THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, DECEMBER 28. 1931.
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Our photo shows the cargo-steamer Munteon helpless on jagged rocks near Point Rayar, off the California coast. The
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Princess Ingrid of Swedan, after an extended visit to England, is back in Sweden, where, this picture would suggent she does not escape household dutina. Princess Ingrid 1. cen at right washing dishes at a culinary school.
Our photo shows the closing scene in the contest in Paris recently when Young Perez, the awarthy Tunis bozer, knocked out Frankie Gonaro, the Ryw eight champion of the world,
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Gems of Peril
BEGIN HERE TO-DAY.
Wicks old Men, Jupiter in rubbed and r deres during the engagement party she given
Iur tier avereinry, Mary Hiteknew.
HAZEL IPOSS HAILEY
MATY'} tape-grace brother, Eddie, war to have been spanking. dolid at the murder hour. No who known thaisut Mary.
Shell her fance, Dirk Kuyther,
Will Mr. MacDonald, right, suffer the same fate a did Mr. Lloyd George, at the hands of the Tory party? Both man seemed to be in deep thought when this picture was taken of them together.
ing on her, and no wonder. Vivaci
around
Dirk had said he was sorry, but hunts Eddir. He arranges a rendezvous with knowledge of their having "made
who his spirits did not rise with the tie of her. Brown of the Star delve Mary them instead, Eddie I ran 13)," Mary noticed worriedly. He gone," she smiled wryly down and killed as he crosses the treat to was quiet and abstracted during the table, her eyes lingering on Dirk could go. meel Mary.
Inspector Kann drape the
dinnor, and his conversation was Dirk's. "I can't say as much my Элем CRAC, Heving Edle the murderer. When Mary pro- confined chiefly to baiting the dar-self. After all, he's stony brake sneered. en:etrack gambler called The Fir to whom passed right over her pretty yel-eher, or something, wasn't he?
ing Ethel with avenom which and he was once a dancing ten- Mary. low bead.
Well, imagine!"
tool he tells her Mr. Jupiter and Dirk believe the same lawen telle Mary there lan
her brother owed money.
eres Mary cunt he Jupiter house the night of the murder. It
found in the
Mary was suffering an attack of
Is having been worn by "gateersabar" he
CHAPTER XV.
At the door Dirk turned back, hesitantly,
"Mother's expecting us for din-
ner,
kei
Marriage into the British Peerage means the end of singe life for Adele Astuiro (above), who has confirmed reports of hor engagement to Lord Charles Cavendish (below), younger son of the Duke of Devonshire. They first met while Tha WES playing in
London.
"But I don't
"Well, when are you going to nor hanner there was no oppor-
her heart to beating again.jor were dreaming. She was sen- Nothing ever happens at our
house if she thought her
of
honent perplexity. own a lighter
"Dirk, my dear!" Cornelin pro tested, In a small shriek.
"I gave it to you!"
Dirk was obviously performing a Ethel's effervescence had its feat of recullection. "Oh, that one! ty was not Cornelia's manner and nadir, also, Mary she did it badly. She abandoned it amusement, in a sulky ill-humour I ever had it. Thanks! Thanka a noted with It's been lost so long I'd forgotten suddenly and turned on her friend which must make friendship with lot!" with one of those quick changes her a rackety business. Or was of feeling which were characteris-she merely flattering Cornelia cle- now, and from the way the angry It was Cornella's turn to flush verly? Mary didn't know and colour beat in her checka Mary felt "She's ga-ra about him. Simply really didn't care. Oh, let the actual fear of her. She looked dan- time go by quickly so that she and gerous. And when a dangerously
"I don't want him." Cornelin eral
angry woman is coupled with sev I millions of dellara, almost any She turned abruptly to thing can happen-though Mary at the moment had no clear idea what, Cornelia, perhaps. to her brother's. The Jupiter buter recognises intense loneliness of spirit. Since ed.
another murder at your After "But he gave it up!" Ethel pout-house?" elected the night of the murder. Dirk she had rushed out of Mr. Jupi-
"He said the strain of holding!
tunity for the lovers to be alone, Mary wus Mary to go on with the Investigation ter's
up drunken debutantes
completely takon for Dirk was suddenly inspired to because his family objects to notoriety.
s presence to hide her tears at hard on him. So now he just sits led on, "don't apologize. I haven't bubbling Ethel as playmate. They was too aback. "My dear," Cornelia rata cultish sort of gayety with the his remarks about her brother it in night clubs and sulks." had been coming on. And when
had such a She seemed to have run out of She turned to Ethel with
good time in years." walked imaginary chalk-lines with Dirk turned to go, for one terrify-broath, and to be waiting for com- sumption of her vivacious air but carefully poised heads, while Mrs.
Instant ahe had felt utterly ment.
area basket of glaced ants on their
turned back, just in time to bring She and a funny, far-off, feeling
in the world. Dirk had
Mary felt the sting underlying her Ruyther pleaded for her expensive Mary was only half listening. words. Can't we postpone talking the breath back into her lungs and as if she were not quite present, by the best-looking policeman!
rugs; they pummeled each other "Searched, if you can believe it, with about this until later?"
pillows and juggled minte and He couldn't bear to quarrel, But that one instant bad taught sitive to every movement,
from the sideboard. Mrs. either, his eyes said.
looked faintly grey her "Of course,"
njosaan. She had loved Dirk expression of Dirk's the rest was have to be content with marquises carefully reared son was losing his
overy
like that." She Mary replied, and before but never like this. What-
sighed. We got her wraps and follow. ever she must do to keep him, she feels a backdrop for her own and such. Synthetic thrills. Just mind. Never
They were very quiet on the
would do-for
drama. if she
again. Mary guessed a hollow life of pleasure, n'est ce with amusement, would she give a she lost him, no- over and it was not until Dirk had thing viso mattered.
Mrs. Ruyther dutifully made pas? She laughed, and rested her dinner of this kind! "Oh, my dear, I've
conversation. "You might have head against the back of the chalr winding drive and under the por tell
Cornelia played Chopin wistfully you,"
burbled breath-should like to have met him," shej
in, the music-room. It finally be- kissed her quickly and said "I'm silences that fell like a blight on
during one of the remarked surprisingly.
in the uncomfortable silence that came apparent that no one WILS Borry,"
followed, broken only by Ethel's coming in to lean the dinner-table. It was ten that Coun
doesn't really
romantically "I'm sorry, 'too." Mary had time sibly an aalde, but since a pin-fall he's a gunman. There's something meal.
rate giggle, Dirk spoke to Cornelia for the piano and she came out again, to whisper before they went into could have been heard in the room, rather-sinister about him.
Cornelin laughed. "I think the first and last time during the sukily, and sat down with her the house.
dress Lahe
high, smoking furiously. have been speaking inte
"Cut it, Con," he said. Heavens, thought Mary. he's phone
Turning the pages of a magazine Cornelin's veiled ayos glittered busily, she watched the breathless grandest man, my dear! Probably just some little to of angelly for a second, but she made antics of Dirk and Ethel out of the who was inspired to unbelievable him." Th, and she introduced! "ahalk" with a fair for dramatiz-| negligent hand in his direction, and, cept Cornelia and the girl, Ethel. Ethel him,
the speakersies, some collegiate quick recovery heights of kittonishnens by the chanted glances. "Ho's a marquis Billy as these two girls now seem-if she had just remembered some-ery simply sat. It was
She waved a corner of her eye. two girls sexchanged en-ing himself. Had she ever been as spoke through a mouthful of loe, as situation, of which she apparently or something, whatever it is they ad?, She was exactly Cornolia's high, Dirk, don't let to forget to looked sufficiently bored, had full knowledge. That much have In
to her, which did not America. Handsome, was evident overy twinkling and
uge,
but much older-
amuse her much. Perhaps I sho Dirk 80g bratal! He has what more like a settled matron, nowa- give you your lighter. It's in my would take her home nella to Mary, and back again,
Evon "Mother Ruyther," as Cor-round, of course he looks at you clubs take him in," Mr. Rurther
fascination is, only the other way "Не
car" she said lightly and fleked She had novor liked her father- nolia
persisted
when he alsted in calling het, soon the world were the only woman in observed. looked as
Mary felt herself fush. Did said, with a humorous quirk of the sho regretted her in- world." vitation and her thin, aristoreratie
Coruolia just think that up or had eyebrow which seemed to make noso began
to look a bit plashed at know It's a line, but you swallow shrugged a sulky, shoulder at her again and fly at that slyly trium- And brought out the board.
Ethel nodded confirmation. "You buked Cele hot stony, Ethel re- Dirie really boeli esting her the them confidantes. They tell me Cornella's description. She would have liked to be a little girl you're not a bad cribbage player?" the nostrils, as if she wore holding it--and my dear, you love it! Peal-friend. She only says that bephant face and scratch it. Instead, in her feelings with an effort, As tively" She sighed blissfully.
She was tired and sleepy enough, cause sho's got bucketfuls-herself, she lifted her water-gines with to before the went Be just like her to stop in and take steady fingers and prayed that her Cornelia won out simply by sitting wished to be kind, prevented hor like, Mary was sure. The atrain leave poor little ne out in the Lighter?" Dirk was saying, in (Continued on Page 21,)
Cornelia's veiled eyes hold dis- him, just because he can, and face did not betray the way she on the davenport until Dark ell giving the blonde chit a verbal of playing up to Elhal was went
upon it in sheer axhaustion, the
way
tooled the little car up the abrupt,
tico, and put on the brake, that he fesse Cornelio much to brought him along to-night. I inzily, half-closing her eyes.
It was an awful dinner. Every a
one was ellent and depressed, ex-
met hi
"Oh.
2
glance she sent from Dirk to Cor- they say Peggy Hopkins Joyce's days n't be broke if the night! malicioue eyes in Mary's face. “In-law-to-be so much 08-
a matter of fact only considera-
tion for Cornelia, to whom she
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