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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1933.
"WEEK-END MURDER"
BY GABRIEL F FORBUSH
CHAPTER XXV.
Linda sald slowly, "I wish I'd seen that shirt before it
was laundered. Of course I could ask Roxie-I think she'd tell me, though sho'l evidently been Bworn to secrecy. Only I don't
to confens-yet want
that overheard them."
Tom was thoughtful. "She'd been sworn to
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secrecy
about something that happened last night, not the night before." "Well, it all goes together, I guess. But, Tom-Shaughnessy spoke of talking with her about County Athlone and other things' last night, You know when you had to help him into the ear
leaving the Club-and how he ap- qared from that row of trees on the edge of the grounda?"
Yes. He started in the wrong direction. Thoroughly confused, I thought."
"I could see from where I sat at the wheel of the little ear. His back was at covered with dirt and pine needles--and the only place around here that you can pick up those needles is on that walk between our house and the Club."
he
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she'd accepted his Invitation to dressed and sat in that big, com- the garage," mused Tom. "Well fortable chair by the window, to- push on to. DeVos. Time flics."ward the Sound, where there was "There. I got very little except a Hittle breeze. That sounds all practice."
right. If thore's any air stirring "In this business of flirting with that room gets it. It ought your guests?" Tom grinned. He to be just like this but it's was entirely aware of the fasci-shado cooler. You know
we nation the man höld for her. thought We might take
"Pig! Not at all! Even if I for that reason and then decided wanted to, his heart's safe with on this because of the way the Fleur-and her $6,000,000, or bathrooms were arranged, for the whatever Fa Stoner has salted nursery-" away. No-practice, telling my "Yes, I remember. He undress tale. It was the first chance fed and sat there" had had to try it out."
"Sald he dozed at first and then
Conv.
**He said "Mr. Pritt had perhaps, when he Inspected the nlready lifted you Ra Mr. Stat-place. But whoever did it might lander and 1 came in. We could have gone back Into the room. only ofler assistanco. Then when There may have been something- your husband came, he naturally some proof of the attack on you. Look command.'
After all, you haven't a shred of
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"That's a contradiction but a proof now." small one. Ho was roused from urons and put on a soft afternoon She had slipped off her sports nice. And anyhow, Binks, they chiffon that was cooler but not too say two people cannot tell the amedresey in its effect. Standing by story about the simplest thing that the window, she looked out on the happens under their oyes."
"Still, he spoke later of your
darkening waters of the Sound. running upstairs all dripping wet, think I have. From the feel of
"Yen," sho onld slowly, na If he'd seen you
what went around my throat, I'd "Did he actually say he had seon any it was a towel-a turkish me come up the stops?"
that towel. Now It happens "No-I don't think his words yesterday, at the tennis tourna could be interpreted that way. He ment, the back of my neck got aun- said he ran upstairs, drip- burned. I was sore all evening so abruptly. She doubted whether it dance and I took off my dress 1 ping" L. da stopped rather after we came home from the would be politic just now to sugameared on great gobs of salve. Kest that someone else hnd noticed thought I was going to bed, you the tension between Marvin and ace. Then we decided on a dip her husband.
so I just shook off my clothes on Tom, meditating, did not notice the floor and got into my suit her sudden stop or thought she had without thinking of it again. come to a porfod.
That towel-it was pulled tight, may be a bad slip. It's a
"Well-we won't forget it. ItTom, and there'd be этонга Of tradiction at best.
con-sticky salve on it where it rubbed atory about fainting-how did he
You told the the back of my neck." take that?"
"Go well?" "Perfectly. In fact, I quite beslent soundly Didn't hear Cousin Amos go. That's possible-sound lieved it myself." ale said naively doesn't always carry upstair and "Amazing how quickly you accept round a corner. Said he vaguely these slight variations from the heard me flop and was roused truth! I was mure it was so as wide-awake by Marvin Pratt dash told it and after I've told it ing out. He rather makes fun of couple of times more I'll resent even your suggestion that it isn't Marvin-slura in that smooth way
"How should be take it? Per at his 'vigorous heartinesA.' every word trite."
But fectly natural-but rather bored Marvin does thump and bump as I developed my sensations. "Perhaps it is." A sudden around like a bull in pulse prompted him to test her
china got that in about feeling as if memory again. Her eyes met his shop when he's started. His were strangling. Did it very nice squarely.
energy's enormous and I'll bet hey, If I do say so myself. Oh, his murdered slammed out of that room-
manner's perfect, Tom. He really seemed sorry about the whole occurrence and sorry, but not too sorry, about me."
"Causin Amos 동이 있는 것을
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and i was nearly strangled," sho
"To be the first on the ground," "He was missing all evening." | nald very slowly. "You can pin said Tom dryly. Then he added reflected Tom.
your faith to that, Tom. It's the more fairly, "But he is a quick "And Ella Mondell anid
gospel truth and shan't forget it mover. I noticed that Thursday wasn't with her."
and you mustn't elther. Now alght. He was frat dressed and Their eyes met. "Rosie!" said DeVos. Oh, naturally, about the downstairs though he was last to both glances.
accident. He'd noticed the top come." rail was in place. By the way,
to
"He probably coaxed her meet him on that path."
"Or ducked out altogether and enme back here."
"She doesn't have much fun,” said Lindn forgivingly. "It would seem a lark. I wonder!"
He looked pointedly at the little boudoir clock.
"Yes, I must hurry. Well, so much for Mr. Shaughnessey." She checked off on her fingers. "Up early this morning and came around the corner of the house where he shouldn't have been. Bribing Rosie to clean some stains from his shirt. Nole-find out Whether last night's or from the night before. Swearing Rosie to secrecy about that and telling her she'd forgotten' what happened last night."
"I wonder if he would have fed her nothing stronger than ten it
did you do that, Tom?"
"No." His tone was perplexed, "I didn't and I don't know who did. I want to go back and ask you about that later. Go ahead
now."
She hesitated whether to men tion the talk about the boat, After all, DeVos had not actually without lost time or motion-like I'leur's appearance in hers was "Ile belloven in doing everything asked her to take him out in it and a fireman going to fire. Any such an obvious reason for the bow, Mr. DeVos said that when he turn of the conversation. Then and Mr. Statlander got there Tom struck off another tack and Marvin had just picked me up~" | she forget this vague possibility. "He didn't say where Statiander "Linda, you didn't go into came from?"
Cousin Amos' room before I locked it up. did you?"
"Well, with him
ком 21 "No, nor which got there first. straightforward, consecutive ne-Spoke us if they came together." count of what he did last night "As a matter of fact, I got there | and this morning-what I meant Arst. I turned around and saw to get from Marvin.
the two of them in the door." nwfully "So you did.” She remembered hot so he didn't go to bed but un- her husband's description of the
"He said he found it
"Not since-it Enppened," she said, "why?"
"That business of the railing be- ing put back worries me. I don't quite like it. I suppose anyone might do it abstractedly. Parsons,
I
It was
"Sure it was a towel ?" "Yes-practically sure. rough and wadded up thick. think I sort of clutched at it. Any- how. I've been turning it over in my mind while you were talking and my impression is clearer and clearer."
"Binks...if it's in the house, you must find that towel !"
"Yes,"
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A little premonitory shiver went over her.Then she went on enimly. "It's probably just hung over homebody's towel bar, No one would think it would be a clue! You really think that who- give-away. On. Tom. that's a ever hus it?"
(To be continued.)
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