THE - HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1931.
MEET OF THE BEAUFORT: BIBLE TEXT FIND: SCHOOLBOY RUGGER.
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Duke of Beaufort's Hant met at Cherington, and our picture, taken by a staff photographer of The Times, shows hounds moving from the village to draw Cherington Wands. The Duke of Beaufort, joint Master, who hunt the pack on
certain days, in ieen on the 'right,
Gems of Peril
HUGIN HERE TODAY.
Rich M, Jupiter is rubbel and hat.)
fered during the engagement parly she gives
for her memory, Mary Jackie", blurs a
HAZEL IROSS HAILEY
dragsginer barhed, itdie, in supposest to have the understood that the
beris apsautta at the mander hour, taly Mary for Eddie's murderer
know this.
avarch
had beer.
Mary's Baner, Disk Rayther, whyisen her to ruitless because there had been
keng will warrant to admit no search, except of the most cur- Exfille errety until he can locate the box. Mary Devel 12 and from testing Howel sory sort.
at the star at the unknown valur, Dirk "Let the matter drop." Well, she telephones that he a land a ralt frams E
and wid take Mary to see him that after. Who was most directly concerned
Birk overbes and Bowen drive Mary to the rendezvou. Edule is killed by a car sa he crossce w atret. e mosblee about ly betort es. Weke pans al tape SAT K drop the car, Bellovice Ed the murderet. When Mary
han
Selle Joe Buth Mr. Jugiler and Disk eleva
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CHAPTER XL
drop, and never would be while the mystery of Eddie's "accident" re- mained to plague her mind with harrowing suspicions.
was not satisfied to let the matter
New dignity eat on the girl's alim shoulders as she faced the police inspector and her voice was calm and determined.
INCH
Our picture shows a loaf of the papyri referred to by Sir Frederick Kenyon a providing "most remarkabla addition to the textual material of the Greek Bible". It contains a part of the Romans, Chapter 13, Verse 24 and following It is the property of Mr. Chester Beatty who has loaned it to the British
Museum (Times copyright).
Marlborough beat Clifton at Marlborough by 12 points to zothing. The Grat half of the game was evenly contested with no score, but after this Marlborough gradually got the upper band. Our picture shows the break up of a scrummage in mid-field. Clifton are in white- (Time opright).
Before the disclosure that not "No, you're wrong. You can't anty Inspector Kane, but old Mr. dismiss us as lightly as that. 1 Jupiter tumself, and even Dirk, may be an imaginative
woman, believed her brother had robbed and a relative, but Mr. Bowen is and murdered Mrs. Jupiter, Mary neither. And he seems to be the ant stunned,
"Even if that were true, as you rares what happened to Eddie.
only person besides myself whol say," she got out presently, "there Even Dirk, my fiance," she stum- still remains the qucation---who bled on the loved name, killed Eddie?"
changed lately. He doesn't want Kane lifted exasperated eye to talk about the case. I don't brows.
know why, unless But she de- "But you saw the enr that kill-cided to keep her personal affaira ed him!" he said, as it dealing, to herself. She drew up sharply. with an unreasonable child. "Just "I do know that Eddie was kill- another of these hit-and-run drived, deliberately. Mightn't it have than a kite. era. It's murder, of course. But heen the other follow, the one he let it pass. nine out of 10 of them aren't.owed money to? Why hasn't bad break, going and coming, but caught. It's too bad. But if you anyone found him? He's the one don't let that spoil your life.. Inok at it another way, it's mercy.", who's really to blame!"
The storm of resentment that "You can Bil There and say What do you know about the had racked Mary during Kane's re- that!" Amazement and desperation other fellow Kane asked suspi-velations had left her more calm- made her bold.
clously.
ly purposeful then she had ever
Now, why don't you Your brother got a
"But what do you want the mat- The same as you do. That if been in her life. With ley hande ter stirred up for?" Kane was get-Eddie did and I don't believe she took out her powder compact, ting wrought up. You ought to it for a minute he was made to and carefully dusted her pose, set ບ glad it'n Anished. Your do it by the man he owed money her hat at the correct angle, snap- brother's better off where he is to."
back
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hor
than if he'd lived, to take the rap.
hed her purse shut, put on You'd rather see him killed acci-
gloves and stood up. Кане xmiled tolerantly. "I│ "Thank you for all you havo dentally than live to go to the elee-wouldn't say that, Miss Harkness, done, Inspector," she told him with tric chair. wouldn't you. Believe That's only a me, he's lucky."
theory. You've a chilly little smile, and went out "lectric chair?" The urey eyes
nothing to
It up."
quickly. blazed scorn at hin
"Haven't I? Then
find Her abrupt departure left In- "You don't something. I'm going to prove spector James Kane considerably mean that. And Eddie wasn't that Eddie had no part in that nonplused. killed accidentally. You know crime if it's the last thing I ever better than that, too. You can do." Her small fist beat the table- get eyewitness testimony of a by way of emphasis. dozen people"
"Eye-witness testimony
na she left the police officer's pre- worth a damn." anid
"As you please, Miss Harkness," Bence, however. As she Inspector he said, "but I think you're making down the stairs to the street floor Kane with finality. "People don't a big mistake. You're know what they sce.
her spirits dropped rapidly.
get
isn't
Kane pursed his lips.
#
very
•
The hauteur Mary had donned for his crashing deported as soon
went
Our picture illustrates the Mural decoration and modern lighting in the naw post office in the Rus de la Rostle, Paris, which was inaugurated recently-(Times copyright).
fuck," he reported, "but maybe kept her eyes
their
He waggled his eyebrows archly Bottled his tie with a flourish
(Continued on Page 15,)
If one says lucky girl" Mary moved impa- Woll, welll Little children of this'll do." He covered her with avoid it, they all say it. They want to tiently, but he fixed her with an the storm," observed
on her plate to in on the excitement, that's earnest eye and continued. "You're volco.
a famillerit, hat and all, turned up his own glances. After they had gone out, It was the reporter, Bo cont collar, and they ventured Bowen preened himself extra- bold, admiring
ut Mr. Bowen and I both saw. you?" he asked abruptly.
no rolation to the Jupiters, are wen. "Say,
I've been looking forth. Several everywhere for you. Got one or landed them breathless and laugh-"guese my rating with those birds We're not just people."
aprightly leaps vagantly. "Hmmm!" "Why no," Mary replied in eur-two little matters I wouldn't have ing in the dingy entry of a small is up 100 per cent! They'd give anid he. Kane laid a pencil down with a prise.
over with you. You wouldn't have one-time salcon, from which the their gold teeth to know who you decisive rap.
"You're hyppeil
Kane nodded him bead nagely. lunch with me, would you?" on the idea "Well, for an outsider, you're sit "I don't feel much like it.
smell of hot food poured like that somebody WAB after that ting in the lap of Luck, if you only thanks," Mary answered indiffer steam. It was dark inside and the brother of yours. And George Bo-knew it. Those two old people sot ently.
only walter, a repellent-looking wen is reporter for a sensational great store by you, and I under We could get a cab and go up; his pretty visitor as if a woman's
crenture in greasy black, stared at and nything stand one of the last acts of that town," he offered, or we could presence in the place were rare in newspaper. He'd see that would give him a big story." chi lady's life was to ask her law-drop in next door-if you don't
Mary shook her head. She was yer
to draw ip adoption papers for mind eating in an abandoned older herself in the That no offer Better him away,
When they had ordered and sent "baby brother" she was finding ex out wild, and you're all they had. clear, "It'll perk you up.
Bowen apologized. cunes for, but she had grown up What the old min will do now his come!" His antica were irresistin good place to talk.
Is an awful
but it's Awiftly in these recent weeks. She wife's gone. la a question. But bly silly; Mary laughed and things off?" He took their wat your had lost faith in many things the way I get it, he don't hellove agreed. that had once been part and parcel you had a thing to do with it. The rain was coming down in and his own, and hung them to dry costs, the one he had loaned hor of her childhood's creed.
thinks it was all your brother's de-shoots. The Injustice
through Ing.
over the back of the two vacant "Got an umbrella? Wait her like slow polson, distilling "He wants to do the best he can ute, o ambalazat a mind chairs at their table. Then he❝SPORTING BLOOD black hatred for all these stupid by you. He knows thone In-laws- Mary heard his inquiring ballow place was empty except for two |looked about cautiously. The people who did not care what to-be of yours, the Ruythers, and echoing through the Judicial cor men who reso to depart, toothpicks cloud begrimed her brother's name, what stiif-nocks they are. He ridors. "Hoy]""" Anybody got an
of it wont
11
deed.
or her own, ao long as things were knows too much acandal right now umbrellat He came back quickly In "hushed up" and forgotten. Now could blow your romance higher with a top-coat over his arm. "No They are.
duke
Bowen explained, gotting out." Mary
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