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THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1932,

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THE AMOURS OF THE EXOTIC ADVENTURESS -

THE CHINA MAIL.

Mata Hari

alestra from the monon pietie

M KAREN BROWN

by arrangemene welis

CHAPTER X.

Stops running up the staira. Not a servant. Why would

a

messages? You know they're im- portant, don't you?”

"Yes,"

"Yes. Then gol To let the whim

of a drunken sentimentalist keep

you from your duty!" She was all acorn.

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

The following programme will And, suddenly, she was all be broadcast to-day from the Hong grave, evon sad tenderness. "And Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W. will you say goodbye to me?" she on a wavelength of 855 metres whispered.

"It WRE

He caught his breath. you who said it-this morning."

"But do you say it now." "Goodbye," said Rosanoff alowly.. "You don't want to kiss me?" It was a low statement without coque- try.

"I think...

.No." "Why, Alexis?" "Because it's only to make mock of me," he said with difficulty. "It's only to laugh at me again."

WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR Mata Hari, famous dancer and enamy spy, makes an innocent ac- servant run? complice of a young Russian aviator, Treading firm and square, yet Alexander Rosanoff, who is infatuat-hurried, too, along the carpeted ed with her, in order to get some hallway. And pausing. As if the secret papers.

In a jealous rage, person could not decide what next her former lover, Shubin, Attacho off to do. the Russian Embasay, telephones to With a thickness of heavy wood Dubuis, the head of the French between, she stood and listened to Secret Service, to prove that not the unknown, 'imagined him with only Mata Hari but Rosanoff are all her might. The pause by the spies. In the midst of the call, the door. The look around.

After a while, he repeated, "Good- The dancer shoots him.

bye," and took a few steps away hesitation. A slight, a very slight like a man spellbound, having no

"No. Then you won't kiss me?" "You don't love me!" he cried out. She remained silent.

.0. Box No. 820. HONG KONG. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY scuffle, as if he might be turning real idea of where he

Kong Hotel). Telephone No. 20488. ALEXANDER

TANG YUK, Dentist.

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AFTER THE SHOT.

Shubin fell, carrying the phone" instrument with him.

back,

(845 K.C.'s):-

6-8 pim-European Programme. 5-5.18 p.m.-Operatic. Song

Tales from the Vienna Woods (Betti-Strauss-La Forge),

Lucrezia Bori (Soprano) (6699).

Orchestral

Lohengrin-Prelude (Wagner),

Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra (8791). Bong-

Martha-Like a Dream (Flotow),

Tito Schipa (Tenor) (6870). 5.18-5.45 pm

SHADOWS BEFORT

COMING EVENTS ADVERTISED IN CHINA MAIL.

Social Functions. To-day--Tea Dances at Hong Kong Hotel and King's Restaurant; Dinner Dances at Hong Kong and Peninsula Hotels and King's Res taurant.

Fancy

To-morrow-S.P.C.A. Dress Carnival Dance, Peninsula Hotel.

March 4, 11, 14-Practice dances (St. Patrick's Society, H.K.) Helena May Institute.

Entertainments. Today King's Theatre: Romeo and Juliet (Tschaikowsky)"Once a Lady," also Zimmy, the

Overture

Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra under the direction

legless wonder.

-To-day Queen's Theatre;

of Leopold Stokowski "Silver Horde."

(6900-2). 5.45-8.15 p.m.-Children's Pro-"Tarzan The Tiger."

Today Central Theatre; gramme from the Studio.

6.15-7.10 p.m-Variety. Humorous Song-

Мовсом,

This is Heaven,

was going. A fraction of a second of the most complete, the most breath-When he turned, the dancer stood less, the most motionless allence, motionless, her brooding eyes fixed tele-until even her steely nerves trem on something far within.

"Alexis!" bled, until she could endure it no After the fall there was a deep, longer.

"We may never see each other plushy silence in the house. Little

again," she said, speaking with a Song She set her teeth, upper upon strangely poignant clearness. sounds sank into it smothered as if lower, so hard that they hurt her: something should happen to you... "If they were sinking into velvet. A She flung herself upon the door and creak of the stairs. The rustle of threw it open.

or to me... I want you to know And she stood face to face with that-that-for the first time I wish the very last person whom she could my life had been different. I

wish-No! have thought to meet-Rosanoffi

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CHARGES MODERATE.

A VISIT WILL CONVINCE YOU.

UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.

The following unclaimed tele grams are lying at the office of the Great Northern Telegraph Company (Limited) of Den mark:-

a curtain. Although the room was light, a sort of darkness filled it as if it were deepest midnight.

Mechanically, the dancer first

hand clinging

Listen I can't

Gracie Fields (B3244).

To-day Majestic Theatre; "Bad Girl"

Today Star "Bachelor. Father."

Theatre:

Home Mails. To-day-Inward from Europe via Suez (Yasukuni Maru),

Mammy is Gone, High Water,

Tomorrow-Inward from Europe Humorous Song

Paul Robeson, Baas (B3863).

via Suez (Conte Rosso); Outward You Want Lovin', and I Want Love, for Europe via Siberia (Empress of Spread a Few Dark Shadows, Russia) 10 am., (Pres. Taft) 8 Ann Penn (B8249)-(p.m.; for Europe via Suez (Haruna Humorous Song-

O'Hooligan's "Ball,

Maru) 6 pm. Dolan's Poker Party,

Cornet Solo.

My Heaven of Love,

Del Staigers with Goldman Band.

Orchestral-

Italian Aira,

Frank Cramit (B3294).

Lammerts Auction. Tomorrów—At Sales Room, Sus- dries, household furniture and miscellaneous goods, 11 a.mi.

Meetings.

"I'll be coming back... I'll be (Continued at foot of next column) Post Office Bldg., 11 a.m.

to an emergency, but she did not floor, 11. am,

"No, no... you mustn't! Good-

There had been not on the knob,

Tearing herself away from his her profile outlined even a groan from Shubin, nothing intense, stabbing white.

kiss, she cried out, "No! Go! Go but a sort of splutter. The wound Each must have recoiled.

Both now!" she would not touch because she must have spoken at the same time. must have no blood on her. But

Rosanoff found himself out in the here on leave she took the little mirror from her corridor, his hands held tightly butį purse and, kneeling very carefully firmly in her cold ones. away from the deepening stain on "My dear," (he could not be sure the carpet, she held it in front of she said "my dear" so low did she his mouth. There was no mist.

apenk) "I thought you were to fly to He was dead then.

Russia to-day."

And, precisely, saying over in her mind everything that she must not

bye."

To-morrow-Hong Kong Benevo lent Society, Sanitary Board Room,

March 9--Hong Kong. Telephone Co., Ltd., Exchange Bldg., 2nd "Yea, I will! I'll live for that tell how that had ended.

March 10-Hong Kong &,Kow- "You still have the paper?" was loon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd., day!"

"Kiss me again... and go!"

his first question.

Messrs. Jardine's Office, noon. Shortly after Roannoff had left, She gave it to him and he at once March 15--Hong Kong, Canton & He found himself explaining

Mata Hari also departed from Shu-struck a match and burned it in the Macao Steamboat Co., Ltd. 1, where he had meant to question, and

bin's silent house.

ash-tray. Not content with that, Queen's Building, 11 am. C. F. Judd, Hong Kong Bank, forget to do, she gathered up the instinctively in a voice as hushed

Her chauffeur, who had waited for he took the tray out himself and re-

March 18-Hong Kong: & Shang from Shanghai.

evidences of her visit. The code and hurried as her own, as if really hours in the Place Vendome, noticed turned with it empty.

hai Hotels, Ltd., annual meeting Mrs. Jaffe, Hong Kong Hotel message. The

"It's of no further use to us," he Exchange Building, 11 am., extra doubled sheet of they were both afraid of wakening occupied and paler than usual. She explained.

nothing but that she was pre- (2), from Shanghai.

The envelope. paper.

And he fitted together ordinary meeting, 11.80 mm Her purse. someone. Bona Fides, from Shanghai. The few scattered articles it had "I've had a curious morning. But she was always late.

was very late for her appointment. for her briefly and without emotion March 23-China Entertainment Hughes, Kowloon Hotel, from contained-she counted them over: don't know what to make of it, missed him, which

She dis-all the events that had transpired, & Land Investment Co., Ltd., King's The haakerchief. Then of course! They came with my instructions customary.

also cementing them with knowledge Theatre Building, 8th Boor, annual F. V. JENSEN,

The bit of gold leaf clutched

which he possessed and guesses meeting, noon; extraordinary meet in It seems the receiver was off the Superintendent. Shubin's hand.

Half an hour later, she was alt-whose acuteness she admired, until ing. 12,15 p.m. She put on her gloves and wiped leave, a message came from Colonel Adriana's smaller casino off one of the girl who Had committed suicide, To-day-Hong Kong Horticu!-

Then as I was ready to ting upright in a cab on the way to they formed one pattern. Carlotta,

Flower Show, the gun all over with the tiny hand- Shubin. To call here. I did so the main boulevards.

erchief. Jerking a piece of tapestry The man said Colonel Shubin was actions since parting with Rosanoff hints of what was going on before Ground, 8-7 p.m.

All her had been able to give Dubois only tural Show, Volunteer "Parade off a table, she rubbed the telephone out. But to be sure and call again. had been automatic. Instrument, the desk, the back of Not to go before seeing him.

Hankow.

Phone 21474.

Hong Kong, March 2, 1982

DAILY CROSS- WORD PUZZLE.

(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spellings, much as harbor, ploro, and altho.)

1

13

2b 27 28

31

34

50 151

346

58

16

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4-Prejudiced

B-Entrance

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13-Rough edges on

metal

14-Each

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148 149

HORIZONTAL (Cont.) VERTICAL (Cont) 146-Language of 8001- 17-Saves

tish Highlanders 21-Across 147-Portalning to Bolon 22-A//wreath for the

50-in this place

52-Enllated again

68-Incident

57-Period of time

18-Names one by one 158-Marries

18-Distant

10-Sume

20-inhabitant of.

Poland

28-Sly (Boot.)

24-France 26-Drink of the goda

. (Gr. Myth.).

24-Emptiness 21-Mohammedan

supreme being 82-Mother (Latin) 33-Open fabrie 84-Opening

85-Deflon

36-Acte (Latin)

37-Prefix. Upon

38-Father (Latin)^)

19-Coat of arme 60-80 bo it

VERTICAL

1-Fnoten 2-Bone of the arm S-Low quarter of a

otty 4-Light giving part of

·B-Angry. 6-Balances 7-Point of compass {y (abbr)

8-Burial placa of

1 King Arthur

S-Regarde

39-Exerted pressure |19-Man's Ba

40-Communications Itt-Ancient_elly of

42~Faded (F)

Phonisia

43-6marting beneations 13-diri's name 44–Mether of Apollo 16-Dintrist My Jug

haad

24-Furnish food

25-Bloed aucking fly of

Affien

27-Runa off and.

marries 28-Secluded.

29-Uncovers |30-Bays 12.

32-Comrades. 85-A short pointed

sapon

86-Malleious burning

of a building (pl.). 88-Wide, shallow an VESSA (pl.) 99-An illiterate dialect 41-Fog-horns

42-8mall shot 44-Wishua for 45-Grind with the teeth 47-Dry up

48-Maka's nota of 40-Cover with wax

81 Pirat woman

right hand on the carpet.

stand.

one answers. enter. And—and~~*

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was

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International Novelty Orch. (B8667).

I've Always Wanted to Call You

My Sweetheart,

If I Diin't Miss You,

Gracie Fields (B2914).

I Shall Remember Your Kisses, Rolling Stones,

Melville Gideon (2295). 7.10-7.84 p.m.-Instrumental. Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 14

(Linxt),

Mark Hambourg (C1861).

Novelette-No. 8 (Bridge),"

Virtuoso String Quartet (C1668)."',

Quartet

One would her sudden death. Dubois knew the chair to which she had held. come here. No one here at all. No would

have thought that her instincts that it was question of Russian These were not so important, for)

have worked for ea- messages. He knew that Shubin after all she had called upon Shu-

The door is open. Icape at once, and so they did, but was involved. Dubois had ap bin only last night and any finger

"I don't know what to make of which they had been adjusted. To act frighten him, to make him remorse

'escape in the torturous way to parently called on the latter to Song marks which were traced to her might well be old ones.

it," he repeated, more thoughtfully. as usual, to go to the dressmaker's ful or, failing that, to trap him, The gua

She was resting against him very to dismiss her car, and all the while through jealousy, into a betrayal. caused her most

She concern.

gently in a sort of weariness, in a to went over it again and again, In

sort of relief, but never relaxing the method.

escaping-that was her "And Shubin, like a mad Russian, | Song— the end she placed it near a limp grip of one hand on his arm.

Her conscious mind took fell into the trap, though not in no part in this. She was thinking the way in which Dubois expected. that hand, together, with her near- not of flight, but of death. Ironical When Shubin is found-dead-whe All this time no movement had ness and the full regard of eyes ly enough, Shubin, who had failed ther Dubois belleves that he killed Plano Solo disturbed her and her absorption lucid, yet impenetrable, that did last night to impress her with the himself or that he was shot. It is had been so great that she had not not leave his face, had

a hypnotic idea of death had, by his own death, obvious that he will warn the Bus wondered about the servants. effect on him. Insensibly, he felt succeeded. Subconsciously, it had been in her himself yielding,

She had seen it now, sian authorities that the messages softening and even touched, it. mind from the first that Shubin forgetting.

Death was cold Shubin had in his possession previ→ aud-far away. must have sent them out in order!

Where was Shu- ously had better be nullifed and to arrange his morning as he had Shubin's in there drunk, atupefled,"

"I've had a strange morning, too.bin now?

the code changed. All our trouble planned.

Adriana understood as soon as he for nothing!" she said. And as he moved, ever so saw her that there had been à mis- But now she heard the first stir slightly the hand tightened.

"I do not see how you could well "No, hap. of life below.

Not that she was less com- have done otherwise," he finished don't go in. He's not a pretty sight."posed or less assured to the outward blandly. "Under the circumstances,

"But-but those were

his eye.

But her lips were ahuta of course. But it is a plty you orders"

shade too closley, the skin was allowed these circumstances to "Orders! He has no orders. Alatretched a shade too tightly over arise. You say Shubin meant also drunken whim. He sent me a note, a bead held a shade too high. to involve this young--Rosanoff 7′′ too, that I must come at once."

When they were in his little office, It was a question pointed by a Looking at him very intently, she she told him without preface of any sharp gleam from the cold gray Follow a StarVocal Baid with a sharpness that cut sort.

Gems, eyes, and followed by one more through his bewilderment like a

Light Opera Co. (C2057). direct.

Charlot's Masquerade-Selection, scalpel," "Look here, you had your

"You are sure that you did not The Love Race-Selection, instructions, had you not? They The dry, story-eyed, elderly man lose your head out of-or-pity-or were important, were they not? [listened as if it were the most ordi-possibly something more serious You've delayed long past your time. nary affair in the world to the ac-for this young man?" Do you know that that would be count of her morning, beginning "How dare you say that to me, called treason to your country ?" with the search and ending with the Adriana! I to lose my head. It "Il. I'm not a traitor" shot. She did not omit Rosanoff's was necessary and now-what's to "No. Not willingly. But might appearance, out of a sort of bravado, be done?" jyou not be one if you delayed those to show him how well she could rise

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Gavotte in F Major

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Harold Bauer (6502).

Waltz (Debussy)į.

Violin Solo

4

Jascha Heifets (6822); 7.34-8 p.m. Musical Comedy. New Hoon-Selection, Wake Up and Dream-Selection,

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New Mayfair Orchestra

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