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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1953.

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of the United States, President Eisenhower is discovering, is that there is not much chance of reducing his handi- cap as a golf player.

Front-page news, with picture, in the evening newspapers is that the poor President hps to practise swings in his back garden.

Golf is his way of keeping it at 02, but he la finding that his Sceret Service guard will not let him play like an ordinary citizen.

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floosevelt built a swimming pool in the White House for his exercise. Truman installed a bowling alley. But there is not room for

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Alas, cameramen spotted him and rigged up Long Tom cameras. What is worse, they saw that the President still has trouble with his full niblick. It is coming down too soon, as shown by the divats he is hacking out of the lawn, however quickly valet John Moory may stamp them back.

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THE STORY is told by Ralph Brown, of Scotland Yard. · He has been to visit Robert Pitt, a civil servant awaiting death in Jall for murdering Bobo giti called Yvette Saunders. Pitt wants to trade his lite for Information. The Information: the secret of Leonidos, the master spy no one knows...

was going on for three thirty this

"Now do me another one without the acrobatics, Philip Harben.”

London Express Service

Scarface smiles

How does he link

with the unknown

master-spy?

morning when I final- no crooks pulled off the same ly closed up the Ble on coup twice.

Robert Isaac Pitt and went

In the shuttered entrance. to wearily down to the can- the London Pavilion, in Picca teen in Scotland Yard for a dilly, group of youths, all wide cup of tea.

shoulders, long greasy hair and pimply faces, were horse-playing with a couple of girls.

All through the night, ever since I brought back When they saw me one of the the report of my talk with girls minced over, asked for a at Fentonville, we had been told her to try someone else, Pitt in the condemned cell cigarette, and followed her re- quest with the familiar question. working on his case, trying and was walking on when I sud- to squeeze out a clue that denly had a thought. would explain how and why he knew Leonidos,

"Did you ever knew Yvette Saunders?" I naked.

Except for the Prime Ministır

Her pole, over-powdered face and the Home Secretary, there did not change expression, but I are only about 15 men in the could see from the look in her country who know that anyone startled her. "Who are you? A hard little eyes that the question riamed Leonidos exists.

code

cop?

The fact that the Russians

"No," I lled. "A have an agent "planted "on" us, newspaperman. working for

them under that covered Fitt's trial name, is something

for killing Yvetle, to preserve as the top secret of Wondered if she them all-since we do not know was a friend, that's whe Leonidos is, how he gets aure

his information from us, and

I knew

They can't hang ME!

the route he uses to smuggle it hor." She said.

out.

So how, how, how can Robert Pilt a man condemned for the sordid crime of murdering his mistress, know about Leonidos, too?

معاه

"We all knew

her. Nico girl, even if she was a bit

Second day

Illustration

by ROBB

'He leaped suddenly to his -feet ...........--It was the first time he had shown sign of panic.

exclusive. That Pitti

A footsteps ca the stairs leading Hangings too good for him.

I bowed my thanks to him, to prove the connections I ́bava

a charming told you about." - girl isn't safe these days. Can't from the house, and I moved He smiled back Trust anyone."

towards them. A man was just smile. He and the two youths coming out when hands seized watched me as I walked out of He leaped suddenly to his tool. Just then one of the young me from behind and dragged me the alleyway towards Shaftes-

"Go on.

Brown, for mercy's men came strofing over. He back against the wall.

bury Avemio.

sake. There are sɑ few days left, looked at us both suspiciously:

and both of us have everything

6.

HIS knowledge can only stem "What's all the gabbing about?" I jabbed hard with both I carried in my mind a vivid to lose.” .

from the fact that Pitt has he asked. "It doesn't take all elbows in the direction where I pleture of the man with the

It was the first time he had been working for the this time to say yes or no.”

I had seen his knew it would do my assailants Polish accent. Russians. That means that he

face before. At Scotland Yard, shown sign of panic. I motioned wasn't bluffing in the condemned "He's asking about Yvette," least good, and turned towards in one of the files I knew there the warders to come back into. cell at Fentcaville

"He's yesterday, said the girl.

a news them. It was the arrogant youth was, a photograph of his hand- the cell, bowed to him, and went when he offered to sell us the paperman."

and one of his pimply pals. As some face. But which Ble was out, to the they bent double, groaning with it in? Criminal or political?

Identity of Leonidos in return for "We aren't talking

running

his own life. He realises that Press," said the young man. "On pain, the 'man from Yvelte we have to

catch Leonidos your way, reporter, and let the Saunders' flat come quickly, that the safety of this girls get on with their business." across. country is at stake.

I telephoned the office to check Pitt's address and then drove out to Dorking in the car. A fruitless journey. Mrs Pitt was away and the car with her, and He grabbed hold of the giri "What's the trouble?" ho WHEN they showed me into not expected back until after Can you make a bargain with and pushed her back towards the called. "What is going on?" W the condemned cell at midnight

murderer who deserves to London Pavillon, then planted hang? It is a question, thank himself in front of me, arrogant

Fentonville this afternoon Robert He spoke English with a cul- Piit looked up at me as if I were after getting back to the Yard, I spent the next two hours, goodness, for the Home, Secre- and threatening, so that it. was tured intonation that indicated tary to ponder.

late for an ap trying to place the face of the handsome young Pole, with, the Tointest trace of

I had met In the Ho was still the suave civil scar, whom accent underneath.

servant from the Ministry, still Soho alleyway at dawn today. cocky and confident, still con- "It's that so-and-so!" groaned vinced that, despite the sentence

We, found him at last. My assistant came Into the office the arrogant young man. "He's of the court, he was going to with a bunch days to draw the information INSTEAD, I turned on my heel a reporter. He's spying on you." cheat the gallows. He sold:

of pictures, ond from him--so that the law can and went up Shaftesbury

all I could do to keep myself a long and intimate residence in 2 subordinate

pointment.

In the meantime we have Ave from clipping him over the ear. this country, but with just the day, left, five days before they

put Pitt's

bead in the noose. Five days to talk to him, play

on his vanity and his fear. Five

the hangman, too.

G

Polish

one of them belonged to him,

;

catch Leonidos, and keep Pitt for Avenue. I could hear him and Very rapidly and very harshly, "Don't try and fool me, Brown. The name was Piotr Rashki. Tho his pals cat-calling me as I 'the young man retorted: "Don't I have made you a simple offer grin on his broad face was in- walked away. I cut down make fools of yourselves!" And and 7 want a simple answer to it, fectious. I signed myself out in the Frith Street and was almost at then to me: "If you are looking and don't try to muddy up the Special Branch register and went the place before I realised where for local colour, air, I hope you altuation

"What record has purflorid with unnecessary Rashki got?" I asked ray into the yard. It was a dirty morning,

Do you want to trap assistant. but I dismissed thy my unconscious will had taken will not be too indiscreet. These words.

"What Is he, crook, me-to the narrow Soho alley- young man were good enough to Leonidos? duty car and decided to walk at way in which Yveste Saunders Introduce a lady to me at a night growing short." loast part of the way home, had kept her fat and ruin her club, and I have just been seeing. Perhaps the wind and the sleet business, the place where Robert her home. I hope you will find would drive a few ideas into my Pitt had fod her the fatal dose nothing wrong in that,' head.

of strychnine.

1,

I had studied the police plans

and photographe well cough

to know that Yvette. Saunders

I warn, you, time is pander, or spy?”

"None

of them," sald“ imy "I quite realise that your asaistant. “He is a Polish ex« time is limited, sir." I salid, as officer of the Royal Air Force. suavely as possible. Perhaps Ho La very pro-British and ho "It would help if a little more has been known to do dangerous

information were forthcoming. - work.".

I think you said, sir, that you could prove your...connection

WHITEHALL was deserted and had lived on the third floor, and 66 TOTHING at all," I said, with Leonidos by showing that y W lifelons except for a light in when I looked up. I saw there one of the upstairs windows of wala labs in what had been her. Number Ten Trafalgar Square bedroom window

looked drab and mean; I couldn't

looking at him closely. He you, too, have been in touch looking, will a deep sear over you be able to clarify that point said my

and good with potential enemies. Would was broad÷faced"

for us?!

se Nelson, for the drizzle, and - Even so I watched, a couple his left eye.

the llons seemed to be sunk in of shadows moved across it, There, now" he said to the He looked at me savagely for gloom.

those of a man and a woman. So the fat was back in business young men. All this trouble a moment, and then relaxed, The only people I passed were again almodyte MS

for nothing. I am sure we can "Go to my wife and ask her to. a couple of policemen outside to

refrain from troubling・・ this let you look in the ear, under- the Bank of Canada, there I Prouently, as I stood there in gentleman any more and let him neath the scat in the back. don't doubt, to make sure that the palig

think you will And enough, there shadowa, I heard find w taxi and gu-koina.”

"For us?" I asked incredulous-

stunt. "Well, for our Allies, anyway,"

TOMORROW! The clues to Leonidos