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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1933.
“WEEK-END MURDER"
BY GABRIEL E. FORBUSH
BEGIN DIE TO-DAY
ANOS FEABODY, skleriy covain of LINDA AVERILLA, fall kokie dash from the second Linda looked toward the formal Boor balcony of the Armills Long Taisné drawing room and saw Statiander, diem, in time 13 hear him gasp, "Is pushed his back to her, examining the
carved Italian
home, Linda · Peaches him Just before ba
Linda, realising bee cousin bad tried to
the balcony. Bomeone steps behind her, tries all ber he was murdered, rabes upstairs
te straagi ber and the faita ko w Esint Ber Samband, TOM, sem ber tall and rebas
to her. There on four in the house and they appear. The girate ares STATLANDER, business asociate of Tom's CAPTAIN DE VOB, handsome Belgino MAIL VIN PRATT, former sultor of Linda's; and
"Thank you, Marvin, I know LIAN SUAUGHNESSEY, Irish writer, EAE you are. Poor Cousin Amoal And of them have quarrelied with Cousin Areas I must thank you, too, for coming sumed Cousin Amos' death was accidental and to my rescue. Tom says you were
DR. PARSONS taken charge. It is ma
curious tableau to dissolve and The sound however caused the at her mention of luncheon the marble mantel mid-westerner assumed a perpen- treasures of the house. which was considered one of the dicular position and came eagerly forward. "Thank heaven for "I'm-I'm glad to see you down, reals," she thought. "It's the Linda," said Pratt. "I'm sorry only time these people have acted about-about Mr. Peabody."
normally since they've been here!
The meal was not altogether the ordeal she had dreaded, for all acomed determined to make it as easy for her as possible and the sonversation, if rather stilted, was pleasant and safely general. At the ond It was she who introduced. the subject which for all their ef- forts had been uppermost in her mind--and, she had not doubt, in mind-and, she had no doubt, la thoirs.
He flushed dully and avoided her eyes. "I couldn't do much.
I Wish I could have really helped
you."
that Ziada [sisted from shock, When the very quick."
finally able to tell Tom what happened abe persuade him that they mist keep the four pets with them until they discover whole the murderer. They are unexpectedly mordical examiner, when R, BOYLE, effels sends word that everyone in the hope must remain unill he has ques- Lioned them. Bogie's on a fishing up and
En nok keture for severn! hottie.
Suspicion points to Penit because he was the first la resch Linda after-abe falnled and sine to Bhaughnery whom To me
she ran toward the house,
CHAPTER XIX
With the shutting of the bed- room door Linda telt drop away from her all sense of worry and tension. She threw herself into the part she must play so thor- oughly that thereafter she would forget it only in the few stoien moments alone with her husband.
"You did. It was ally of me
to faint,"
"Are you feeling quite all right now?"
"Oh, yes, thank you.”
want to thank you s," she anid, "for being so pleasant about They both stopped dead and nt that allly bit of potty ofefaliam that moment Roste appeared to Dr. Boyle'n order that you must announce luncheon. Thankfully-all stay here until he comes," for she had felt that she must for ever stand there woodenly dis- cussing her health-Linda
tioned Marvin to wait and went quickly to the door of the drawing room. In another moment, she was sure, the must have yielded
her ridiculous impulse to scream with laughter-or simply have turned and run away.
And it was as well that she was to ready tor, as she ran lightly down the last few step into the central hall, a figure standing by the table. whirled Aboul, knocking an illustrated garden magazine to the floor with a Butter of gayiv colour- ed leaver.
"Linda!"
back for that, it would please me, to use strategy to discover his ob-
very much, but if nati
Jective. Unexpectedly he spoke
"Mr. Averill and I have business fret. to attend to," the mid-westernor broke in on the little pause. mind navig other people drive "Linda, you're sure you don't "We should have got down to it before."
"We'll go over your figures this afternoon," said Tom quickly. "Bring them downstairs whenever time. Shaughnessey, how about you like. I'm quite roady any you?"
your car?"
she hazarded and saw that it was "Not anyone as careful as you," tno right answer.
"I'll only run DeVos over and come right back."
speare play," Linda said. "First Murderer, Second Murderer. Third and a on
"I fool as it I wore in a Snake-
Shaughnessy started for tho "My plage are what you wish," garage, Marvin with him. Linda replied the Irishman. He had was alono with Tom, and by un- been more silent than any during spoken agreement tony strolled the meal and Linda started a little out the casement window, across when he spoke.. "Unless it incon- the lags on which earlier that day ventences anyone I'd like nothing bad laia the twisted body of Cousin quietly at my writing." better than to pans the afternoon Amos, and over the grass to a little cluster of garden durniture, thing this man said that suggested
What was there about every inevitably some double meaning. something hinted at but cleverly concealed? Surely a simple state. ment that he wanted the time to himself to work should not have aroused her disbelief! Linda found the very binndness of his manner nest. But somehow the idea of unconvincing in its apparent ef-my being in any such massmo, fort to stress the absence of any Linda Averill, born Binks Vor- other meaning.
Iden, erstwhile social secretary to people who never lowered them-
them-well, it simply acemia Ini- selvs to have anything happen to
possible!"
•
"As long as you can take it as a game, Binks!" he looked at her anxiously.
"Oh, I know it's serious busi-
realize that Tom bad evidently She recalled her thoughts to
naked Marvin his plans but she Tom took his eue from her. han nut caught the answer, Sho'd "I know." Tom looked around "Yes," he said, "and we want soon find out, however. She rose the quiet lawn, up at the grave oft as much as possible. So long she managed to feave the dining White Haven more than ever." you all to enjoy the time that is and as the others followed auit, house. "But now I want to sell na you are back here by, sar. 6, room with him in spite of his there is no reason you shouldn't somewhat awkward attempt to do whatever you like this after-sheer away. But she did not have j
noon."
The Belginn spoke frat.
Yet all her guests seems acting "Then, if it is quite agreeable strangely. To her amazement, to Madame" the made a little bow she raught Mr. Statlander in the to Linda) "I shall keep an ap- act of bending intently down to pointment which I have for the peer up the fireplace chimney and early afternoon. I had understood heard him ask. "This draw well, before the accident, which we "Why, Marvin, you look as if Averill!?" Tom also was gazing to all so much regret--that you, had you had seen a ghost!" she ex-astonishment at the doubled up planned for the later a ternoon claimed, and then thought that figure,
and so had expected is to be here this was perhaps not the most "Perfectly, but we don't use it by then." fortunate opening. But she doubt-in this weather." he answered po ed if the words actually reachedlitely, and this time Linda was not ready--we'd planned An it in, him. He stooped to pick up the quick enough with her handker- Ms. DeVos, of course I shall re- magazine and Tom, behind her,chlef against her mouth to pre-main here all afternoon and we'll) started forward for the same pur-vent a startled giggle from escap-have tea on the lawn about half- } poxe. As they both fumbled at it, I inp
If all of you care to come
"Yes," and Linda. "The boat's
past 4.
"Yes. When this is all over." "And It's barely started. What's
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