here to be married!
At least so he had led Miss E- wina to believe Long ago he had concluded it was only way to lay hands on her money. He had per suaded her to have the knot tied by an old preacher who lived in the village and had known her from childhood
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Whether he might actually have to go through with the ceremony He hoped remained a question. not. It would commBeate an other- *ir before wise simple matter. sundown he could carry out the pian he had in mind, "there would
be no necessity.
In a thick grove of maples, the house appeared pale and silent Approaching it, the dist
slon of a white dot among the trees was dispelled. It became
mottled, "the paint peelin
like
make-up from Ena: wrinkles withered-old face. The bright su
was screened behind branches The soil hel
moisture as if dry held
penetrated there Jungle moisture cling above like
Sato
L-HOW IS
NEW COOK- AND WHEN DO "WE EAT? I'M
STARVED-
ARE WE GOING TO EAT?
YES-BRING US THE CORNED
BEEF AND CABBAGE-
OH! S'ES MARVELOUS- ESHE WAS FORMERLY EMPLOYED BY MRS.
DE SPERCIA-DAUGHTER. WENT IN THE KITCHEN TO SEE
WHAT WE
ARE TO
HAVE FOR
DINNER
YES-BOT WE ARE GONS
I TOLD THAT
OUT TO A REST
FEW
IT'S VERY GOOD SIR-
IT'S OUR
SPECIAL-
BY GOLLY-ALL THEY HAVE ON THE MENU 15 CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE
Rosie's BEAU
BY:
GED MCMANUS
OH THATS DANDY-A
IT HOW DIE YOU GE
NG
TONIGHT?
I'LL HAVE ANOTHER ORDER OF CORNED BEEF AND
Bringing Up Father.
YOU SAID THE SAME MRS DEST HAD CORN CABBAGE
THROW
AWAY- NOT.
ORANT
FINN- AND HADDY
CAFE
SPECIAL
TODAY CORNED
BEEF AND
CABBAGE
WASN'T THAT.
ORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE
THS IS MOST
ONOSBAL
I DON'T KNOW. WHAT TO DO-
Great Britain sights:
COME HERE- DID I SAY ANYTHING ABOUT SONG:
YOU WOULD PICKOOT A CHEAP
PLACE THAT SPECIALIZES IN CORNED BEEF AND CABSAGE- WE ARE GOING TO AN ELIZE
PLACE HE PALACE
PETITE-
WHAT'S THE USE: DFME
NGRY
THINKI
CAN STAND AND BRING ANOTHER
DISH OF CORNED
ME SOME
MORE CABBAGE
AHI MAGGE HAVE A. HEART- LET ME ORDER = |·· SOME-EVERYBODY. IS. EATING FT-LOOK OVER THERE-MRS PLAYBRIDGE
ISORDERIN' MORE-
DO YOU THINK BOSS, IS CON IN TODAY?
HE
NAW-ITS
REX: FING ZIMENOV
MY OWN
YES-THE; CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE IS FINE
WELL-JUST TO PLEASE YOU-YOU CAN AND I'LL HAVE SOME-JUST TO KEEP YOU COM-
-DANN--
THAT MEANS TEL HAVE TO WORK TO FEL CALL UP ROSIE TELL HER ILLBE EARLY TO SPE
BRING
TWO ORI
EEN
Luke THIS PLACE YOU PICKED
VARUSH
ANOTHER -ORDER OF
MAGGIE
I'M SORRY-BUT THESE LAST ORDER OF CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE WA-
“JUST - SERVED
MY
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IT'S THE GYPSY IN ME
YEAH BUT YOU GE PAID TWICE A MONTH