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THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY, FEBRUARY
2, 1932.
TOWN PLANNING IN BEAUTIFUL ROME:DOUGIE AT ST. MORITZ.
A sketch illustrating Senator Corrado Ricci's plan for planting trees raund the Victor Emanuel monument in Rome. In addition to the second phase, in the operations for isolating the monument, the spining of the new road which is to Jain the Piazza Vanazin with the Coliseum has begun.-(Times copyright).
Car Wood, the American motorboat expert, made slower prag through the water when he took a spill from a skiff and had to swim for the shore. Photo shows the Commodora immediately after his ducking.
rup
Douglas Fairbanks on the ski near St. Morits, Switzer-
land recently.
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"THE KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE". A scene from Baumont and letcher's play, which in to be produced at the Old Vic. Miss Sybil Thorndika (vented
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The demolition of all buildings now standing betw can Tarjan's Forum and the Victor Emanuel Monument in Rome is now in progress, and our picture shows the houses have been demolished. The work is part of the scheme for the new planning of the city-(Times copyright).
Gems of Peril
BEGIN HERE TO-DAY.
HAZEL
Morf Markams slots to emanare The ROSS HAILEY
who framed” har brother, Eläle, with the
up the lowestigation.
Three days passed, na like as peus, except for the heat which Krew steadily worse. The glare
The air, sex and land transportation represented in this picture may presage a new form of taxi service. For the auto- giro is shown taking off from New York plar, where it had landed emid trucks and autos. Itu passenger was Juan Le La Cierra inventor of the craft, who had just landad from a finer,
That night-the night of the so softly that she was not aware fourth day Mary lay in her bed of it until he had gone. That staring wild-eyed into the dark was curious! Without stopping to ness. Sleep seemed farther away think, she kicked off her slippers than the hot stars that hung low and slipped silently along the wall and burning bright in a sky that after him. pressed down smotheringly
of the sun on the water was so above her porthole window,
| bright it seared the eyeballs. The
heat on deck was frightful but
just
At the first gangway she climb ed quickly up to take refuge in the She tried to shake it off, but the shadows under the lifeboat, perch- below stairs it was stilling. The heavy on her heart. The crowded the edge she saw him leaning over sense of impending disaster was ed there. Peering cautiously over tempera of all
on board the vents of the last few days-Dirk's the taff-rail, looking down at the
"Gypsy" were strained to mapping fight with De Loma, her anxiety little dinghy bobbing about in the
Mary sate for Mami on the Juplier yacht waist to Mary," he said. "I far- in the dinghy, sometimes returning/for her nervor. to a low The Fly, Bruce Joylur and "My apologies,"
Countess Louise, a nareționable friend, go
along. The vow to rout Mary, who they got myself." He turned and left. with
Inherliance.
OVER
for low. Bruce makes her give the breeches)
A
catel
murder of Mrs. Jasiler and zas him down viselike grip lobse from the rat. point so keep him from waliing, hibe la alded by Mr. Jupiter and lowen of the Star, Macy's By a visible effort of will De The boat's master alone re-for the necklace, his fiery resent uneasy sea, dance. Dirk Hurther, believer dia mulity Loma get his emotions under con-mained tranquil and appeared to mont at being brought aboard the
"Looks like a storm coming up." and breaks with Mary when the will set trol. He bowed stiffly from the be
unforeseen himself. Every yacht, and then this enjoying
A voico Just beneath her caused morning, before dawn, he was out mishap-had been almost too much her to jump. The Fly also must have been alartled, for he swung It was breathlessly hot. Mary about quickly, sometimes not comsider a goid-dlæger irying to steal Bruce's } The others had rushed to the Bates
Out of the shadows almust under Diuen quaresia with LouiÏEN:
stayed behind, smoking slipped on a thin black silk coat
on deck diataond bracelet she sare belongs rall and were offering suggestions interminably, in the ahade of the and stepped out on deck. Through Mary's nose the sailor 10 Mary. De Loma Ave it to her a security about the recovery of the stones. bridge, unobstrusively keeping an the open portholes of Mr. Jupit watch appeared and strolled over to Mary, who singovern it was stolen from "You can see them, by daylight, eye on things. There was noer's stateroom came the sound of to the rail to join him. Men. Justler the night she was killed. Why not leave them there tillonger any pretence of association his heavy breathing. He, at least, "Storm, ch?" He turned back to Looks, Mary lesena The Fly. Usior
where like a morning?" was Louise's surprising between the others. All were could sleep, and she was thankful staring at the sea, the Jupiter necklace as bait, Mary danem Auggestion.
The sailor apparently was lone- tense, waiting, while overhead, in for that. with him. He gets from her by russ "And have them washed off then corner of the chart-room, the There was a faint breath of air come for someone to talk to, and .then Xlasen her. Dick knocks him down
aboard the yacht, the "Oz The Fly o stapped.
benzed and unconscious. Dirk taken reef, perhaps? Nonsense!" Bruce tinkering with the radio apparatus scarcely more than a stirring. was not to be easily repulsed.
went endlessly on.
She stood gratefully a mément in "Yas, sir, it certainly looks like along and tries again to steal the necklaca. Bowen given Mary proof that the counts Mr. Jupiter remained soated. He Mary kept to herself the the black shadow cast by the upper we were in for a good one. Soe
20 Adventures. The "arbay" all with was apparently unruffled by the monotony all on board. The Fly realise he hat walked mishap and called up to the bridge too--but she did not go near Dirk wrap. Back along the deck
was wearing on her, deck, almost invisible in her black that black patch over there? That's one forming or I miss my guess. tato & trap. The "Gypy" gore ground on Hondricks. The captain or again. The invalid's ankle was [stateroon door opened and some-
(Continued on Page 10.) of old Fort Tatterson Prison Brasty driveered two men over the side to so much improved that he was one stopped out on deck. Mary dive for the necklace and in 10 able to be carried on deck, and hesitated, uncertain whether to minutes one of them had found it there he and an amtable steward turn back. The other moved to the and roturned it.
played bridge for hours on end, (rall and stood there, apparently un- But the truco was over. Before De Loma had gone to his state-aware of her existenco. The girl De Loma pushed Mary roughly long what remained of the party room the night, the necklace had stepped further back into
the to one side and learned over the broke rall, pooring down into the clear Mary to her stateroom.
up. Bates walked with taken its unexported plunge over-shadows and stood allent, waiting water. The moon alivered it no
board and came out only rarely, for him to go away.
The boat, monolay and continual
•The Fử nearly frantle.
.
CHAPTER XLV
to
He save himself away that foute was the restles one now. Who could it be? She tried to that it was like a mirror to one time he growled. "I wish I'd She had developed a savage temper estimate what door It was he had -looking down from above."
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Bates Jumped almost as quickly
The Fly had and solzed him by the.arm.
throw him overboard."
"He's like a crazy man.
isn't he allowed to drink?"
and lashed at all who crossed her come from-Louise's door came Why path, even Bruta. Deurived of first, then Bruce's, then De Loma's, the servleas of a benuty parlor and He was not tall enough to be Bates did not answer for a min- all wearing the same gown In; Bruco. He must be The Fly.
which she had come aboard, she began to look less the siren and moto-the shrawi (VAN
"What do you mean by spanking ute. to Miss Harkness that way?" he
"A man who Is-not himself
demanded, shaking the other'e le hardly fair gamo,” he said.
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He stood a moment, or two long- er, then glided away down the deck
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