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-THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, May 2, 1935.
SERIAL STORY.
The DARK BLOND
UKGIN HERE TO-DAY
CARLETON KENDRAKE
MILLICENT GRAVES" employer," GEORGS DRIMUOLD, tells her be has a confesion to dette and warns her against in a black ermina cunt.
Millicent rom the office new auch
A WONTAT. Later she finds her purse haa been taken and a amilar one mutatiluted. In the elevator she meets datingulato45-751- Ing man of middle age.
Returning to the affer, Milleent And Drim- v den, In parte she rushes away and reklaters at hotel under sa assumed name. Next day she meets 'the stranger senin. He sells her his name in JANYIB HAPT. Mapp wenda her to a beauty shop where, in apite of her protesta, who is transformed into a | brunette.
Happ takes her home, introducing her
vetelarz. Millirent alone in her room when a young man she has never proa be- Kopersiapan Bay What did you do with the notebook in which you wrote Brim rold's confession ?**
CHAPTER VII
Millicent's nerves had suffered too many shocks that day. This was the laat straw. She wanted to scream, wanted to fling herself on the bed and break into tears. Instead, however, she faced the stendy, blué úyes of the young man and said in a voice whose casun calmnesa amazed her, "Will you kindly tell me who you are, and just what you're talking about 7"
"1522 Robert Caine,” he Buid, "You're the new secretary Jarvis
sired, aren't you?"
"Yes," she said, "and the fact that you're Robert Caise doesn't give you any excuse to come breaking into my room In this manner, and for n your talk about murder and a note- book is concerned, I don't know what you'ro' driving at
Calse looked at her with a specula- tive frown. His eyes were defiant, challenging. His mouth was some- what petulant.
"Perhaps," he said, "you're telling the truth, but I'd bet money Jarvis was working on the Drimgald case, and when he brought you home with
His voice truited off into speculative silence.
"The, cost's clear,” he reported. "Sea that you don't let on you've
"Say," he said, "that could be a bluck wig, you know. Or you could į have dyed your hair and silent in the gels anything."
One more he became midst of a sentence, took two swift! steps towardt her,
Millicent drew back her hand), "Get out," she said, "or I'll claw
seen me befors,"
Milleen looked at her in per-
"Mr. Happ," Mrs. Enton said In a tired, expressionless volce, "never for plexity,
"But these evening gowns " Millicent's pluraas exclamations" were interrupted by the tired voice of the housekeeper,
"About yourself?" she asked. "Yes," Mrs. Happ said, smiling, you listen to the gossip that runs around the servants hali you will find that I'm a thoroughly selfish, "You will need them. You will unscrupulous, spoiled woman. Plenso judiclnily, staring at her, "it wouldn't i instructed to tell you that you will here as a servant. You will be more dress for dinner. It's at 8. I was remember that you're not to be treated
the skin from your face." -
"No," he said slowly,
almost
he the skin of a blond.”
Abruptly he smiled and the smillefeat with, the family, except when transformed his countenance. Ile Hosts are present. When there are seemed to have lost all the surtinuss chests, you can either
meala served in your room, of his manner.
with the servants."
"Frightfully sorry if I bothered
you," he said, "but I knew I had to take you by surprise if I was going, to find out anything."
QT-
like one of the family. And remem her that it will be just as well for you have your to form your own conclusions about or eat things, rather than to listen to
vants' gossip. You know one can only maintain discipline by keeping a cer- an underlying enmity alive. After you know, familarity breeds con- Lempt."
Milleent nodded.
She surveyed Millicent, and said, "I presume you'll have your meals in your roon. And, if you want one advice from me, don't let either one of the young men start making eyes at you. You're pretty, and Master "And now," she said, "I'm going to Robert never overlooks a pretty face turn you over to Jarvis. I see that
She kept her dignity, but there was something disarming in the stalling friendliness of the young man.
"Come on." he pleaded, "snap out of it. If you're going to be secretary or a pretty figure. You've got both. he wants to talk business with you 10 Jarvis Happ, you're going to be in But his mother doesn't know what and he has Dick Gentry with him." the house with me and there's no s_on_in_the_house. She did fire sense getting away to a bad start." the second half, but none of us will
Millicent turned to meet the smiling "Under those circumstances." he ever know whether it was because she eyes of Jarvis Happ. Walking at his said coolly, "I think, it would be best found out
side was a man of approximately 45 for you to leave the room at once."
"Rently,"
Millleent said, "I'm not years Bg man who seemed "Not a bad iden, that," he agreed interested, I think if you'll excuso faultlessly groomed. His hair was with milling acquiescence. "After me I'll take a bath and clean up for streaked with gray at the temples. all, you know, the mater is fright- dinner. You're sure that Fin to ent le bail a close-cropped mustache, fully strict. and she's got idens oh, you'll find it out a time.
with the family"
quick, niert eyes, nose glasses with a
"Oh yes. It isn't as much of a prominent bridge. privilege as you think, and there's Mr. Happ performed the introduc. company most of the time. Of course, tions.
He opened the door a crnck, stood listening, then thrust a cautiously appraising head out into the corridor, they may invite you to eat when Mr. Gentry," he explained to Milli- turned and grinned at her,
there's company, but that'll only be cent, is a business partner of mine. "Cunst's clear," he reported. "Your when it's some business acquaintance We have been carrying on joint opera good name is still intact. I'll be of Mr.. Happ's. The rest of the tuns together. They started as u formally introduced to you Inter. time Ser that you don't let on you've seen me before. Au revoir."
He slipped out into the corrklor, closed the door.
The don clicked shut,
alde line, and I've been letting Dick Millicent got to her feet, amiled her keep the books and attend to mont thanks and dismissal,
of the details and correspondence. "Thank you over so much; Mrs. Now the business is getting too ble Eaton," she Bald.
to be treated as side issue, so we're The housekeeper sighed, paused at going to turn the books over to you. the door.
you wouldn't mind going up to my "Remember," she said, "I've been study we'll follow you in a few mo here a long time. I've seen
theniments and make some preliminary explanations—I believe my wife show- come, and I've seen them go.”
ed you the study.
"Oh yes," she said. "You wish mu
to go now?"
He nodded.
Milleora Inced it with a sinking sensation in her stomach, a feeling of perspiration ouzing from every pore pf her skin. Good heavens! What did the man know? What was sho getting into? Anil, come to think of Much to Micent's surprise, dinner it, what had she done with that note- proved to be a very agreeable affair, book? She remembered taking it and at dinner she lind an opportualty! from Dringold's affice. She must to see Mrs. Happ in an entirely differ-scious of the eyes of Dick Gentry have had it with her when she went ent light. The woman had perfect focused upon her figure, taking in to the hotel. She remembered that poise, was ideally fitted to preside every motion of her litho 'body. she must put it in a safe place
over a dinner table, yes, she had it now
#he'd slid
Jarvis Happ was very much in his it in back of a shelf in the closet, element-sparkling, magnetic, witty. then when she'd gone out in the mor Robert Caine had a certain sullen air ing she'd forgotten to tako it with of defiance, as though he objected to her. And now, what would happen? the manner in which Jarvis Happ and Would they find it?,
Mrs. Happ enjoyed the semi-formality Millicent Graves dropped into a of the occasion. Norman Happ germ. chair, crossed her knees and starteded to devote much of his attention to thinking the situation out,
making certain that Millicent was
She turned and left the room, con-
She entered the study and had barely closed the door when Robert Caize flung it open and rushed into the room, his eyes glittering with triumph,
"Now," he said, "I've got it." "Got what?" she asked, irritation in her voice.
pocket.
He whipped a photograph from his "This," he said, "Is a photograph of Millicent Graves, schooled herself hold her face without expression she stared at her own picture. "Well," she said, "what about it?" "Blonde, you see," said Caise, "but that we have to do is touch up o bhir and the complexion a little and we have this."
She concluded that the notebook placed at her ease. Whereas, Robert | was safely hidden. It would be at Calso seemed to be for more selfah, the Murder Girl" most impossible for anyone to find it, interested more in the impression he unless they were making a careful search. Certain it was that the hotel employees, in cleaning up the room, would never stumble upon it..
A knock sounded on the door of the
TOOM.
Millicent elenched her hands,
Who is it?" she asked.
:
was making, and from time to time, to Millicent caught him studying her surreptitiously.
Watching Mrs. Happ, Millicent realized that no matter what differ- ences opinion they might have, whenover Mrs. Happ seated herself at the table she would at once become
from his pocket, in which the hair He whipped another photograph
The door opened. Millicent saw the perfect hostess-a queen of the had been coloured, with photographic the butter and the chauffeur laden house, ruling with regal air. with boxes. Standing slightly to one. When
the ment was
oll paints, and the complexion of the finished, skin had been made sightly darkor.
Millicent Graves glanced up from
alde was a woman dressed in black, Cynthia Happ tucked Millicent's arm who surveyed Millicent with black, through hers, and sald, "Wouldn't you the photograph, knowing that appre- Iack-luster eyes and sald, I'm Birs, ko to see the house?" Eaton, the housekeeper. Thate are. Without waiting for an answer, sho clothes for you."
hension showed in her eyes.
She met the young man's trium- The men deposited the boxes on the piloted Millicent through a series of phant grin. bed and withdrew. Mrs. Eaten stayed personified. She paused to comment that Jarvis would pull a fost one on Hier manner was graciousness "I might have known," he said, behind, helping Millicent open the on a tapestry here, a painting thore, Mom. I figured it out for myself and boxen, listening to her exclamations
her.
rooms,
of delight as she saw the compister, perhaps, an antique or some curio. figured out just about what he'd do wardrobe which had been provided for she said "And now I suppose Jarvis cent said, her voice strained.
When they returned to the library "I don't understand you," · Milli- How wonderfully complete," Mill-your duties but, in the meantime, I"Miss Millicent Graves-the Murder will want to tell you something about "Oh yes you do," he grinned.. cont said. "There are dresses, gowns,want to tell you something about my-Girl." lingerto-everything."
{ self."
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