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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, MAY
SERIAL STORY.
15, 1935,
The DARK BLOND
BEGIN HERE TO-DAY
CARLETON KENDRAKE
Secretary MILLICENT GRAVES, GEORGE DRIMGOLD, And her employer in his olles vend. Millicent has a notebook in Which Delmott had begun to detale con
tion.
hotel under assumed he
to show to a masculino of with clear gray eyes that flashed jaren ticial. quick appraisal entered the room, to
"And again," she said, "I might Mrs. Eaton said tonelessly, "I don't
is not. If you want me to find out. think you two have met. This Millicent Grabes Miss Duchene,131 And out-that is, if my friends Miss Grabes Is Mr. Jarvis Hupp's know--but I wouldn't care to toll new secretary, and this, Miss Grabes, you who they are not now at any
in pante whe rushes away, realelers at JARVIS HAPP, stranger, offers to hely her, le sonils her to a beauty parlour where are i tranformed into a brunet, then, taken
her home and introduces her at his serta She neels Hapus won, NDIUMAN: his step
son, WUERT CAISE, and MRS. BAPT.
Milcent fails mileep and wake, to find
e under her done reading The woman In black ermine, li here," Millicent dresses, seen the women in black drive away and follows
in Tudert Cabe's car hul runs out of She goes to the chauffeur's quarters and Ande him dead.
Next morning detective quiet sent the throws the key to Robert Calse" SA in the truntain boot a moment Ister area Mes, Happ watching her.
CHAPTER XVIII
The steps Millicent had heard in the corridor went on, past her door. Millicent clung to the window ledge,
Mrs, Happ stared up at her, the diamond-hard eyes seeming to see through the girl's very soul. "Good morning"
Baki. "I
presume you've heard the tragic news."
Millicent nodded. For the life of her, words would not come. Had Mrs. Happ seen her tons that key container into the pool?
she
"It's so dreadful," Mrs. Happ said. "Harry was an excellent chauffeur, I was really very much attached to him, although he worked mostly for my husband. Are you dressed?" "I'm dressing," Millicent said.
is Vera Ducaone, the personal mald rate." and assistant to Mrs. Happ."
OF
Tha officer said slowly. "Well, Millicent was curious about this
no question but mald. She bowed and said, "I'm very there's probably
It was a stick-up man pleased to meet you. Have you break-what fasted 7"
a prowler that did the job, but what can't and out is why Harry Felding should have been out delving for Bob China's car."
Miss Duchene shook her head. we "No," she said, "and I'm ravenous."
She sat down and reached the electric coffes percolater which
wan babbling on the table.
"Did you," asked Mrs. Eaton, "hear about what happened"
here
"Was he driving Caiso's car?" "Yes, He started out with it, rani out of gasoline and Waiked back."
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Millicent buttered a piece of toast.
elopt quite A stolid-faced cook appeared with
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toyed with ously. Miss Duchene "I heard that you came
Mika Duchene said. "I toast and coffee, let her eyes appraise yesterday." Wasn't here last night, you know." Millicent znined polito eye-brows. "No Miss Duchene went "I was off for the evening. I didn't gei in until early this morn She chocked herself hastily and sald, "until very late."
on.
At that moment the door opened, and the officer who had interrogated Millicent entered the room, nadded to ira. Enton and, turning toward Vera Duchene, salt, "You're Vern Du chenet be
"I thought that you would fatigue, so I told them not to call you for breakfast, but the officers are here now, making an investigation, They think some bold-up man must have been lying in wait for Harry when he entered his room. It's real- y most tragic. But got your clothes on, my dear, and have some breakfast. Then I want to talk with you.**
Millicent nodded, sild back from the window and dropped into a chair.
There was amething about Mrs.
Happ and her son, Robert, that
filled Mililcent with apprehension. They seemed ко cold-blooded, до utterly merciless, and they seemed to crop
unexpectedly. Shel up yo could almost have sworn there wan no one in sight when she started to; tour that key container into the pool. Yet, Mrs. Happ must have been stand- ing there all the time.
Millicent faced herself In the mirror, stared appraisingly at her reflection, then decided that she was going to keep her colours flying bravely to the end. She slipped out of her clothes, stepped into a hist shower. finished with needle-like spraya of cold water taging the healthy young skin of her shapely body. She rubbed herself into a glow with a rough towel and suddenly felt infinitely better.
She dressed hastily, descended the Atairs and found Mrs. Eaton waiting for her at the table.
"Good morning," Mrs. Enton said in her colourless voice. "I presume appetite you will have but little this morning. You've heard what's happened. The officers are all back in the room now, taking photographa and measurements. They remove the body presently."
"Yes," Millicent said, "I beard what happened. It's horrible. But I same, have an appetite just the After all, you know, I only knew him slightly."
Millicent drew out a chair at the table and, as she did so, a door open-
Miss Duchene raised her gray, Appraising eyes to the officer, looked him over with cool speculation.
"Yes," she sald, breaking off piece of toast,
"How long have you been here?" "About six months."
"You knew Harry Felding 1" "Of course,”
"Did you know he was dead?" "I heard it this morning, yes,“ "You weren't here last night?" "Not in the evening. It was night off."
-
"Where were you?”* "With friends, "What time did you return here!" "Sometime Inte fast night.” - "How late 7"
Really, couldn't s
say."
"Was it as Inte as midnight 7" "It may have been. I didn't look Jat my watch.
Did you go to sleep ni ofice?" "Oh, yes." "Where do you sleep?” room in "โก มิ
the back of house."
"Over the garage, isn't it?" "I believe so, yes."
the officer.
"My," she said, "but you're big and strong! Tell me, do you have to be a good platol shot in order to be an officer?"
do," he Bald. "You certainly "These days they make you practice. They send you to a rockle school."
"It must be fascinating." He smiled at her and said, "Well, it has its advantages."
"You going to be back here," she asked, "making more investigations 7" "I might arrange to come." he told her.
Her eyes flickered up to his, then dropped back to the coffee cup.
"And you didn't hear anything?" The naked,
"Not a thing," she said.
Te left the room. Miss Ducheno finished her breakfast, smiled across nt Millicent and said, "I hope you'l Uket here, but I don't think you will."
"No7 Millicent commented non- committally.
ins Bob Calse tried ha particn lar brand of technique yet?" Vern Duchene Inquired.
"I don't know," Millicent laughed. "It depends on what you mean by his particular brand of technique."
"He's good," Vera Duchene re- marked, pashing her chair back from the table. "Well, if I'm going to. keep my girlish figure I'd better break away from the food.".
Millicent Buished her breakfast, kept thinking over Miss Duchene's the answers to the officer's questions. Millicent was certain Miss Duchene had started to say that she hadn't returned home until an early hour hnd the morning. Something
of
"You should, then, have heard a caused her to change her statement shot if it had been Bred while you and she had lied to the officer. Why? were in your taon.!!
Her room was over the garage. If Vera Buchene poured more, ruffer she was in her room she must havs and said, with what Millicent thought beard the doors open and close. was inutie stupidity. "What sort of a shot?"
"A pístni shot-a shot fired from An antomatic."
Millicent made up her mind she would nak Miss Duchene some ques- ticna on her own necount.
She found the back stairs, clanbod
"I don't waken very easily," Miss. Duchene anid. "Was he shot with an, and had no difficulty wrating
the room over the garage. utamatie ?"
"PA.
"Well, I didn't hear anything."
"Did you hear the garage doar being opened 7-Did-you hear the sound of a car leaving the garage?"
"No."
"fraid I'll have to ask your to check up on the time you re- turned.”
"Perhaps friends will know," "You might give me their names, She stared at him with the im
ed and a dark-haired young wornaapudence which only a pretty woman
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(To Be Continued.)
ed locally last year affords evidence of in ton well known to call for mure faith in the future of the Colony. Ithan a passing referoner. In eduen cannot however resist expressing the tion they have done much. They view that it would be far better foss speculation were Indulged in and legitimate trading adhered to,
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It is essential to maintain good always endeavoured to do this and relations with our neighbours and it trust that I have achieved a small has been a source of great satisfaction tian Army and the Aberdeen Indus
measure of success. I was not a to me that such good relations have trial School.
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The Chinese have glvon in the tion which is mainly due to world that our interests aro interdependent causes. Hongkong has passed through and that we can do much to assist ose past very generous and substantial. "CONTE VERDE" 1st June. [8.8. "CONTE VELDE" 9th June. .eventful
support to the University but I should 8.8.. "CONTE ROSSO" ...th July. 8.8. "CONTE ROS80” 12th July, years. The depression another, which was felt in, other parts of the
1st Aug. 8.8. “CONTE VERDE” 9th Aug. I am glad to say that our friendly like to take this opportunity on the as. "CONTE VERDE" world was not felt here as early a relations with our old alles in Macaove of my departure of making a
8.9. "CONTE ROSSO" at Sept, as, "CONTE ROSSO”..9th Sept. it was in many places but when it did have been maintained and I have further appen in this direction,
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the report of the Economic Com- I have been greatly touched by the mission there would appear to be little that we can do locally except perhapa to make An effort to reduce the expenses of administration.
The Colony, after years of vicia- situdes, had great prosperity due to
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are trying to carry this out although the finances of the Univerally render it somewhat difficult. There is an endowment fund for this Depart ment amounting to some $290,000. I should like to see my Chinese friends make that up to $500,000 cover approximately the cost of the Department and so render. its future free from anxiety..
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made in improving the course to follow if the necessary Im- stantly in touch with them and was which will never be effaced. I wish has been
of the villages. A full provements are to be effected. to pay tribute to the crowds on wanitation Hongkong's Future
struck at once by their loyalty, good that occasion: they were a model of enquiry was hold into the question of The question of Repers has been a To-day that prosperity shows signs citizenship and honourable dealing.
agriculture and stock good behaviour and no one who anw improving
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you know useful report was sub-organisation in the hope of making this. optimist I cannot but feel some doubt therefore came here with an aiready
mitted. 1.have, now avranged for an necessary provision for sufferers whether the Colony will ever again formed high opinion which has been
expert: In co-operation, who is at from this terrible disease on the lines see those halcyon days but I feel maintained. I noticed at once how
I wish that I had been able to do present advising the Government of suggested by the recent Committee.
here in about one confident that with an improved in-much they did for their fellows. The ternational situation, economic and good which has been done and is more for the poorer section of the China, to come political, Hongong will regain in still being done by the Tung Wah and community during my term of office. month's time and after enquiry give fect assured that in the future, substantial measure its former pres-allied Hospitals, the Chinese Pubile Some little, however, has been achiev. I us the boneft of his advice with aan in the past, in all schemes of this
introducing a system of (Continued on Page 111) Smy perity. The success of the loan float.Dispensaries and the Po Leang Kuk ed in certain directions. In the New view to
of great deterioration. Though I The race has contributed greatly, to them could fail to be impressed by breeding in the Territories and as/difficult one but Government' is st
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