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SY HORE-An attempt is made in New York to stent the $250,000 de Grao emerald. Later, it is stolan, in Paris, from Count do Grissad's safe. The Parts police are suspicious of Bleve Emerson, Jormer G-Man, sent by the in auranco company to card st. The jowolte stolen the night bo- The fore the policy expires, namo "Araono Lupin" was left at the scene of both robbery alfemple, and Emerson suspects Rene Farrand, the Frenchman with whom the Count's misco, Lorraine, se in love, of boing tro culprit. Another surpect louds the police to Emerson, and the Prefect arranges to follow Em- Oraon to Farrand's rendonoo.
Copyright 1938 by Lowe's In
Chapter Nine WHO'S GOT THE EMERALD?
This
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1938.
LUPIN
haven't taken to broading dino anur, too, have you, boss?" sakod
AIF.
"Not yet, but I imagine they'd be less trouble than you two."
"Trouble ain't half of it," and Joe. "Were in it up to our ears→→ and so are you. We got to get out of here and hop quick!"
"We're all packed to go," said All.
Flight is always a contrasion of guilt. Don't lose your honda!"
"That's just what we are afraid ot. We can go to America. Wa not join of pala thare."
"You forget, there was a robbery
In New York, too."
"They can't hang that on us! We weren't thora."
"Oh, you wo wore!”
"Ware we?" Alf's volco was small and work.
"You wont to New York to get the emerald and missed?" asked Joe.
"I went to New York to buy the emerald."
Alt becamo suspicious. "If you wont to Now York to buy the om- You erall, why did you lift #1 left your signaturs.”
"I didn't open the safe and the signature was a forgery."
"But you told us you did it?" Alf still objected.
Reno Farrand stood before the mirror on the droneer in his bed room, Inthering bis face with a Sarge, bone-handled brush. A French bull pup was tugging at the bottom of his dressing gown.
"Mimi! Get out of here! in no place for a lady. Get out before you start a scandal!" He waved the brush at the pup which continued to tug at his dressing Rown. Farrand inade a wide swipe with the brush towards the dog's The Arst Bare I've opened fr faco, bit his funny bone on the three years was Monelle's-to grat
edge and
the this Ferrand took the emerald dropped
(trensor
"You wouldn't havo dellaved me then, if I had sold otherwise. Be sides, I wanted you to contact Papa Monolle and verify my guess."
"And you've been bonost right along!" exclaimed Alf.
hrush. The pup, taking this as from his pocket. "And tonight it an invitation to frolic, seized the goes back to de Orissac." brush in its mouth and scampered "You mean you stola it to prova out of the room. "Hey, you preda: you didn't steal it, and now you'ra bry female, come back heref" Butanding it back so you can buy the pup was tearing down the t
ataste. Farrand started in pursuit. They were interrupted by the but- "You'll get the colle, stupid!"
ler's annouricing Stove Emerson. "Good girl!" encouraged Lorraine Farrand slipped the jewel into his
BY
RETURNS
LEBBEUS
MITCHELL
Chaptor Ten
HONOR AMONG THIEVES?
D
Farrand and Emerson were about to protest at the Prefeat's state- zant that Lormine would have to submit to a search also, when that: young lady smilingly forestalled thom.
Indeed. By whom-or might I choooo?"
alg-
down the hallway, Alf whispered hoarvoly: "What'd you do with
"Follow the Prefect!" ordered Farrand sharply.
"W-w-what? Aftor duckin' bobbles for twenty years!"
"The emerald is in the Protect's right hand pocket."
You stuck it in the copper's pocket? Holy snipca!" All started awiftly towards the outer door.
"Don't get all out of breath?” ad- insult. vised Joe. "Moaning no Chief, I saw your hand move just a little when you stopped the em- arald in the Frefoot's pocket. It's only that you're a little out of practice-but, here it is!" Ho ex- tracted the emerald from lile pocket and banded it to Parrand.
"Sometimes, Joe, I think I could love you!" grinned Farrand.
After his fighball, Stove made an excuse to report, and soon after- wards Farrand went upstairs, leav ing Alf and Joe to their own dr vices. They prdered the butler to serve them somnathing to ent and drink.
Vassour set the table as formally as though serving his master. When Alf and Joe sat down there was a whiskey bottle and soda between them. The butler sorved them with a distasto which he tried to mask under a dignided calm.
Alf looked suddenly up, in per turbation, from the food he had been shovelling hastily into hla mouth.
"You don't think the boss was serious about sending the the thing back"
"It will be done by the matron at the police station," replied the
"A zebra don't change his spots," Prefect with a slight bow.
like a
replied Joe as he snugly helped "Would anybody arotte?" asked Farrand, crossing to himself from the dish Vandeur of- Instead of falling to at tho the table and taking up a box offered. cigaretten. Lorraine accepted and helping of food, Joe poured himself a sun drink from the whiskey bot- Eatson struck a light for her.
"It might be soothing to some of the and was about to squirt soda our nerves," continued Farrand, of-into the glass when Vasseur, out- raged at such Jack of knowledge fering the box to the Profect.
"No, thank you. My nerves are of the alteties of dining, protested.
By Pant A
HOW IT BEGAN Berdanter
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"PENNY"NAILS
NAILS USED TO BE SOLD BY WEIGHT, SMALL ONES NUM- BERING 1000 TO 80Z, LARGE ONES 1000 TO 10 LBS. —— WITH GRADES OF ALL SIZES. IN BETWEEN. FROM "TEN POUND NAILS, SLURRED TO "TEN-PUN NÁILS”AND LATER TO "TEN-PENNY NAILS "CAME THE USE OF “PENNY "AS AP- PLIED TO NAIL SIZES.
BERPANIER
TETCHED IN THE HEAD
BECAUSE CERTAIN DISEASES WHICH CAUSED SPOTS OR ERUPTIONS ON THE SKIN OFTEN AFFECTED THE BRAIN, THE EARLY FRENCH WORD "TECHE" OR "TACHE” (SPOT) WAS ADOPTED INTO ENGLISH AS TETCH" (INFECTED). HENCE "TETCHED IN THE HEAD" MEANING “TO BE A LITTLE OFF"
"Surely," said Farrand, "you don't
think Emerson is
Arsene Lupin?”
da Grissac, just shown into the v-1 log room by the butler.
"That's the way to deliver him to me!" She tified Mimi in her arms and rescued the shaving brush.
"Bolllo," said Farrand, extending his hand, my property."
What "What dignity. M'stou polset Dignity with a whipped She raised the cream dressing." brush and daubed lather on Far rand's face, across his mouth.
the butlor, discreetly Vassour, withdrow.
So, there's brutality in you!" said Furrand, aputtering lather out of his mouth.
avery "Remind me to do this
Sho continued to apply morning." the brush to her lover's face.
"Very well, then--a tan has a right to defend himself!" Farrand ncised her in his arms and kissed her checks, her lips. Gobs of lather adhared to her face. She looked upiamitingly at him.
Was that merely self-defenso?" "Vicious "Wholly," he smiled. self-defense. Not a lot of affection in iL"
"It was a strangely tender sort of violence." She extended the shaving brush, which he accepted. "Your property, M'aleu." Holding out both arms, she added: "all your property!"
He took her in his arms and renowed his casos. Then be re- leased her with a laugh. "Take a look in the mirror, while I go up- stairs and clean this mess off my Lace,"
Lorraine dabbed idly at her face with a bandkerchief. "Don't worry! I'm taking root here." When he was half-way up the stairs sho called: "Rone, I remember in pro historic times, I used to spend all my days la front of
of your cave- hoping for the worst!
Ah, but I never had to shave In prehislerle days?"
While he was gone she played with Mimi for a time, fell to hum
ing, then readjusted the articles on the mantel, rearranged flowers in the vasen und Farrand, shaved and in bla usual costume, reap peared.
cont pocket
"Hello there! Not early am 17" asked Stove.
"Right on time. Glad to see you. You know these gentlemen."
After exchanging a few words, Alf and Joe started to withdraw, but halted at the door as the Pro- fect of Police, Duval, Vigneau and Bonet appeared suddenly before them.
"No one is to leave the room," said the Protect. He acknowledged the of Ifarrand's introduction startled Alf and Joe, and then ad- dressed Stove, "Monsieur Emer- son, as one of the four present the night of the robbery, you must re
boen under alize that you have somo suspicion."
"When you come to America I'll try to do as much for you."
"Wo investigated you in Amer in. You were naked to resign from the government service."
"Yes, I was getting a little too much publiaity."
"You were conveniently absent when the two robberies took place. I must ask that you allow us to search you"
"You think I have the de Gris- sac emerald?""
"We merely want to make sure you haven't'
Surely," said Farrand, "you don't think Emerson is Arsona Lu pin?"
"Lupin always had accomplices," Farrand's Emerson cut short
mind being "I don't apologies, searched. I'm getting a kick our of it.
Farrand started for the door. "I'll see that the sorvant's aren't about.” "Borry, M. Farrand," said the Prefect sternly. "but no one is to leave the
room. That includes everyone. It is necessary that we search this room and everyone in it. Anything wrong, Mr. Ham- mond? He wheeled suddenly to Alf, who had coughed nervously and ant weakly down.
"No-Just a "Bearch the roomt the humidor. that elgarotte hox - everything," the Prefect ordered his alãos,
And then Lorraine returned, call-
Alf smiled wanly. cold coming on."
They wore in each other's, arma again when Vasseur, after a healing to Farrand that his dinosaur TWO-Was playing with a kitten. The pro- tant cough, entered. gentlemon, air-Mr. Hammond and feet bowed stily as she stopped abort at sight of him and the de- Mr. Doyle-are here."
"Show them in. And next time, tectives. como in with a racking cold-er stay outsido."
"I did attempt a alight cough, sir, but it passed unnoticed."
The strangest things happen in your home, Rone. What is itt
"I appears we are all under aus. plalon
"How stupid! I left but a mo- "You wore in this room before
"W&T have to arrange some thunder with our rain-for intrudment ago~"
ers," said Warrand to Lorraine.
"I leave you to your guests.I arrived?" nakod the Prefect.
Rend I'll take your pet dinosaur out for a wałk.“
Alf and Joe entered on her last After exobangs of great- Ings, they stared arter her, "You
TENNIS AS GRANDMAMMA PLAYED IT
"I was all over it?" "Then I regret you also will have to be searched."
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nt
By whom am I going
to be searched?" asked
Lorraine.
quite all right," said that official.
"And now, M'slou Ferrand, my apologies," said the Prefect, "but we' must search you."
"If I have it I'll be more sur prised than you."
"Pardon me, sir, but you don't drink whiskey and soda with your meal!"
"No" Inquired the surprised Joc. "Donnitely no! Not whiskey and Doda,"
"Okay, I was brought up to fol- Very well, "I'm sure you will
As the dates low the custom of the country." Duval, carry on." tivo started towards Parrand, a Joa thrust the siphon bottle into And drank his half-sigh, half-groan escaped Alf. Vassour'a hands
"Bog whiskey straight. With a hopeless The Prefect turned to him.
shake of his head, the butler ro
In a short pardon, M'elou?"
throat and turned to the kitchen. It's just this time, Farrand came down stairs, cold of mine. It catches me in the put on bat and cost and entered the dining room. He placed a small, throat."
"There are worse things to catch sealed package on the table. "Horo The pre- the omerald. I want you to do- the throat than colds."
Alf pinchou is coughed. "Nothing.
foot put a significance into his liver it to the de Grisenc's Chateau words that caused Alf to wince. at 9:30." "I'm glad you take this unpleasant
"Not me!
I'm in on it and I'm not giving up my bit."
Joe choked on his food, coughed duty so sonsibly, M'sieu Farrand." bite of it into his plate.
"Hat The guilty one la trapped!" exclaimed Lorraine gally. " ox- pect we shall find all sorts of odd things we've missed!"
Duval straightened up from his "Nothing." he search of Farrand. Eald.
"Ridiculous!" cried Lorraine, The man basn't looked enough" She died at Farrand, while Joo blinked, blow out his breath in re- llef. and Alt closed his eyes and sighed. The other detectives then reported that, they had concluded thele search of the room, and found nothing. The Prefect concealed his
gies. "And now. Mademoiselle, f you will accompany us."
"With pleasure! But where are the handcuffa?"
Farrand and Steve said they would go with her to the station, but the Prefect objected
"I could open up a pub with my ahare and be an honored member of the community," said All. "You can't ask me to give that up, chief," That's just what I am drking you to do."
Well, I'm not doing it. I'm saying no," stated Jon decisively.
You might recall," urged far- rand, "that we're all Implicated in two murders."
"But we didn't do k!", sputtered ALL
"Oh, yes we did-until the repl
disappointment, renewed his apelo murderer is caught.”
wo don't know who he is" protested Joe.
There's a way of finding out" Ait, quicker on the uptake than Joe, caught on. You're returning the emerald to give the murderer another chance to steal it."
"Tanatly, Alf. And at 9:30 you're the de Grissac to deliver it to
Then, in time for the Chateau midnight editions, you'll phone ail the papers and tell them that the amarnid has been returned."
"Sorry Gentlemen, but this is a police rantler."
"I wish, Rene," said Lorraine vindictively, "that Mimi were really a dioosaur. I have a Hitle job of alaughter for her to do,... Well, come along, Maleur le Protect, and have me marched. I'm sure that's one way to put an end to crime in Franco."
Alf became excited. "He'll read it in the papers and know it's his last chance to get the omerald be- fore it's socked away where he can't get it!"
"When he comes," said Farrand, ... he comes." "Tll be there
It's against my principics," said
The Prefect made a álit bow to Farrand and Stovo, and turned to decort Larraine from the room, Joe, who was standing between him and the door, seemed to stop aside but Joe
"It's a lol to ask from you boys, tripped on a rug, lost his balanco and to mave himself from falling but it means my happiness-and the rest of my life. You know what Jurched against the Prefect.
"I'm sorry," he apologized. "I'm I want done with it. I'm going out getting so clumsy
The Prefect glared, made a short how and went out with Lorraine, followed by the detectives. Farrand turned to Stave.
"You'il stay for dinner?"
"I don't think I can. But T have a highball if you don't mind." "Burely. 7il rustle up the drinks mybolt."
Alf and Joe preceded him through the door. Steve, loft alone, began
and I hope you think enough of min to see this thing the way I do. It I don't see you again"-he shook hands with them-well, no matter what you doolde, good-bys and good luck!
They stared' after him as ho walked calmly out. All's gurs WOD to the emerald. "There she is, a quarter of a million dollars worth.” "And he trusts it with us," said Joe. "The first dirty trick Lupin
to examine the room carefully, over pulled on. wat
Alf criod: If I could only lay making mental notes of its ar rangements, of any possibla hlúing my hands on the rotter who first place the detectives might have said 'Honor among thieves!"" overlooked.
As Farrand followed Alf and Joci
der, supported by two tubs.
They patted
(To be continua₫)
Mamma: Certainly, my child, pro- viding you observe the rules of decorum and do not raise your
tion to re-act the game on the lawn bat higher than your knee.
underarm services, of Lailingstone Castle on June 18, Lawn tennis was played
The scene is being reconstructed Lullingstone Castle, Eynsford, Kent, the Indles baing careful not to raise In the suMMET of 1973, by Sir their "bais" higher than the level from copper-plate photographs.
The men will wear the mutton- the striped William Hert Dyke, a Miss Julian of the knee, for that would not have
chops or Dundrearies, Marshall, and Mr. J. H. Heathcote, been accmly.
Two youngsters employed on the caps and brilliant blazers of the who made rules that endured for
'soventies, and the women the bustles estate acted as ball boys,
and tight-Biting Jackols, Priscilia: Mamme, Captain Fother-years.
B court-with They marked out
The original ball boys will be there. service ingay has asked me for the
Sir Oliver Hart Dyke is allowing felicity of a game of tennis. some argument about the
lines and for a net they used a fhd-the North Kent Lawn Tennis Associa~ They are now over 19. May I accept his invitation?
Bobby Breen's HARMONICA LESSONS
NUMBER 2
Like every real American boy, Bobby Breen, RKO Radio Pictures' young radio, stage and screen star enjoys playing Harmonica Music. Hot he learned to play is (explained in a series of air articles written expecially for the boy and girl readers of this paper. The first article appeared in a recent issues
By BOBBY BREEN
BLOW NOTES
DO MI SOLUC
BLOW 4 "DO" DRAW 4 = “RE" BLOW = "MT" DRAW 5 = "FA" BLOW 6 = "SOL" DRAW 6 = "LA" DRAW 7 "TI" BLOW 7 = "DO" DRAW 7 is the only variation in the sente-watch for it!
Holes Nos. 1, 2 and 3 ure the bass chord or rhythm accompaniment Nos. 4-5-6-7 are the scale and Nos. 8-0-10 are a continuation of the scale.
notes.
To make it easy to learn the scale and how to play single notes, try this little stunt. Take a piece of heavy paper (manila tag is best) about 3 inches square, rule it of in pencil and cut a hole with a razor blade or sharp knife as shown in this diagram.
1-2-3
BASS CHORD
OR RYTHM ACCOMPANIMENT
9 10
8.910
SCALE
CONTINUATION
RE FA LATI DRAW NOTES.
The first time I tried to play is really nothing to "Americo," It really didn't sound so Practice makes perfect. "hat," My second attempi uttic better. But after a while,
Was 1
Fold along the dotted lines, and when you are ready to play, place this music-mask over the front of your harmonica. This will cover most of the holes so that you can concentrate
the on,
one you want to play. If you have cut the paper properly it will show the number on the cover plate plainly. As you play up the scale, simply slide your harmonica slowly to tho LETT. When you go back down the scale, worry about. silde the instrument to the RIGHT. Remember "B" means BLOW "D"
when I caught the knack of it and good practice for learning to play the
single note.
B4-
Learning to play the scale is also means "DRAW."
Here we go UP the scale: In regular tuned Key of D4-BS-D5-EU-D8-D7-37.
scale: 87-D?~.
And DOWN the
felt more confident, the song came "C" harmonicas, the scale starts at ensy and natural. My greatest dif- Hole No. 4 and continues to Hole ficulty was in playing the single No. 7 as shown in the photo-diagram, D-BO-D5-B5-D4-B4. note. Usually two or three would round when I
notes
Intended to Everybody. I guess, knows the play only one. All beginners have musical scale. Suppose then we try next one. this difficulty, I'm told, and so it to play it.
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