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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
Murder At Bridge
by ANNE MUSTIN author of THE BLACK PIGEON
THE AVENGING Baitca", and TUURDER BACKSTALDE
CHAPTER XXXVI.
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and said It was no wonder Dexter just below the breastbone, / Cap-
"What did Drake de then? He'd had left without saying goodbye, tain Strawn saya.",
been playing anagrams with Mrs. considering how he'd been treated, Milos, you rupted.
sald," Dunder interThen Tracey said something ugly and sarcastic about Flora's being remember?- told disappointed heenuse Sprague had you Johnny had taken Peter's decided not to spend the whole place at our table after Peter re-evening- fused to breathe the same air as Dexter Sprague," Penny reminded interrupted, with keen interct.
"A first-class row, ch?" Dundee him. "Halph and I. 1ols, and
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"Whoa, Penny Dundee cried, his voice sharp with excitement. Get hold of yourself, darling Kiri. You're shaking all over ... I want to know everything you know as quickly and as accurate Go right on ly as you can tell it.
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"So Drake left the room, two," Dundee mused, "Oh, Lord! knew I'd find that every laat one the six had a chance to kill Sprague, as well as Nita!
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"No. She said she thought
the taxi, and passed from the porch Sprague got the job of directing ed off the porch and down "Poor Dexter Penny groaned,into the living room."
it. and Tracey said. So you call path, calling over her shoulder covering her quivering face with
"Where is the telephone?"
it playing-up, do you? It looked that she was going to take a walk. her hands. "To think that ho
"The one the guests use is on like high-powered flirting to me. Travey asked Johnny If he'd mind was dead all the time we were a table in the hall closet, where or maybe it was
mixing the highballs and bring- more than saying such horrid things about We put our things." Penny ex-flirtation!'
out the sandwiches. Sald Then Florn told ing dained, "You esa shut the duor him he hadn't acted jealous Whitson had left a thermos bucket "Don't waste sympathy on his hold a perfectly private con- the time, and that he knew he'd of ice cubes on the sideboard, Penny Dundee eut in, his volgeversation. Well, we never have been glad I she'd got. the some bottles of ginger ale, and n vry Pendle bat urgent. I saw Dexter Sprague again!” lead, Well, just then along tray of glasses and sandwiches. had freeded my warning Monday
"Good Lord! Another bridge|enme Janet--"
Told him he'd find decanters of he wouldn't be afend now.'
dummy murdered?" Dundee gruan- "Junct
Dunder Scotch and rye, and to bring out Raymond?" Penny "What do you mean?"
"At least the newspapers ejaculated. "I thought you said both." gasped, but he was alrendy trem-
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hand was played?"
"So she bad, but she said she "I had a strong suspicion that
"Nol straight off." Penny an-changed her mind, had been blue he was mixed up with Nità in her | blackmail schem, and I took thewered, with an obvious effort to all evening and needed cheering
detail. up." trouble to warn him not to try to remember clearly
"How did she get in?” "Let's Bee-Oh, yes! That hand with it," Dunder plained. "And no longer age than was played out before Ralph had
"She walked over from her "She came in with a pink water yesterday afternoon I got what I finishel playing his, at nar table.
so I was free to pay attention to house, which isn't very far from lily-snid she's been down to the was sure was final proof of my
the other table. Flora said that the Mileses", and simply came lily ponds, and that Flora had suspicion and hegged Strawa to assign a plainclothesmun le tail since they couldn't play another up the path to the porch," Penny enough to spare her one," Penny
She couldn't have Hankow hunt up she had seen Sprague on the road been away more than 10 minutes, thought she'd better afraid I was Temptation would be Too
Karen, who hadn't come back yet." it's the same road Dexter would because Johnny was just mixing
"How long was
Milea have had to take going down the the highballs, necording to our Mrx. for him, but Striya wenuldn't
road and she preference for Scotch or rye-or listen to me still clinging to his way from the porch?" Dundea bill to the main
aclest avfully queer-"
plain ginger ale, which both Ralph asked quickly. theory of a New York gauman.
“How?" Dundee demanded.
and I chose. After we'd had our Feeling batter now, honey?
"Oh, I don't know-10 minutes,
she
WI "Ex.etly As
would act, drinks and the sandwiches. She cane? Can you go on? I want
back alone, to get maybe. out to the Miles house as soon saying she had founi Karen in since she was in love with him, went on with bridge. Polly and
her bedroom-Flora's
of Penny retorted. "She turned very Johnny just wandered about the as I can."
"You're getting very--affection-course-crying inconsolably. Flora red, and asked if Sprague had in porch or watched the game at the
And tables:
About five to quired for her, and Flora
quite two ate, aren't you?" Penny gave him told Hugo he'd better go up
how her himself, since she evidently sharply told her he hadn't. Then minates after 11 Clive Iammond wobbly smile in which,
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in knotty problem."
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and (arge connections in the important composits in local and foreign curren- Polly said that probably he'd gone
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extend, to our clients for to the lavatory, which opens into The main hall and is next to these."--Penny answered wearily. "I've got my own knotty problem Who handle the lease of Bonds and Bank. library.
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When that call other Tubile Funds of the Chinese Government awaiting me. Peter's and laughing. Said she
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