MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1928.
WORLD'S MOTOR SPEED RECORD SMASHED.
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SPRING'S FIRST STYLES
CHAPTER XVIL
of after midnight. The others watched him, attentively, and Joyce crouched in her chair forgotten.
The silence seemed to last for a
Joyce WILD forgotten. She crouched unnoticed in a chair by the door, while Otto and Strouch stood over Hugo Shanly lying Lackng time. It was cut short by the sharp sound of a motor coming up the drive and stopping at the door.
Hmp in a chuis, his feet and legs occasionally knotting and twisting moment after they heard the in panic. Otto and Strunch were sound of an electric bell akirling in too.anxious to hear all, to ask ques the servants' quarter." tions ar to notice her.
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tell you it's the same," Hugo said aver and over again. "The same. Stannard got at Fedden..as ho got at Gamlin and Maker. He mado Fedden send that money to the Public Trustee, he caused Fodden's death."
"Murder?" rasped Stroach. "Suicide" eried Otto, "No-no," cried Hugo, in weak petulance. "No need for either, Fedden's heart-Fedden's heart cracked." ་
heurd or noi.
The men sprang round, and for the first time they seemed to realise that Joyce was there. Joyce hud sprung up at the sound of the bell. She said: "Shall I go? The ser- vants will be in bed."
Oito took a stride towards her. "You stay here," he said harshly: | "You stay. Streach----"
Struach went out to answer the bell, while Otto stood staring and considering her, coldly. specula lively.
a little while Strunch return-' "Ah, of course, his weak heart," Led with the police-sergeant and a said Otto. "But are you sure it young ma of quile astonishing: was heart failure? Sure? Couldn't dapperness. An anexpected young it seem like something else?"
I. He was tall and slim. His Certainly they hand overlooked hair was very fair, and he had the Joyer. Or perhaps they had spot complexion that goes with settled their minds about her fate that kind of hair. He was good- that they didn't care whether she looking in an attractive, boyish way, and remarkably well-dressed. "No," suurled Haze, with fecho looked, in fact, like the hero. sullenmass. "You can't make, it of quite a score of love novels, anything but what it is, is heart The police-sergeant introduced | gave way. No injury, no wound him as a track detective from no sign of foul play-just sprawled Easthampton, and nobody in the naturally over his desk. Over the rooms believed him. In fact, when note he had written to us. B-his pleasant blue eyes rested in sides, the doctor came in on top Joge with a slightly humorous of me, le has ne two opinions of sinile, as if to say, "Isn't it a joke, the reason for Fedden's death."
me being taken for that sort of
The doctor!" snapped Oilo. thing? Joyee knew despair. "Did he apt that note?"
They would never get to the bottom
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Captain Malcolm Campbell, who in his Napier-Campbell car, the "Bluebird" smashed the world's speed record by accomplishing a speed of 206..966 miles an hour.
The "Bluebird" in which Captain Campbell, the fumons British racing motorist, beat the motor. speed record yesterday, and won the Wakefield, trophy for Britain.
"Am I such a fool?" sneerid | of the mystery! Bugo. "Nobody saw that note Lut The police-pergeant was sayings Fedden and me. When 1 got in" was in luck. When I phoned to him, I saw how it was with him. through to Easthampton Mr. Main-)
note-gotting waring here was on the spot. Ile I looked for that rather to look for notes just now, came right away in his car. I aren't we? Well, it was there, thought we'd use no fime over this hidden under his body. Nobody bad business, Mr. Rigg, so I brought
She went into her room, and uld have seen it without lifting him straight to you."
locked the door with a signifcunt "Quite right, sergeant, guid the baily. I lifted it-ugh! I
loudness. Her room was big and know what death's like now."
Otto Rigg, affably, but warily. "I bright and enpty, but as she book "Don't anivel," cried Ollo. "We am most anxious to co-operale ed round it she knew it was no more
Where's the Anything Fean tell you is cum-than a prison. can't do that now. note
pletely at your disposal. Won't you Pvn brought it."Huge began ait, down to search, fumibling through his pockets. "Surt of note we'd expect.
the
Going to the French window, she stepped out on to the baleany that ran round the house. Walking. the boxes of plants that edged the balustrade, she glanced down into the garden.
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troubling to hide himself from her, their worries in the way of what They wanted her to know that they to wear.
the astonishing origin of many of our most common words has made
In the slight bustle that followed Bannurd had come to him. this invitation Strauch drew to That Stannard had got him tight. Otto's side, spoke to him, Joyce That there was no way out. That gaught the word "girl." Otto look Stannard had made him send his ed stolidly at her, suid something money to the Public Trustee for the tu Stronch, and then turned to the usual reasons. Two hundred and detective and the policeman.
Strongh said: "Very well, Mr. Afty thousand pounds' worth of
Rigg, I will fetch the drink. He money."
"Exactly that sum ? Said Otto, went out, but Joyce knew that his
were going to make no mistakes The big question seems to be the dictionary the happy hunting- with a sudden and startling touch excuse to get the drinks in
absence of the servants wasn't his about her, that she was held tight.shall skirts be long or short? For ground for many. The manner in of weakness in his voice.
She went back to her room your leading designers have been which some of our most familiar Exactly that sumi, Otto," anver-end reason for going.
Otto sat down solidly. "Now, wearily, moving slowly with the heating the return of long words have arrived at their pre- Mr. Mainwaring," he began numbness of despair. She shutskirts.. Yet Hollywood is slow tjent meaning and spelling is often
Some stark look extremely curious. Olto seemed to sway a little. It "Shall I tell you what I know, or the windows and drew across them adopt them. was a moment or so before he said, will you pak me questions?" Ifis the thick blinds. She rarely did won the Issue as one which "How did 'Stannard get to him? eye fitted over the company, rested that, at now it was a gesture of quives deep consideration because on defiance, an indication to the man am sa important that my fans Vedden had a guard in his apparently for the first time
Jayre.
"Bless my soul, child," he outside that there was at least one will follow whatever style set." grounds,"
It seems that cloth manufac "I don't
said ingoaid, in accents of surprise, you place from which he could shut
turers are encouraging designers "The guard enw nothing. Fedden still re? One moment, Mr. Main- spies out.
As she pulled the last curtain to bring back long skirts. But the scems to have had his curtains over waring. Is there any need to keep his windows all the evening, so the my secretary here? She has had a across the glass she heard a move- sereen actresses rell, let them
speak for themselves. man in the grounds couldn't say very trying day, poor child. And ment behind her.
if you can excuse her. I think she A distinct movement that shot whether he had a visitor."
had best go to bed.” "Had he a visitor." "Oh, lord, I asked all those quex-
ef Hugo. "Darn accurate feller, Stannard, Always was, "hey"
a stabbing pain of terror through Otto Rigg had agreed with her.. Had her moment
Not Even When She's.Sixty, Long skirts? Pooh! I won't
Stroach. It was lost to get her outcome? Was this the moment when wear them when I'm sixty," de- of the way. She knew too much, they would kill her?
he would recognise the lies be in-
Let us consider a few examples. "Dirge" has at present 10 2 literary technical, but only sense, and means sometimes mournful song, but usuall a solemn service, or part of a ser vice, on behalf of a departed soul.
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Originally the word was spelt "dirige," being the first word of the antiphon at the beginning of the opening psalm of the first nocturne used by the Roman Catholic Church in the Office for the Dead. Tho'entire antiphon is:
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tions, man. "It's the same as with Gamlin and Maler-if he had one nobody knows anything about it:"
"How is it you heard about this tended to tell this Mr. Mainwaring, alarmed, Miss Alleyn.. menn "What, good does it da. girls to have pretty legs if they must keep The perfect young man's mild harm to you." -Brat?" demanded Otto,
Clerks in 'minor orders, and even She swung about almost with a them covered? If a girl is knock- "Oh, I wasn't surping your and blue eye came round to her.
kneed, that's different. But if she laymen, used to be commissioned privileges," sneered Hugo. "He smiled amlably, boyishly-butery.
In one corner of the room a deep has anything like shapely legs by rich persons to sing psalms for appears that Fedden's butler heard somehow there was quite a sur
prising tendiness and appraise clothes cupboard was built into the he should show them. That's the souls of their reintives, and, of some noise like shouting.
|course, received money, for doing and knowing, from rumour, that ment in his glance. For a mement solid wall. The door of this was why God gave them to her,"
"favour the long gowns fo so. When the office had come to Fodden was mixed up with strange it seemed to Joyce that he under.open.
In the doorway stood evening wear," pys Dolores Cos-be called a dirige, the term dirige- happenings, ran. In the room-und stood the meaning underlying Otto's
Stannard.
Itella. "They have better lines money naturally arose suggestion. found him already dead."
Then he said easily: "I'd be
(To be continued.)
and are more graceful than abre payment mode in respect of sing- "Yes," murmured Stronch,
viated skirts. But for generaling it.
"Bug" is a shortened form of rogue. To-day a villain means "that'd be it. Stannard was com- the hast person to rob a lady of her
wear. I'm for the knee-lengta "Shibboleth" is of Hebrew the Latin word "omnibus," liter-scoundrel. ing away from Fedden across the rest. Certainly it is more impera-
The eighth annual meeting of
dresses. Imagine playing golf or origin. To-day it is often on the ally "for all." Omnibus
As a final choice let us take Common when-when the other live that this lady should have her
new type of "checkmate." It remains stil. as rest rather than answer dull ques- the Kowloon Residents Audocia tennis in a long skirt-and a viripe of politicians, and means a term given to a thing happened."
can't go home and change clothes party watchword. The story of vehicle which made its appearance "Oh, you have something to additions. If there is anything we tion will be held in St. Andrew's ovary time she wan's to do any-(this word is to be found in the in the days of Dr. Johnson. Curf-1a tochnical word in the game of to the story, too," said Hugo. want to learn from her, it will keep Church Hall to-day,
at 6 p.m. thing."
Bible (Judges XII.) Hebrew ously, it was a slang word in the chess, but it has entered every- "Well, let me finish mine. The until to-morrow-or, rather, later.
"Both piles are wrong as far it meant an ear of corn. It was eighteenth century, but in itanyonge with the meaning "Lo butler got scared, as butlers will, in to-day."
I am concerned," says Irene used by the Gileadites to test the modern abbreviated form is quite frustrate." Checkmate is a cor
rupted form of two Persian words lich. Til compromise and wear Ephraimites who could not pro- respectable. mine a few inches above my nounce the letter "sh":--
Most people know that "dales" "shah mat" (the king is flood y ankles. That's where
"And the Gileadites secured the in literally the day's eye, but how The origin of the game of chess. should be anyway."
fords of the Jordan, by which many will recognise the French itself is doubtful, but it was in "No one will ever see me in an Ephraim was to return. And phrase "dent de lon" (the lion's troduced into Europe from the extremely long skiel unless I an when any one of the number came tooth) in our familiar dandelion? East by the Arabs and the Moors in costume picture which de thither in the flight, and said I Few words have such a varied who invalded Spain in the eighth mands and then I'll change beseech you let me pass, the history as "villain". During the century. It is probable that the inia my own shorter dresses jus: Gileadites said to him: Art thou Roman occupation of Britain a Arabs, were acquainted with the as quickly as I can." tiny. Mnot an Ephraimite? If he said, "villan" meant a: Roman, official Persian phrase "shah mat," which MeAvoy, deulares, "I like thon, I am not, they asked him who usually owned a house or an in process of time became "check short although I do feel tall and Saythen, Shibboleth, which is estate, which was called a villa. mnte." stately in a long gown. I will Interpreted, an ear of corn. During the middle Ages the word Torego that feeling though."-
But he answered, Sibboleth, deteriorated in meaning, and from: not being able to express an ear being the chief man on an estate Mr. Ben Turner, speaking at How Myrna Feels. of corn by the same letter. Then it became a term assigned to the Edinburgh described the indus "I don't care whit the designers presently they took him and kill-lowest class of tenant under the trial conference as a very fine eny," don't cares Myrna Loyed him in the very passage of the Feudal System. With the change thing. Reform must be slow, but in meaning went a change in spell- the foirt body would meet soveral have always worn my dresses long Jordan,"
"Tragedy" and "tragic" ing, and in Norman times a times before reaching preliminary or short as 3 pleased and I'll con- tinue to de sour Everyone else commonly used. Tragedy means "villain" was a serf: As a villein conclusions. What was satisfac The ex-was bound to the soll, and had tory was that a new spirit and can wear skirts that will sweep literally a goat-song. the ground if they want to, but planation of this strange combinatitle, opportunity of acquiring the mesango had arlson which bald:
As he spoke he rose politely and He telephoned to the doctor, and you, Otta. You, it appears, had opened the door for her, and again A man whe just gone out. I went round at Joyce feit despair. once, and found the situation as I could be so fechly, tritely gallant as this had no chance against such describe."
"Did you find the the other cold, cunning brains as Otto and his things as usual?"
erew,,
Yet, as he stood by the door, his The books and papers you-mean? back to Otto and Huge, the young! Quite as usual. As with Gamlin, man shot at her a cool, shrewd
with 18 with Maker, so it was Fedden, every book and every pri- glance, a glance that seemed full
of acuteness and knowledge. vate paper connected with 15-was In the hall she saw why Stroach
gone.
had slipped out. He had called one Joyce saw Otto sng a little, and of his spies into the house, had the breath came through his teeth given him instructions. As the in a sharp hisa. Hugo had opened passed the pair she felt the spy star- his eyes and was staring at him,ing at her, felt the savage glance neering at him, as though he were of Stronch. Half-way up the stairs glad to give this massive, cold brate she heard Stroach say, callously: pain at lost.
"And remember it, if she gives you T
the slip-Gawd help you."
"And Fedden knew a lot, Otto,”
By the time she reached her door ho said, softly.
"Yes, he knew a lot," muttered the man was at the end of the pas
sage, sitting on a choir, 'watching
Otte. Yes, an awful lot." He her. She was a prisoner to be kept walked heavily to the window, and under strict, serutiny. stool staring out Into the darkness
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