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THE CHINA MAH, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1936

The Bookmaker's Exit "QUEEN MARY”

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That evening Hawke dropped in- The Jolly Anglers, a quiet little By the time he had reached home pub, at the foot of Ivy Lane. There he was once again the susve sere had a friendly chat with the vant and precisely, as the clock andlord, and, as was only natural struck ten he carried up his under the circumstances, the talk

The builders of the Queen SYSTEM master's supper.

veered round to the murder of the

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Next morning when the Colonel opened his paper the black head-Hawke, line leapt to his eyes-WELL-

*BOOKIE* KNOWŃ MURDERED.”

An hour later he was very much closing hour." surprised at receiving a visit from the local police sergeant.

Hullo! What do you want? be asked.

"No.

The

And did he look in last night turning tests. Negotiations have Dick didn't come in last been started to arrange for in- amounting to Dearly night. I think be must ha had sarance, company, because Jimmy the Nob £5,000,000 for the hall alone. was in twice for a drink."

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from E/Asia sergeant, displaying the rubbers!

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"Him! Have you any des jus

when the murder was committed?** Ilawke decided that Jimmy was

About ten o'clock. sir."

aman, who would be worth watch-

Then hung it all, it couldn'tjing. possibly have been Gregory."

That night Tommy Burke got the "How do you make that out, surprise of his life when Hawk Isir?"

told him to go and have a look! **Because," roared the Colonel,jat the car, as they were going with triumphant ring in his voice, down to Hurst Park the followiu

Gregory brought, up my supper day, for Tommy knew well that Blast night precisely at ten o'clock.Hawke took no interest whatever

Just then the hall clock struckjin mucing.

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Gregory's alibi was burst up. Inye mean we're goin' to watch under construction in Great Bri- his exitement he had forgotten to horse racing?

tain and Ireland 220 merchant **Well." "replied Hawke with x- ut the clock forward agdu.

"I'm sorry, Colonel," said the smile, "I'm not aware that they vessels of $42.361 tons gross- And, by 975 tons more than at the end Mergeant, "but I shall have to place play football down there.

and 286,546 tors Gregory under arrest."

the way, you might phone the of December

bim to more than a year ago. SS

This is And through eves misted with police sergeant and

I've an idea the highest quarterly total since tears the gallant old Colonel saw come down with us. his faithful servant being marched that this Jimmy the Sob will be December 1980, and exceeds the

laving a futter, and I should like aggregate tonnage under taway to jail.

Hut the Colonel had no intention to make his acquaintance."*

struction in six leading countries jof deserting the man who had saved

aboard.-British Wireless Service.

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Stance

his life. Springing to the tele-In good time the trio arrived at phone, he rang up Dixon Hawke the course and had a walk round.

Close by & "bookie's" and asked him to come down at

they came across a fashily-dressed **Hawke," said the Colonel when young man. the famous detective had arrived,

That's him," whispered the ser- That's Jimmy

I can't believe Gregory capable of geant excitedly. such a dastardly crime. Across in the Nob." Flanders there he risked his life to "Well, if you don't mind, ser- save mine. He has been with me guant. I'd like to keep an eye on now for well-righ a dozen years, him for a few minutes."" jund a more faithful servant no man,

could wish to have."

Jimmy appeared to have plenty

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"Well, Colonel, I must admit! that circumstances are against him: the three o'clock race Jimmy, pull-trict leader of the German Faith but you can rest assured that Ing a bank note from his pocket. Movement. this movement,

a fiver shall do all I can to prove his in-shouted-"I'll put

meeting held in Berlin, decided nocence."

not to appoint a new leader. With that he made to hand up! "Do that, Hawke," returned the

In a long statement issued after) Colonel fervently. "and I shall be the note to the bookie."

that indebted to you for life.'

But that was just what Hawke the meeting. it is declared

the aim of the German Faith When Hawke called at the Police had been hoping might happen. Office Gregory told him how Pil- Grabbing the note from Jimmy's Movement is to overcome the con-! grim had taunted him about his hand, he glanced at the number, tensional discord in Germany daughter, and how, in the heat of and to his great delight be saw that Trans-Ocean Service. the moment, be had seized hold off if was D. 49,883 the number of

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ed from Gregory on the night of "But why did you run away?" the murder.

Arrest that man, sergeant," asked the detective.

"Because I heard someone ring.snapped Hawke. "It was he who ing the door bell, and because the murdered Dick Pilgrim.*** Colonel is very particular about having his supper on the stroke of ten. I have never failed him yet,

Sir

But before the sergeant had re- covered from his surprise Jimmy had taken to his heels and bolted."

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Where did you find the body,

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'm. That's strange. Gregory fast until Hawke and the sergeant burglar's tools, wrapped in a green baize case, from which the jemmy On the sergeant's instructions was missing, and hidden away in | place."

The sergeant smiled sarcastically. the policeman promptly clapped a drawer they found the jewels Dare say he did, but in my pair of handcuffs on his prisoner's Gregory had returned to Pilgrim. opinion that's all eyewash.

"Well, guvʼnor," said Tommy. "What's the meaning of this?"and what's your opinion of the On examining the body of the dead man Hawke discovered that roured Jimmy when he had re-murder?" there were two severe blows over covered his breath.

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Hawke drew the sergeant's atten-murdered Richard Pilgrim, the happen. tion to this, as also to marks on the bookmaker.”*

He watched the quarrel through french window, as if it had been "Me?" gasped Jimmy,

the window, and when he saw "I had nothing to do with it. Gregory catching bold of Pilgrim forced open. But the sergeant re- mained unconvinced.

his he stoutly protested. "I haven't he ran round to the front door and Thes. Zist Apropinion Gregory was the man re-scen Dick since I was at San-

Receiving no ad- rang the bell. ¡down." sponsible for Dick Pilgrim's life.

swer, and being able to open, the The detective then searched the "That'll be all right, then. You door, he returned and forced the garden, and gave a grunt of satis can tell that to the Judge, and he'll window, and was stealing the notes

you - but

Then I when Pilgrim recovered. faction when he came upon a short perhaps believe

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"Another point in Gregory's

nark?" screamed Jimmy, who wasting " he murmured. Thurs., 16th Apr.

Hawke left the cottage feeling now foaming at the mouth. "You "I must admit, however," added TAIPING exceedingly well pleased with him-wait till I get out of this and the famous detective, "that land-

twist your blinking neck."

ing on that identical £5 note was a "But I'am afraid, Jimmy, you'll bit of pure luck." "Tommy, my, lad, there's been

"Yes," Bung in the irrepressible somebody in there after Gregory have some difficulty getting out. left, and what we've got to find cut You've gone a step too far this Tommy, but not for Jimmy." is who the person was.

It's my time."

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