THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1928.
OUR NEW SERIAL
THE VANISHING VENGEANCE
CHAPTER IX.
By DOUGLAS NEWTON. Author of "Doulle Crossed," "Low Ceilings,"
"Green Ladies," &c.
14
OFFICIAL TRIALS.
A SMART CAPTURE.
ILMS. NELSON EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS.
ARMED ROBBERY BY THREE
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An exceptionally smart piece of It is authoritatively stated that work was performed by a Chinese. the now British battleship, H.M.S. detective at Mongkok on the evon-Feld: Capital Nelson, in her official trials Insting of January 21, when he was Beberibed Ospital year developed, without undue instrumental in electing the forcing, a shaft horsepower of arrest of three Chinese who were 40,000, a mean speed of 231⁄2 knota armed in preparation to commit and that her manoeuvring was a robbery, at Kowloon City.
satisfactory. Hier How the men were prevented dosigned horsepower was 45,000 from carrying out their inten- tions was described before Mr. and her speed 28 knots,
W. Schofield and Major' C. Willson, H.M.S. Nelson is the flagship at the Kowloon Magistracy yester of Vice Admiral Sir Hubert Brand. day when Inspector Fallon prose- Commander-in-Chief of the At-cuted two of them on charges of lantic Fleet, and is now engaged being in possession of a dagger on a Spring cruise in the Medi-each, as well as a wine cup, pleees
Further experience of cloth and colla of wire. of her powers has produced satisfaction.-British, Wirelles.-
terranean.
|-|-|-|-|-+|-|-|-|-~|~++++++++ | completely "I think he was," said Otto, "I can't see any other explanation, Joyce Alleyn woke in her large, my dear. It looks as though Stan- bright room with something of the nard, having frittered away the money he stole, wants more. He clear sharpness of the morning sun fight flowing through her.
demanded 16. from Seward, and fresh and thoroughly Seward, seeing the old horror being Sho was alert. Immediately she was think- reopened, and realising what a ing of the extraordinary events that criminal of Stannard's cleverness had changed peaceful and beaut-ran do-well, Seward, Hke the weak ful Greenhuyle into a phee of man he was, took the last desperate step. That may not be the explana- mystery, turmoll, and terror.
She found herself dwellingtion, but it is the only understand- naturally.on Martin Stannard The able one to me." clearness of the morning secmed to have awept away the indignation and horror she had felt for him. He appeared before her now a stendy-eyed man with firm and attractive features and a sense of clean force in his bearing.
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"Yes, it in logical," agreed Joyce, won by Otto's show of candour, But what about this gift to the Public Trusted? Where does that fit in?"
Sungeon Captain W. W. Kier, C.M.G., M.B., has been appointed to H.M.S. Tamar for the Royal Naval Hospital, Hongkong.
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Otto made a hopeless gesture.
He went over to talk to lugo "There, Joyce, 1 am absolutely She found that she no longer
On the person of one of the hated him, and she found that the bailled. Like you, I can't fit it in Shanly and Fedden, who had just come in.... How drowey she felt! reasons Otto Rigg had put before at all. Whether it is some deep She shut her eyes, She heared men was found a dagger, a wine on Stannard's par Bugu's hysterical voice talking cup, a piece of cloth and a
10, Des Voeux Hoad, Central, Bokong.. her for hating him were, in some devily way, not at all convincing.
..... $10,000,000 threat to frighten the rest of us, for about Henry Maker. Hugo was quantity of wire. This man gave
Paid-up Capital ... Otto Rigg bad confirmed the instance: whether Seward tricked out because Maker was late the Police information which led Anchorlent Cantal
that letter: Henry ought to be here. He must to the arrest of yet another man er Fund (1993)) newapper in the fact that Martin him into, pusting
la lying, md show up at a moment like this... Street. On this man was found
matshed in Argyle BRANCHES AND AGENCIES — Stannard was the sixth director of whether Smard
Exploitations, the did not post it, but is making the Consolidated
What a funny, excitable white a dagger, a piece of cloth and calita * scoundrel who had made off with most of it here he realises that it must be carried off boldly...
the funds of the company, and so Gamlin must have slipped out to do weasel Hugo Shanly was....Was some wire.
The cloth, wine cup and wire, Fundule brought run to his brother direct in order to thefeat him, I don't that Fedden answering?... How Ecs and Lis, several thousand poor now. All do know is that if heavy she was, she must not let said Inspector Fallon, were imple-Kobe
Stanard did post that letter, as it make her doze.... Yes, Fedden. ments ased in armed robberies. Landen sharehollers.
Otto Higg had drawn a picture says he did, then there is Pedden saying that the inquest The Police had reason to believe Stati of Martin Stannard as a man whose deep and ugly reason behind it that would be all right... Care-that they had intended to commit charm of manner had misled even fills me with fear."
she WHS nearly asa, robbery at Kowloon City. then. Yes, it was plausible of Octo.leep
...Fedden Hay Both defendants, in answer to his intimates, and wliore brilliance
minivé had enabled him to Joyce had been entirely on his side ing that the inquest would be all the charge pleaded guilty and in manipulate mounts in such a way against the man whom the law, and right. There would be no doubt reply to the Bench the first de- that he was able to make off with her own feelings, had declared about the verdict. The verdict fendant sold that he had been the huge fortune which led to the criminud. She had even seen the would be what they wanted given the dagger by a certain Li| crash of the company.
force of Otin's reason for not put-bat she couldn't hear. Had he said KL.
WAN of "won"? She Nobody had suspected Martining the police on to Stannard- | “would”
For what pur- Mr. Schofield: Stanard when, in 19--, he had ye Otto wanted to get at Stan- honvy. Was he saying, "That's pose sailed for New York on the com-nard first through Stroach, and try satisfactory, anyhow"! Was Hugo Defendant: To roh.
The man arrosted with only the pany's business. A month later it to reason with him, or find out bow Slanly angry because Henry Maker was discovered that in less than to protect himself against the man's would not turn up for the Inquest, wire, wine cup and a piece of cloth £1,350,000 whe. missing. Martis criminal tongue.. Fear, hed or because he "had" not turned up in his possession was then brought She half before Mr. Schofield, who alone: Stamurd had not been suspected mitted, was foreing him to hold his for the Inquest?... even then. But when it was disband, and to Joyce it had appeared roused herself. It had sounded ex-adjudicated. This man was sen- covered that he had sailed not for the most natural attitude in the actly as though Maker "bad" not tenced to three months' hard New York but for South America; | world—Init right.
turned up for the inquest... A labour, for being in possession of and under a false name, it became Last night-but in this clear wave of drowsiness flooded over Implements fit for an unlawful obvious what had happened. A
anger her....*
It was Hugo talking again. search through the looks had morning light, with her proved that Martin Stannard had against Martin Stannard gone, she
"But it's not finish- with consummate skill and calcula was curiously doubtful.. Had Otto Hugo saying:
You know it isn't Those papers. Yes, every tlen misappropriated the ruissingen too plausible? Had he been ed yet, Otto.
misleading her once more?
paper connected with 19-gone. Absolutely gone. Stannard took WAYLAY AND BEAT BRITISH them. Of course it was Stannard. God, I wonder what that fool Gam- lin put into those diaries and Papers.... Mark'
mony.
The matter was put into the She wasn't stupid. She knew hands of the police, but the late, that innocent people do do foolish No trace of the money, nor, until things in the desperation of panic. this day, Martin Standard, had But was it all convincing? Did it ever been found.
fit in with the posting of that sum That part of the story was borne of money to the Pabllee Trustee? aut by the newspaper Otto Rigg's Did it fit in with Stannard's at explanation of why Martin Stan- titude? True, she couldn't under- find had come back, apparently to stand how there could be any other blackmail, con- attack his brother directors, was explanation but equally straightforward last night, sidering the published facts of Joyce had then been thoroughly Stannard's past--but could she con- convinced by Otto Rigg. Why was vince herself that Stannard was a it she wasn't so convinced now? blackmailer?
Martin Stannard had never, at- Joyer could not quite remember all! that Otto had said; the detalls he tempted to deceive her. He had set aut were wonderful, intricate, told her what facts he could Frankly, even though they injured And.convincing--last night,
In effect, his story came to this: hipself. He had refused to play He didn't nake Stannard, for reasons of his own, on her emotions.
and perhaps to cover himself, hadap explanations on the spur of the so manipulated the books of Con- moment, but had bluntly refused solidated Exploitations that it look-La tell anything, though his refusal ed as though each of the other five would put Els Betions in an ugly directors was also a party to his light. He had been straightfor guilt. Disclosure of the books as ward all the timez
Hin 'altitude,' in fact,, was—- they were first discovered meant that each one of those innocent men honest! It was an extraordinary this to say but it was a fact. would be sent to gaol.
"I don't want to play on your He had acted like an honest man. And Oito? She did not know. sympathies. Joyce. You must judge for yourself," said the wily 101to had already made her doubt Otto Rig. "I can only say we'd fear him. And that' doubt and were panic-stricken at the pear returned again.
▸
sibility of being arrested for a At breakfast Otto was pleasant, monstrous crime of which we were kindly. He was even anxious about not guilty. We did things, illegal. He said, "I'm afraid you are things-as the law looks at it. feeling the strain of these trying Frankly, we put those books right. I circumstances, Joyee, my dear. If you like, we falsified the books, [ You look done up." but only to defeat the foul trick
"But I'm not." she cried in sur-
Stannard had played on us only prise, and tried not to feel that he
to prove our innocence. We had to Rave ourselves."...
Joyce could see the truth of that. She understood and sympathised- : last night.
theh
might have some ulterior reason for his unexpected words,, “I've never felt so ft."
"That's not
"Ah," he smiled. rood sign, that false vigour. It Thanks to the falsification, ur, generally comes after strain, and as Otto preferred to call it, the cor- generally means a sudden collapse. rection of the books, the five in- Look here, my dear, there's no rea- "nocent directors had come through on why you should be disturbed. the public examination of the ac-by attending the inquest this morn- counts without a stain on
'nu. No need at all.""
Didn't he want her to attend the characters:
She wasn't a witness, 80 Stannard, of course, had not.'nquest? Nothing could cover up Stannard's here was no reason why she should huge theft. The five them ato, but she resolved to go. She one time had hoped to put down vas still uncertain what she ought enough money-though it might do--did he feel that? Did he mean ruin to themselves to make want to guard against her speak- up what had been stolen. But thing7 sum was too large. It was impos. Really, I'm all right,” she cried. sible to meet it.
"I'm not in the least tired, and the Well, then, this was the reason 'nquest won't try me." why they feared Stannard. Thai She spoke truthfully then, she rogue knew that he had doctored vasn't really tired. But a little the books to incriminate those who'stlar, when taking dictation from trusted him, and, since they hnatto she began to feel n lassitude. come free, he know that thoy musi Otto; it seemed, was right. The have tampered with the books, pui false vigour of the morning was themselves within reach of the law. bassing, leaving her limp and weak That was his power over them. It ind drowsy. was probably, his threat of disclos ing these facts that drove poor Seward Gamlin to suicide.
You mean Martin Stannard
Otto sow it, smiled kindly. "I told you so, my dear. You are be vinning to feel the strain. There,
est quietly in that chair until it
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was trying to blackmail Mr. Gam-is time to go to the court. Don't.
Interled Joyce.
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