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THE CHINA MAIL TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1934,

The Rt. Rev. Nicholas Bares dared the ire of German Nasin by advising German Roman Catholics to regard Jesus their only Fuehrer. The word, meaning leader, has been used only to designate Hitler.

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STORM-CLOUDS OVER EUROPE

Death On The Straightaway

(Continued from Pape 10.), ly exclaimed, horrifled, "there was blood there. From those three Yes, I told her. She asked me, in clues I deduced a third but could fact."

not find it. Then it was I had the I have only.. one more question, Inspiration to drive rapidly to the Misa Forbes, If you do not mind. Forbes's place, to deliver my chick- Did you give a flower, or rather alens to Miss Anderson at the lodge. tiny bouquet, to Mr. Patterson She is a town girl, was one of my yesterday morning?"

|pupils—she was terrible at arith- "No."

metke, but never mind now--and we "You were not talking in the gar- visited for a few minutes there by den at three o'clock then?" the big gates. While we were "Certainly not. But I know, there, as I had expected, along happen to know, where the bouton-came a weary, bewildered-" niere came from. I heard voices Misa Burke stood up. She said under my window, I had not slept to Dr. Curley: "I for one have had and I got up, looked out. Miss enough of this old-goship's fantasy. Burke was there. She often rises If you don't mind I'”

Why?"

early, Mr. Patterson, who I be "Sit down, Miss Burke!" Hattle lleve had not slept at all, was with said, in the tone she had used for! her. She was pinning the flowers years to the scoundrels of the B 4th in place. I remember because it grade, and to Miss Burke's own Bur- surprised me."

prise, she sat down. As she did so; Hattle stripped the paper from the "The hour for one thing; and she wicker cage at her feet, opened and did not care very much for him. In lifted three from a large Siamese) fact she had repeatedly warned me tomcat. "Weary, bewildered, he against him. Several years ago he came through the Forbes's gate," was in Wall Street. For a time he Battle sald. "When I didn't find to achieve that end, and the fact was customer's man for Miss his body by the wreck I thought: that they have been openly en-Burke's own office. She is a stock-'He's set out for home already" and couraged from German soll, have broker, as perhaps you know. She I climbed into my car, to beat him brough France, Italy, and Britain told me he was not to be trusted." there."

(Continued from Page 8.)

into a sudden unity of attitude to- Helen Forbes had been quite calm, At eight of that characteric sooty wards them. The Little Entente, even impersonal, but that was train-face and pale blue eyes, so like and which was weakening, has been con-ing, and will power. Now they saw so unlike the ordinary cat, Dr. solidated by the same event. her with hurried fingers dig in her Curley drew back with a subdued

In Prague and Belgrade, as well as bag for a handkerchief, realised that exclamation of repugnance. in Paris. they are saying that Ger-ahe was crying.

Dropped to the floor, the animal

many is repeating her policy of the "I sent him to his death," she spoke in a voice peculiarly penetrat- 1860's. Just as Prussia then be said, biting her lips,

gan her career of expansion by first Hattle watched her, waited a little Denmark and Austria, so that amill tackling her wenker neighbours, while, then:

"Your theory is that he commit- States around Germany bellove that ted suicide, deliberately sending his Bombay, Marseilles, Havre, London, after the annexation of Austria to car off the highway ?"

Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp &day would come that of Czecho- "Of course," Hull. Bombay, Marseilles & London.

Slovakia, and drive through "Doctor, may I ask Miss Burke a

a

ing. He said: "Mrar?" and jump- ed immediately into Miss Burke's lap, began to purr,

She started violently. A curious thing happened to her face. It trembled, the cheeks, the corners of her mouth.

"Mies Burke, you pinned that

Bombay, Martelfies, Havre, London, Jugoslavia to an outlet on the question or two? No, you stay, posy on the lapel of Mr. Fatter-

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Mias Forbes."

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Nazi Regime Shaken

There had been gossip about Missed into his car you put a hat box The Nazi regime has furthermore Burke during the 25 years she had in on the back seat. In that box been shaken by the mass-executions been confidential secretary for Miss was that cat; his whole attention in Germany. Until it has regain-Forbe's money grubbing father, but occupied by a plece. of raw meat, ed sure equilibrium, events like the the gossip never suggested that she quite murder of Dr. Dollfuss may push it might be more to him than his of

at the sharp into courses which Hitler, when he secretary. She had one vice: power, turn into the highway, a turn

taken at has restored his authority to Her face was bony: her mouth thin-always

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bloody. The the car

lurching

3. Vienna. The death of Doll-nonsense about it, or about her rolled the box on to the floor of fuss has removed the only person- she wore high black shoes with thick the car, thus tossing its flimsy lid ality which had prestige outside the soles. Her eyes, small pupils under and releasing the cat just at the narrow Austrian frontiera. This eyebrows like opposing check mark the moment that the young man's nation of 6,000,000 is divided, frowning, looked through glasses, whole attention was occupied in roughly into thirds-Communtats, the sort that ride noses of Senators accelerating toward 60 miles an Nazis, and the followers of Dollfuss, and famous attorneys, large oval hour, or more, as he always did,

and as you well knew," Penang who aim at peace and internal re- lenses, down-tending.

"Who is this?" Her "this" was) forms. With all except the Com-

Miss Forbes was. completely munists, whose uprising last Febru-or Hattle.

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"Told you when?"

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guess. The cat loathsome, THE The promptness of Italian mobili-elbows on it, her posture quite like mind you, as a bloated adder to frontier reassures, yet also alarmosed to the gosalp of her neighbour the space between the two front sation on the Southern Austrian the one she took when she bearker poor Patterson, crawled through

thie perplexed and much-tried

across the board fence. With that seats. There was no wind down tight throat. It was a croak "The Dr. Curley asked "How did you. nation.

same kind of Interest, unemotional there and speed as you know is re- cat" she repeated,

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"I didn't," Hattie confesed, "but has for months been encamped near

what the physicists call a closed knowledge of years of embezzle-I knew that Randall Patterson had "Why did you use a hat box?" system, and so far as he could see Did he, Miss Burke?" S'hai, Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama Munich, were to cross the north Miss Burke sat like a woman might have been at home. In the End Sept. 5th Sept. Shangani, Moji, Kobe & Tokohama. ern border, Italian troops would 6th Sept.

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been rejected, that MissBurke knew he had. Then he wasn't kill ad because she feared his control

Amoy, Shal, Moji, Kobe & Osaka, harassed Austria be much better of Hattle turned to Dr. Curley, "The point is he liked something possibility of prosecution for the one sin her kind of woman

S'hal, Mojl, Kebe & Yokohama. «

by becoming the first battlefield of

something der in a case so completely cir- would be capable of greed. Sim- even cumstantial. This discussion proved ple. I knew-ha had once worked academic for Miss Burke in for her because Mias Anderson's her room at the Hotel Claran- gossip included that fact I took don-Wychoff Look Heroin that same a chance.”

another Great War? On the other loctor, what young man would about Mr. Patterson, hand, the advantage to Italy of es-carry anything in a hat box? Why that impelled alm tablishing a front well outside her should he have it with him in the closer. Now Mr. Patterson

back seat of his cabrioolet? Pardi- have first felt own territory is clear.

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Queen May S'hai, Moji, Kobe, Osaka and Zhamsing war on Serbia, Thep a great

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