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THE CHINA MAIL.

The Unprincipled Affair Of The Practical Joker

(Continued from Page 12.)

"The rest are mine, I fancy. Well, yes, I bave. You and the colonel would really do me a favour by letting Melville cut in to-night."

"If you wish it," growled the co- lonel, "but 1 hope the Impudent young beggar won't presume on the acquaintance."

crouched examination and shot a swift hand half springing, with across the table.

shoulders. Wimsey waited quietly, "Hullo, Melville!" he said, In his hands in his pockets: chill tone which bore no résom- ]

The rush did not come. With a blance to his ordinary speech. furious gesture Melville pulled out "What exactly does this means?"" his keys and unlocked his dressing-

He lifted Melville's arm clear of case. the table and, with a sharp gesture, "Take them," he growled, fling- shook it. From the sleeve some ing a small parcel on the table; to the table and 'you've got me. Take 'em and go`to thing fluttered rl see to that," said his lord glided away to the floor. Colonel hell!" ship. Your cards, Freddy, Who Marchbanks picked it up and in a "Eventually-why not now?" had the ace of hearts? Oh! I had dreadful allence laid the joker on murmured his lordship. "Thanks it myself, of course. Our honoura the table.

frightfully. Man of peace myself, Hullo! Evenin', Melville,"

you know. Hate. unpleasantness "Good God?" said Sir Impey.

He scrutinised his The ampelopsis was rather a good-

"You young blackguard!" gasped and all that." looking creature in his own way, the colonel, recovering his speech. booty carefully, running the stones Tali and bronzed, with a one row

"What the hell do you mean by expertly between his fingers. Over of very persuasive teeth. He great this?" gasped Melville, with a face the portrait ho pursed up his lips. ed Wimsey and Arbuthnot heartily,ke chalk. "How dare you! This "Yes," he murmured, "that would the colonel with a shade too much is a trick-a plant. A horrible have made a row." Es replaced the familiarity, and expressed himself fury gripped him. "You dare to wrapping and slipped the parcel In- delighted to be introduced to Sir say that I have been cheating. You to his pocket. Impey Biggs.

liar! You filthy sharper. You "Well, good-night, Melvillo, and "You're just in time to hold Fred-put it there. I tell you, gentlemen," thanks for pleasant game.” dy's hand," said Wimsey, "he's got the cried, looking desperately round "I say, Biggs," said Wimsey, a date. Not his little paddy-paw, the table, he must have put it when he had returned to the card- I don't mean-but the dam rotten there."

room. "You've had a lot of ex- hand he generally gets dealt him, "Come, come," said Colonel parience. What tactics d'you think Marchbanks, "no good carryin' on one's justifled in usin' with a that way, Melville. Dear me, no black-mailer?"

Joke."

"Oh, well," said the obedient

his grave?"

Freddy, rising, "I s'pose I'd better good at all, Only makes matters "Ah!" said the K.C. "There make a nelse like a hoop and roll worse. We all saw it, you know, you've put your finger on Society's away. Night-night everybody."

Melville took his place, and the Dear, dear, I don't know what the sore place, where the Law is help- less. Speaking as a man, I'd say Army's coming to." game continued with varying for-

"Do you mean you believe it?" nothing could be too bad for the tunes for two hours, at the end of shrieked Melville. "For God's sake, brute. It's a crime crueller and which time Colonel Marchbanks, rimaey, is this a joke or what? infinitely worse in its results than who had suffered much under his Biggs-you've got a head on your murder. As a lawyer I can only partner's eloquent theory of the shoulders-are you gelog to believe say that I have consistently refua- game, was beginning to wilt visibly. this half-drunk fool and this dod-ed to defend a blackmailer or to

Wimsey yawned: "Gettin'

bit bored, colonel? dering old idiot who ought to be in prosecute any poor devil who does

away with his tormentor." Wish they'd invent somethin' to

That language won't do

"H'm," replied Wimsey. "What liven this game, up a bit."

good, Melville," said Sir Impay, do you say, colonel?" "Oh, bridge is a one-horse show, I'm afraid we all saw it clearly

"A man like that's a filthy pest," anyway," said Melville.

said the little warrior stoutly. enough.". "Why not have a little flutter at

"I've been suspectin' this some "Shootin's too good for him. Do you all the time, y'know," said Wimsey. "That's knew a man-close personal friend, good in the world. What d'you say, why I asked you two to stay to- in fact hounded to death-blew Bigga?".

night. We don't want to make a his brains out one of the best. Sir Impey turned on Wimsey a

Don't like to talk about it." "Gentlemen," sald Melville, "I want to show you something," sizing-up of witnesses.

more soberly, "I awear to you that said Wimsey. replied:

I am absolutely innocent of this He picked up tho pack which "I'm quite willing. If the others

ghastly, thing. Can't you believe still lay scattered on the table and ara."

ahuffed it together.. me?"

17,000 25th Feb. Bombay Havre, Loudon, Hamburg, poker, colonel?

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6,100

17,000

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1st Apr.am,

8th Apr.

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1933.

9,000 22nd Jan. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta,

11 a.. 7,000 4th Feb. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.

"Any limit?"

Then he

any

"Damn good idea," said Lord)

"Catch hold of these, colonel, "I can believe the evidence of my Peter. "Come now, colonel, be a sport. You'll find the chips in that own eyes, sir," said the colonel, with and lay 'em out face downwards. That's right. First of all you cut drawer, I think.

I always lose some heat,

"For the good of the club", sald 'em at the twentieth card-you'll money at poker, but what's the odds sc long as you're happy. Let's Wimsey, "this couldn't go on, but-see the seven diamonds at the bot- Correct? Now I'll call 'em. also for the good of the club tom, have a new pack."

think we should all prefer the mat Ten of hearts, ace of spades, ter to be quietly arranged. In the threa of clubs, five of clubu, king face of what Sir Impey and the co of diamonds, nine, jack, two of The colonel proposed a twautylonel can witness; Melville, I'm hearts. Right? I could pick th shilling limit, Molville, with a grimace, amended this to one-tenth afraid your protestation are not all out, you ace, except the ace of

likely to be credited."

hearth, and that's here." of the pool. The amendment was carried and the cards cut, the deal falling to the colonel.

Contrary to his own prophecy, Wimsey began by winning con

"What do you say, colonel?".

Melville looked from the soldier's face to that of the great criminal lawyer.

"I don't know what your game is,”

B.L. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for siderably, and grew so garrulously he said sullenly to Wimsey, "but I imbecile in the process that even can see you've laid a trap and pull 1st and 2nd class passengers,

the experienced Melville began to ed it off all right",

"I think, gentlement," said Wim wonder whether this indescribable EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South), fatulty was the cloak of ignorance sey, "that, if I might have a word

1933.

or the mask of the hardened pokerin private with Melville in his own player. Soon, however, he was re-room, I could get the thing settled assured. The luck came over to satisfactorily, without undue fuss." "He'll have to resign his commis his side, and he found himself win-

sion," growled the colonel.

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Impey and the colonel, who played cautiously and took little risk heavily from Wimsey, who appear was staking foolishly on quite im- possible cards.

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"I put it to him in that light,". said Peter. "May: we go to your room for a minute, Melville?"

With a lowering brow the young soldier led the way. Once alone with Wimsey he turned furiously on him.

"What do you want? What do that young man had scooped in the you mean by making this monstrous proceeds from a handsome straight charge? I'll take action for libel! fluakd

"Do," said Wimsey coolly, "If you "My turn to-night, yours to think anybody th likely to belleve morrow," said Melville, pushing your story," and "da the cards across to Biggs, whose He lit a cigarette and smiled

lazily at the angry young man.

"Well, what's the meaning of it,

deal it was.',

Colonel Marchbanks required one card. Wimsey laughed vacantly anyway?". and demanded an entirely fresh “The meaning," said Wimsoy, "is hand; Biggs asked for three; and simply that you, an officer and - a Melville, after a pause for consider member of this cluby have been ation, took one.

He leaned forward and produced it dexterously from Sir Impey's breast-pocket.

I learnt it from a man .who shared my dug-out near Ypres," he said. "You needn't mention to- night's business, you two. are crimes which the Law cannot

THE END. reach.

AMERICA DEPENDS ON BETTER PRICES:

(Continued from Pagu 6.

There

The gold countries, on the other hand, if the world price] level continues to fall, will be driven further and further along the path of deflation, and will in evitably suffer in consequence, in- creased unemployment and hard- ship, and reductions in the stan dard of living. But small satis faction can be derived from the more fact that Britain would be able to weather a prolongation of the storm with less acute dis- comfort than some other coun

tries. than some oth

War Debts Obstacle, caught red-handed cheating at In spite of all that has happen- It seemed as though everybody cards while playing for money the ed in the last few years, this had something respectable this witnesses being Sir Impey Bigga, Country is still the greatest in- ternational trader, and therefore time, though Wimsey was not to be Colonel Marchbanks and myself at least as interested as any depended upon, frequently going Now, I suggest to you, Captain Mel other country in the resumption the limit upon a pair of jacks in or-ville, that your best plan is to lot der, as he expressed it, to keep the mo take charge of Mrs. Ruyslaen pot a-bolling. He became peculiar der's diamond necklace and por ly obstinate now, throwing his chipa trait, and then just to trickle away in with a flushed face, in spite of quiet-like from these halls of daz- Melville's confident air. in light without any questions

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It is, however, agreed by all responsible opinion, whether Shanghai, &Yokohama ample. Melville held on till the Melville leapt to his feet. Shanghai, Shanghai, Moll, Kobo & Yokohama pool mounted to something under a "My God!" he cried. I can see official or otherwise, that it is

Kobe Yokohama, hundred pounds, when Wimsey and it now. It's blackmail:

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Four kins, said Melville. ter, with a shrug But why use is reasonable certainty that the ment has been reached. But is dard that the British programme "Blaat you!" said Lord Peter, lay- ugly names? I hold five aces, you fundamental forces which drove this really so? May not the time of requisites could not fail to re- ing down four queens. "No holdin' see. Better chuck in your hand the pound off gold will not again which elapsed between now and celve the fullest and most care- this feller to-night, is there? Here, "Suppose I say I never heard of come into action the holding of the World ful study, ed

In this way a total loss of time in the next few months take the ruddy cards, Melville, and the diamonds 7".

There is an equally general Economic Conference be most

would be avoided, give somebody else a look in, will "It's a bit late now, len't. It" agreement that war debts pre- fruitfully occupied by the formu you 7" veya

sald Wimsey, affably. But, in that sent the first and foremost of lation by our Government of all

Assuming that the war debt problems which must be the main conditions (including, of case, I'm beastly sorry and all that, the of course, but we shall have to cleared out of the way before the course, war debts settlement); problem is to be settled in practi- bilisation of the pound can which it might require to see ful-cal-fashion, what then would be make to-night's business public.

filled before it would consider our further conditions for a rs Damn you!" muttered Melville be conside

We British Programme, v return to the Gold Standard? turn to gold? In it not time to "You ansering

frat sight it would appear is So fervent is the desire of the formulate a definite programme?

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the Com He shuffled them as be spoke and handed them over. Melville dealt, Apply to:- satisfied the demands of the other three players, and was in the act of taking three new cards for him self when Wimssy gave sudden.

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