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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY, MAY
SERIAL STORY-
1935.
The DARK BLOND
CHAPTER XXIV
CARLETON KENDRAKE *
Millicent hesitated only long enough to push the pieces of paper under the corner of the carpet. Then she got to her feet and crossed to the door."
She opened it and said, "Como in, Sergeant Mabonoy."
A man of perhaps 24 or 85 years of age, with sympathetic brown eyes, bushy binck eyebrows, a well-formed, chock-bonos, smiling mouth, high
broad shoulders and slender waist, bowed with just that degree of polits- ness which indicated that his call was official, that he was Bwate of the amenities of the situation, but that his primary purpose was to uncover a murderer,
"You're Millicent Grabos?" "Yes,"
"You knew Harry Felding, dead man7"
the
"I had seen him, that was all." He shot the next question at her with the impact of a blow. "Who killed him?"
"I'm sure,” she said, "I couldn't tell
Know anything about what WAS happening here last night1"
"I'm afraid I can't tell you very much"
He crossed to a chair, aniled at her, and anid, "Mind if I sit down1"
"Not in the least."
"Care it I smoke?"
"Not at all."
"Will you join me?"
"No, thank you."
"Don't smoke?"
"Sometimes, but not now."
He sat, watching her for a few moments with n quizzical expression on his face. He lit a cigarette and the blue smoke seeped from hir nostrils, curling upward to that hin byes seemed to stare Intently at her from д bluo haze.
"I can see," he said, "that you're all, primed to answer the orthodox
of questions."
"I haven't analysed my fooling perhaps quite as exactly as you have, but I guess there's something of that in my mind, all right, "uppose wo
"Therefore ho said, try another line of questioning?" "."
"What?" she inquired.
Why was Miss Duchone trying to conceal the
garment irom me?" "Did you ask her that?" "No, Asking you."
"I would prefer not to tell you." "Do you know?"
"Yes, I think I do." "There's nothing in common tween you and Miss. Duchene, there?"
an
whatever."
be-13
from
so. I have every reason to believe she lied about the time she came home. For the reasons I have mentioned, murder, but she is implicated in somo she probably isn't implicated in the thing that would cause het a lot of trouble. How about Robert Calso?"
"What about him?" she asked. "Do you know whether he was out with Miss Ducheno7"
"No."
Sergeant,
"I am just wondering," Mahoney said almost dreamily..
Millicent said nothing, Abruptly Sergeant Mahoney got to his feet. "Well" he said, "I'm very glad I met you and, by the way, has Robert Calze something that he's hold-
looking at the would up.ing over you?" tandpoint, it
pear that either Miss Duchene was trying to hide the dress in order to shield you, or because she had dis- of information covered some piece which was damaging and wanted to use it as a club over you. Naturally, it who disclosed her information, it ceased to be something she could uae as a club. How's hat for a guest"
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Millicent sald slowly, "I'm afraid
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"Quite all right," he snfil. "I'll talk KOBE and RETURN with Robert about it."
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"Do you think he'll tell you?" "Oh, yes," Sergeant Mahoney said, taughing cheerlly. "ho'll tell me. People always tell me things. Lots of times they tell me more than they She did not answer him, but ho expect to. And now, good laughed and said, "You really don't ing." need to answer. I can read the He left the room, walking with answer in your face. Now then, sup- quick, purposeful steps, as though poso you tell me what it was that he know exactly where he was going Vera Duchene was trying to force you and what he was going to do when to do."
he got there.
"You're having such succoss answer- ing your own questions," Millicent sald, smiling, "that I don't see there's anything for me to say."
"I would prefer to have you tell me
"I would prefer not to," "Why?"
don't know."
"Just a feeling that you
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Millicent found herself trembling MANILA and RETURN ko a leaf. Surely this man dangerous. She could have no secrets around him. Sho thought of flight. Did she dare to run away? There seemed no other way out.
She looked instily about, wonder- ing what she could take with her, don't and then decided that sho dared not take anything except the clothes she wore. She slipped into her fur coat, to her face and lips. put on her hat, gave final touch
to snitch on some other per
"I can fight my own battles," she saki savagely.
type
He shook his head slowly. "No," "What do you mean by the ortho-ho said, "you can't. I think you've dox type of questions?"
He laughed and said, "The kind Iheen trying to fight too many of seldom ask. What do you think of you've tried to keep your own counsel your own battles already. I think and I don't think you've had enough confidence in the police. Suppose you tell me your story now from the beginning
Vora Duchene ?"
The question took her by surprise. "She's rather ben-itiful," she said.
•
He nodded slowly and went OTI, "And sho's going somewhat out of her way to impress Detective Buchanan with his manly importance, don't you think 7
Surprise showed on Millicent's face. "Good heavens!" she said. "How long have you been here?"
"About 15 minutes."
yes."
You've
P
She
seen Misa Buchmo7" saw her few minutes ago. was carrying a dress aver her arm. She tried to conceal the dress when slie saw me. I gathered that there might be some mud stains on the dress, and I wondered if you knew anything about it."
She gently opened the door into the corridor, listened for a moment,
The corridor was empty. corridor toward the back steps.
Billicent started tip-toeing down the Suddenly a door opened.
the Cynthia Happ
stepped into corridor. She saw Millicent standing
then thrust out her head.
She clamped her hips and shook her not more than 12 feet away. Raising head,
"You won't?"! "No."
"Why not?"
"I think," she said, "that I would much prefer to have you talk with Mr. Happ about me."
"Yes, he said clowly. "
yes
do
narrowed,
the
"And you've found that out in so that. In the meantime let's get back short a time?"
to this dress business, Miss Duchene wants a chib over you, Now 'why would she want a club over you."
Millicent sat silent. The brown Sergeant Mahoney considered problemi.
"Miss Duchene," he said, "accord- ing to her story, couldn't have had to do with the anything whatever laurder. She was home and in bed, and yet I have reason to doubt that she was here as early as she says. Now, if she had been implicated in the murder, she'd have wanted establish an alibi. Therefore, sho would have wanted to make it ap pear she was out of the house and away from the premises as late as possible.
The brown eyes stared Intontly at Millicent and she squared her should. ers, tilted her chin and said, "Yes, it was mine."
He waited for her to go on, but Millicent stood silent.
After a few moments, Sergeant Mahoney said, "I'm very glad indeed that you told me that."
"Why?" she asked.
"Because," he said, "I knew it war your dress, but I didn't think you'd admit it."
"Did Vera, Duchene tell you?"** "No, she was trying to keep it
to
"She doesn't want to do that, but tries to bring herself home earlier than the time of her arrival, tries to get a club to use over you.. One would say that what she particular- ly wanted was to have you
swear
Se nodded, and said nothing. that she spent the night with you)
Sergeant Mahoney glanced at her, smiled, and said, "And now you're steeling yourself to give me answers to the questions that you think I'm ahoul knw going to ask questionn
after she returned."
•
申
a visible atart of
Millicent gave surprise.
"No, don't be surprised." Sergeant
it happened your dress got muldy, Mahoney said. "It's simply plain what you were doing last night, and logic. She wants a club over you. when you got back. Isn't that right?" Therefore she wants you to do soma- She couldn't help but nod in intling. That something, undoubtedly, voluntary acquiescence.
is to swear to something that isn't
her r
rigid forefinger, pointing it at Millicent, she screamed, "There's the woman who threw the keys into the pond!"
There was swirl of motion be- hind Mrs.
Millicent's startled Happ. eyes saw the face of Sergeant Ma- honey. His eyes were no longer His face was set In grim, smiling. uncompromising lines.
"Arrest that woman!" Mrs. Hapy screamed.
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