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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1933.
WEEK-END MURDER” BY GABRIEI F FORBUSH
CHAPTER XXVI.
Tom's hands clenched uncon- With all the excitement she may aciously. "Whoever вия that not have had time. Usually she towel will have something to say would have, but so much has hap to me" he exclaimed. "Your
pened-" biensed little neck, Binks-1 Look everywhere! Don't mind poking into bureau drawers-"
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Sho had found it not on a towol įplaca to' look. "Behind a chest of bar nor slung carelessly, man-drawors? No, it could be plainly fashion, over the tub, but at the scen if it dropped to the floor. bottom of the hamper, otherwise. She flow into her bathroom, empty. She know one didn't drop aantched down towels already anything into a hamper by acci-there and draped the solled ono dent. One lifted the lid and did over a bar. Then across it sho It deliberately. And men, she ren-hung other bath towels and, over Boned, especially, week-endlers, no them, several face towels. think up something to ask him." expected to find a multitude of the place of concealment, she ver bothered with hampers. They Feeling very well satisfied with
stratagem that Pratt's room was to have solled ones spirited away hurried after Tom.
Determining by this aimpie
clean towels, always ready, and dabbed powder on her nose and empty. 133 AVIA the bathroom by the hand that brought the she started her search at the the room, the clue of the hamper Linda heard voices in the room which he and the Belgian shared, fresh oner. If a woman had had Coming demurely downstairs, other end towels there, but not
the hall. Plenty of would mean less. But a man-beneath and at the foot of the While alio had been thinking stairs met the three guests whom bath towels, How lavish men Lindn had snatched from the bar she would least have liked to on- were in their uset Two different the remaining ones, dropped a DeVos, Statlander and Marvin
a used face towel, straightened counter five minutes brands of shaving cream and one standard sunburn ointment Int fresh cake of soap into the tab Pratt. She greeted them with not the one she used. Only one give the room a "done" appear-altered her plans. This wits the dish and otherwise attempted to friendly solicitudo and suddenly other possibility--the bathroom at the other end of the hall which once which would account for the time to broach the next ster in Mr. Statlander alone was using. disappearance of the towel if it her campaign."
missed. She When she saw it she could hard course that it would not be. Then, she said, "and there's more than
hoped ot After clearing her own racks of ly believe
"There's no word of Dr. Boyle." suspicion. Linda Ustened care--but the creases running roughly collected negligently
her eyes.
Creased draping the several things she had a fair chance that he won't get fully at the door of their roon.
"I hope everyone's downstairs.", strongly apart from the hams she could without actually run-fed if you will stay the night from end to end as though pulled arm, she retreated us quickly as know, I'll feel much better satis over her back until late to-night. Do you she said. "It seems quiet here."
and marking the contral one, anning to the safe harbour of her here. You are not inconvenienc unmistakable smear of yellowish own room. grense. She smelt it-yes, that
ing us a bit in fact, we like to was the characteristic camphor, acnsible of him. But it was dis pleasanter if you don't feel you Tom had gone down. That was have you. And it will be so much mell! Then with a quiver of re-appointing, too. She would have have to rush off to trospective fear, she lifted the ked to show him her prize. Now train to town. Do let me tell Tom:
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her throat. No, that didn't acem knew enough to conceal it in the can see to-morrow how you feel lowel slowly and placed it around she must hide it. Anyone who that you'll stay over and then we ends, and felt the smeared creases and with the discovery realize quite right. She reversed the first place might try to trace it about going in." · In against the hat skin at the back that he was suspected. Under the his of her neck. Yes, it end been mattress? No, enn pulled that way.
everyone hit things there--it would be the first
"Even finding it later in laundry would mean something, the
But for heaven's sake, Linda, look "I'll abuse my housewifely privi-howl Stop talking and get busy!" leges to the utmost." Linda made
"Here goes?" She went toward grimace as rubbed her their own. Bathroom.
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"Why start there?" th. They may have burned, too."
"It would boa "A man's collar protects his wouldn't it, to plant It
slick trick, neck to some extent.
on us One or two while we were both downstairs? may have
touch of it but you're But probably it isn't hore-I'll just not apt to find everyone in the make sure." same house using the same salve, either. That camphor smell makes the stuff unmistakable. But while you're looking you might watch out for different sorts of ointment in the various rooms.
"If I find the towel, shall I take It away?"
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Tom looked out the window.
up
"By all means. If that
"DeVos and Statlander are down really shown, it'll be obviously on the lawn. Shaughnessey would soiled. That shouldn't arouse have no reason to be up bere and suspicion to have it disappear. I that leaves Pratt only." menn. But will it be there so late
"I'll have to take a chance on in the day?"
him. He'd be least them all and act very much curions of the housewife if I meet him. fact, I'll go and door and, if he answers,
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There's a chance, but it's only chance. Rosie usually goen around before time to dress for dinger and leaves out fresh linen
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