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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
Murder At Bridge
by ANNI AUSTIN
DEGAN HERE TO-DAY.'
at
Joanity Settle intordered as the with by dromat Falde will he be during Brite party. Carol; the presen
of the healy.
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which they held as if the game WHre real.
WEDNESDAY,
apades, Mrs, Drake contributing the four, dummy taking the trick with the ncs, and Penny relinquishing
three.
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the wody were a eno- which a produly were Judge Marshall entered the room at that moment. Judge Marshall, making Authorial Cogital ......
to be as o great ellort
Jaunty, Sumer bed and I'd Up Dundee, his watch still in his debonair and "young for his age.
TEAD OFFICE: 127. Leadenhall Strest, andor FC. 3. Teatria that Hulls Brad, a hand, advanced to the bridge table, bo med have thought he looked ili n
WERT LONDON BRANCH Binder, after box to a conded Strolling from player to player, he when the real game was being play-
14-15. Cockspar Street, London, R.W.J. atury of the afterman, tently aka the purites mental photographs of each ed.
At his step Karen lifted her hend,
Tafleur to take the malone they held team to deal hand, then took his stand behind
BRANCHES-Ramday, Cairulta.
Sinen ing of the "hath based until the discorrer Peany's chair to observe the horri-smiled tremuloudy, and preeted her
Poor elderly and with a childlike joy Colombo, Hongkong, Medro, Khansial. Penny Crate, the district attorney's were bly farcial playing of it.
AGENCI—In all the principal towns of Jacy: Karen Marshall, who dare the little Penny! he reflecig She and womanly tenderness:
the world, "Hullo, darling! at the bridge table to replay the hand. Lohadn't had a chance against that
General Exchange and Hanking win I may have. ausia, filia's only woman friend, standa bas dumbbell across the table from her.ing to make a little slum I
approvmi security. Current and Fixed Deposit Flurs Miles, who left de nom hele the Fuey anyone's doubling a little been foolish to bid, but Nita jumped tracted Loans sad overdrafte ranted t
socotenta opened. cealin at the and, more to the telephone Ini alam bid on a hand like Carolyn me from two to five spades"
Janet Bayrake's
"Let's have a kok, sweetheart." BAVINGS BANK ACCOUNTA:—interret the foyer leide Nia's bedroom. mund us out on the front porch. Paily alant frun who was explicabdy
Karen's hand trembled as the the retired judge suggested pom-allowed at rates which west be objalned on Eleale. toncheen, goes it the sudarium, meeting drew the nine of clubs from The pously, and Dundee gave way to naher, Citive tamed Dunden wendete why Hammond did sat come in to get his win, dummy, but Pemy's flagers were make room for him behind Karen's They begin to repky the bridge hand, with quite stendy as she followed with chair.
Karen els the bid for is the deuce of clubs, to which Karen
lady, and neodra Drako take the placen
vide shem.
Karen declarer, and Penny acting a Nita, Karen's partner. apaches, reubird and padotzbleet,
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Pacersante traveling Home and are recom which can be crabad through the Turner of any P. and O. or D. L. & N. Stramer or at any But before the judge looked athe Branches of the Corporation. added, with a trace of charactoria-his wife's cards, he bent and kissed Lic and rather charming ancer-her on her flushed, fair check, and tainty, the eight.
Karen raised a hand to tweek his
Dundee, with "There's
our book! Carolyn grey moustache. "Oh, this is too horrible!" Karen Drake exulted conscientiously, bat raised eyebrow, queried Penny, and at the girl nodded shortly, conveying Marshall monned, as Penny Cralu
Nila Selim's he cast an apologetic glance again slipped into
aat prepared to lay down Penny, "If we take one more trick the Information. grudgingly it is chair
we set them." her band
And it was horrible even il vi- tally rssary for these three to have to go through the faree of playing rider hand while one of the original players was now
ut on tarble ent at the more
But he said nothing, for Tracey Malwa ale ady lotering In the
Tor doorway, ready cairn
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true,
way the
that this was the "Fat chance!" Penny obligingly scene had really been played when ended, and Dundee, relieved, there was no question of acting.
"I'm getting out my trumps, confided sweetly, knew that the farcical game would be played now almost exactly, and darling." Karen with the same comments, as had she renched for the being played while Nita Selim was spades-the only remaining tramp being mur:tered. Thanks to Penny in the dummy.
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. Beidling and with a great shone Drake them Penny, or rather "Nita." as she of tramph, Carolyn
becatur,jed the dence of diamonds, to which weed muraendousty wns saying:
Kare added the jack from the Hey's this. Karen darling?" asunmay,
and gon
"I wish you'd got which Karena i hid down the are and dence of shruggingly placed her king, to find Hugo, and hadn't buttes in be spades Karen's trumpe.
the trick, as she had suspected in fore tri hand was played." Ca... Franced. the original game, trumped by the gn Drake aputtered. "That was one dive of spades, since Baren had mis, duly chunker, I suppose, to have set diamonds at all.
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lon't mind." Karen Feed Depoalts at Rates that may in
P. THOROUGO()!), begged, "Hugo just wanted to help wined an applicatio is, because he knows I'm such a dub at bridge--"
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"I hope yone remember a are voornerable,
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{1*4tL* Carolyn Drake remarked in a surry imitation of her original cocksured.
"So that sottle the offensive optinism of 4 | Penny somamented billagly. Bad rider player who think she Her partner rose to this role she as ali opened the was playing. "Well, oa I told you, Is really po
the king of always double a little stam on playing
by leading holes.
principle. Besides, how could I "And how's thes, partner" & sin know they would have a chance for gleton in clubs Nita's imitator eross-ruling in both clubs and dia-
Hoods? The 1
I thought [demanded triumphantly Leontinued 1 lay down her dummy last holl the ace of diamonds og Karen took his suggestion and led our own band?" Penny suggested |
the we, with a
You could
t
"The Best little player in town-
Fenation
"Why not simply tell us, Karen, Hongkong that the rest of the trumps are intonatul caustically.
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Smiling adoringly at him again.
the six of inonda from the
"I didn't mean to do anything damnty; Pony covered it with the aine: Karen ruffed with the seven wrong." Karen pleaded, as she led of spades, and Mrs. Drake lugubri-now with the jack of hearts, which
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band. patit the lone nine of that Karen would certainly have chals beside triumps; and this lit-one, as I only had four of them
collection of hearts!" as she "And the dummy sitting there displayed and arranged
string of six diamonds king. right and four of hearts: Penny retorted; then, with a shrug,
religiously: "umt also this as a length of dia-"Oh, well! Play bridge!" for Karen
"I can go on gelling my trumps "Always cover an honour with an her cards motul ace, jack, ten, eiglit, seven was sitting staring at
out now, can't 1. Hugu Karen honour-or should I have played and as tithered down the glossy helplessly.
get 11 guess I'd better my quavered, and at her husband's second hand low. Penny?" -topped tack surface of the bridge table!
led they the nee in the dummy, the trick smiing permission, she "Now if trumps out," Karen--HOW almost toward Karen Marshall.
king. Carolyn had to put down what being completed by Penny's three. actress, you don't make your little slam, genuine
ton-breathel
have foolishly thought
At that point John C. DrakeHosurve Fund infant, don't dare say 1 shouldn't tremulously. "I do wish-wish Nita he must
trick-the jack of marched into the room. strode have jumped you to five!”
were playing this hand, I know I would take
spades: the dummy gave up the straight to Dandee and spoke with somehow "This is where 1 enter," Tracey muff
. cold anger: Miles witisqered hoarsely to Dun- "Good kid!" Dundee thought, and deace, and Penny followed with her der, then, at a nod from the young tank the liberty of patting Karen Inst trump, the eight.
Karen counted on her fingers. "Enough of this nonsense! detective, the pudgy little blond-on her slim shoulder. man strode jauntily into the living The girl-wife throw him an up her eyes on the remaining trumps, refuse to act like a puppet room, praad of himself in the role ward lance of gratitude through in her own hand, then smiled tri-year amusement. !"
of Relor.
he called genially, Fondly, but Here was a quiver of horror in his voies jus
"Hell, everybody How's tricks?
Spr
Penny was prate pale when sh
fron lee chir int herd vote remet to be Nita's very own. a. she gang out perrily:
"It ca't be 5itto already* Then: heaven I'm dammy, and can run and monk melt prettys pret:
fu you and all the other street bie vrou. Tracy darlin!!!
His
Dundee's keen avad memory registered th slight difference in the wording of the "retin as |rapanted by this pado.Nita and the man he was running to sport. But he made no esment.
We haNU taking in the Imounting Au-hon Tracey Miles' florid, round face, the involuntary glaces of repunaner exchanged by Karen Marshall and Carolyn Drake, and the sudden brimming af tours in Lois Dunlap's kind eyes,
Leyea
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Bui Penny, as Nita, was already straightening Tracey Miles' neck- tie with possessive, coquettish fin- gers, was coaxing, head tucked:
"Tracey, my oumest lamb, won't you shake up the cocktails for your poor little Nita? Everything's Yready, on the sideboard, or 1 don't
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Then Ponny was on her way, or rather an Nita's journey, to meet death, pausing in the doorway to blow a kiss from her ngertips to the Intuously grinning but how quite pale Tracey Miles."
Unobtrusively, Dundee drew his watch from his pocket, palmed It us he noted the exact minute, then commanded curtly: "Go on!"
As Tracey Miles passed the first bridge table Lois Dunlap linked her arm in his, saying in a voice she tried to make gay and natural: "I'm trailing along, Tracey. Sim- ply dying for a sip of Scotch! Nita's is the real stuff-which in more than my fussy old Pete can yet half the time and you know I loathe cocktails.
The two passed on into the din ing room, the players scarcely rais- ing their eyes from their cards,
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