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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1933.
"WEEK-END MURDER"
BY GABRIEL F FORBUSH
CHAPTER XXV.
Rovie-I think sho'd tell me,
secrecy.
scene. "He sald 'Mr. Pratt had perhaps, when he inspooted the niready lifted you ina Mr. Stat-place. But whoever did it might lander and 1 came in. We could have gone back into the room. only affer assistance. Then when There may have been something-* your husband came, he naturally some proof of the attack on you. took command.'"
After all, you haven't a shred of proof now."
dress and put on a soft afternoon She had slipped off her sports chiffon that was cooler but not too
Linda said slowly, "I wish I'd she'd accepted his invitation to dressed and ant in that big, com soon that shirt before it was the garage." mused Tom. "Well |fortable chair by the window, to- laundered. Of course I could ask-push on to DeVos. Time flies." ward the Sound, where there was "There I got very little except a little breeze. That sounds all though she'd evidently been practice."
right. If there's any air stirring sworn to accrocy. Only 1 don't In this business of flirting with that room gets it. It ought want to confess yet that I
Tom grinned. He to be just like this but it's your guests?" overheard them."
was entirely aware of the fanci- shade cooler. You know we Tom was thoughtful,
nation the man held for her. thought Wo might take it "She'd been aworn to
"Pig! Not at all! Even If I for that reason and then decided about something that happened wanted to, his heart's safe with on this because of the way the last night, not the night before." | Fleur-and her $6,000,000, or bathrooms were arranged, for the
"Well, it all goes together, whatover Pa Stoner hus sulled nursery- " guese. But, Tom-Shaughnessy away. No-practice telling my spoke of talking with her about tale. It was the first chance ad and sat there" County Athlone and other things had had to try it out." Jast night. You know when you "Go well?" had to help him into the car- leaving the Club and how he alleved it myself." she said naively, meared from that row of trees on "Amazing how quickly you accept the edge of the grounds?" these slight variations from the "Yes. He started in the wrong truth! I was sure it was so as
told it and after I've fold couple of times more I'll resent even your suggestion that it isn't every word true,"
"Perhaps it is." A sudden im Marvin does thump and bump i as I developed my acasations. 1how, I've been turning it over in
around like a bull in a china got that in about feeling as if 1 when he's started. His were strangling. Did it very nice shop energy's enormous and I'll bet hely, if I do any so myself. Oh, his slammed out of that room"
manner's perfect, Tom. IIe really seemed sorry about the whole occurrence and sorry, but not too sorry, about me."
"That's a contradiction but a small one. He was reused from sleep. And anyhow, Binks, they say two people cannot tell the name story about the simplest thing that dressy in its effect. Standing by happens under their eyen."
the window, she looked out on the Still, he spake lator of your
darkoning waters of the Sound. running upstairs all dripping wet, think I have.
"Yca," Ahe said slowly, "I as if he'd seen you...”
From the fool of "Did he actually say he had seen any It was a towel-a turkish what went around my throat, I'd me come up the stops?"
towel. Now it happene that "No-I don't think his words yesterday, at the tennis tourna could be interpreted that way. He mont, the back of my neck got sun- it and he ran upstairs, drip-burned. I was sore all evening so abruptly. She doubted whether it dance and I took off my dreng ping"
Linda stopped rather after we came home from the would be politie just now to sug- smeared on great gobs of salve. I gest that someone else had noticed thought I was going to bed, you "Yes, I remember. He undress- the tension between Marvin and soc. Then we decided on dip
her husband, "Said he dozed at firat and then Tam, meditating, did not notice the floor and got into my suit so I just shook off my clothes on
Amos go. That's possible-sound come to a perfod. doesn't always carry upstair and
That towel-it was pulled tight, around a corner. Sald ho vaguely may be a bad slip. Ita n
"Well-we won't forget it. it Tom, and there'd be smears of heard me flop and
cousticky Halve on it where it rubbed wide awake by Marvin Pratt dash-tradiction at best. You told the the back of my neck."
about fainting-how did he ing out. He rather makes fun of take that?" Marvin-alurs in that smooth way at his 'vigorous heartiness. But fectly natural-but rather bored "How should ho take it? Fer-
direction. Thoroughly confused, I thought."
"Perfectly. In fact, 1 quite be.alept soundly. Didn't hear Cousin her sudden stop or thought she had without thinking of it again,
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"I could rice from where I aut ɑnt the wheel of the little car. His back was all covered with dirt und pine needles and the only pulse prompted him to fest her place around here that you can memory again. Her eyes met his pick up those needles is on that squarely, walk between our housÇ
"Cousin Amos and the
murdered
"To be the Arnt on the ground," Club."
and I was nearly strangled," she saf very slowly, "You can plnaid Tom dryly. Then he added your faith to that, Tom. It's the more fairly, "But he is a quick I noticed that Thursday gospel truth and I shan't forget it mover. and you mustn't either. Now night. He was first dressed and DeVos. Oh, naturally, about the downstairs though he was last to [arcident. He'd noticed the top come."
rail was in place. By the way, did you do that. Tom?"
"He was missing all evening."
said, he
reflected Tom.
"And Ella Mondell wasn't with her."
Their eyes met, "Rosie!" said both glances,
"He probably coaxed her to meet him on that path."
"Or ducked out altogether and came back hore."
"She doesn't have much fun," said Linda forgivingly. "It would seem a Jark. I wonder!"
L
He looked pointedly at the little boudoir clock.
"No." His tone was perplexed. "I didn't and I don't know who did. I want to go back and ank you about that later. Go ahend
now."
|
"Sure it was a towel?" "Yes-practically sure. It was. think I sort of clutched at It Any rough and wadded up thick. I
and my impression is clearer and my mind while you were talking clearer."
must find that towel!"
"Blaks-if it's in the house, you
"Yes,"
A little promonitory abiver went over hor.Then she went on calmly. "It's probably just hung over somebody's towel bar. No one would think it would be n give-away. Oh, Tom, that's
1
She hesitated whether to men tion the talk about the boat. After all, DeVos had not actually, "He believes in doing everything asked her to take him out in it and without lost time or motion-like | Fleur'a appearance in hers was clue! You really think that who- In fireman going to fire. Any-such an obvious reason for the ever has it-?"
how, 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 Statlander "Linda, you didn't go into came from?"
Cousin Ainos' room before I locked it up, did you?".
"Well, with him I KOL JL "No, nor which got there first. straightforward, conrerative a-Spoke as if they came together." "Yes, I must hurry. Well, Bo count of what he did last night "As a matter of fact, I got there much for Mr. Shaughnessey," and this morning what I meant frat. Turned around and saw She checked off on her fingers. to get from Marvin,
the two of them in the door." "Up early this morning and came "He said he found it awfully "So you did." She remembered around the corner of the house hot, he didn't go to bed but an- her husband's description of the
where he shouldn't have been. Bribing Rosie to clean some slains from his shirt. Note-find out whether last night's or from the night before. Sweuring. Rosie to secrecy about that and telling her she'd forgotten' what happened Inat night."
"I wonder if he would have fed her nothing stronger than ten if
"Not since it happened," she anid, "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,
(To be continued.)
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