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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1954,

The CHRISTMAS SPY BRITISH

By Bernard Newman

But the following night Dad

wow still busy.

He got a may man will know the watchman mechanic, and studied keya mEL'

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"400", blow.” #ki Dad. “The Dad got busy. Hơa a good of England and put red sputs pulled out some of his half, so want of his desetiya bootar. Ha on the places where there bad it's ten to one he'll dye the rest soon undid the lock on the out- side of the Ligere cage, want Been subotage incidents as he another colour."

went in. I kept: watoti outside. called them. Then be tried to work out the loge of it, but

whimper 5000 1 had to couldn't the places didn't even

warning, as a man came along. onsible order. to folow jan any

Dad lay down for, a bit till ne chap, had gobo. Then I BRW him working on the noorboards of the cage--just above those big equipment boxes that tiang beneath,

AD suggested we went Do the circus, instead of the pantomime this year 1, jumped at the idea-1 mean to say, when a chap's turned neventcem, he's grown out of fairy stories, The girls in the pantos are

-I got quite excited, at the all right, but the plots are time, but nothing happened, so bunk, Mum was a bit disap- I went back to my space nation. pointed, I think she likes But when it was time for our those "Will you love me Christmas dinner, 1 clean forgot when my hair is grey,' sort all about sples and their cigar

bombs. of songs.

Bilma

The

dirtus

Was

full

smashing. Thore were BOATI Wizard aerobats, una a EIRE wito was fred, from a big cannon, B00 too.bailing dogs, and a cage of tigers. I suppose it was only an act, but I really thought that one of the tigers was going to Mum didn't maul the trainer. Bit

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The fact was that the circus just happened to be in our town over Christmas. Dad said we could go to the panto any old year, but it wasn't often that a good circus came to Leicester at Christmas. Mum agreed with him. She usually does.

Dad gave me the money, and I went to book the sea for the

a bit when the show. When I got back home, put his head inside the uger's

brother-was mouth. big

But Dad wasn't He's

& policeman at

tho Ther Birmingham. Da akes to eat worried. He said

frightened the tiger first. ho's suji Obicolive, but

the time. most of But Dad's just crazy delective stories - I quite like US them myself, though I'm more interested in space travel. Dod thinks that he would

George=my there.

tum a

in unborm

made a good delrotivo himself, a laiks lot about 'logical Hah

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his deduction -- that's phrase.

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trainer

The Ugers were the last turn, and as we went out, 1 Bow ho tumer in Bud leopardskan costume. That reminded me-1 ran to get me autograph, Ho

A have was uilking to another man, but but he gave me hus auograph

Androcica, the called pet himself ways thought that Anarocies was concerned with law, not tigers. I don't sup- pose it was his real name, any- way. While he was signing, the canno

man and one of chus came up, and I got their autographs on woll,

I must admit, though, that Dad's read a lot and knows his I remember When George ran in his first 'drunk and disorderly Dad made him run through the case, using the kucher as a court and lecturing lum on the Juage's Rules, and George told me later that the magistrale complimented him on the way he gave his evidence.

thu

us-ho home

George wasn't with was on duty, but came the next week-end. Dad got on to bim about th sapologe business, but Ciborge didn't know any more. By that time

Dad Jot or pres

hact collected

·

cuttings about the incidents,

The following work therd waS a fire in Leicester a factory

This time, George had a which made precision tools was betler story. There had been u burned WIL. I saw it thyself big factory fire in Birmingham. because I was just coming home and George had been on day, drom One of the firemen was injured, and two of his palsushes un to save him-it was really exciting,

"And what started time fre?" Dad asked. That was his 'logle'

you see,

"beard the inspector say that it was sabotage. There have been

ปี lot crt cast's Liverpool, Manchester, Shetheld

all over the country."

"And how was it done)**

"Time-bombs. Not clocks 'algar bombs', they call them."

"I know," cald Dad. "Pieces

of thin lead piping, the insido divided by a piece of metal. Acids eat their way through and burst into flames when they meet."

Dad.

Our

That's right, chapy found tracts of one." George always said that Dad wan't like other amateurs de did know what he was talking about.

'tho

eyes. That's what the mệ

thing. spector said. But it's some- The police all over the country are looking for the mori, Pity the watchman didn't get a good look at him. Well, I must 'be' tf.' I'm on chuty at two o'clock."

When George bad gone, I was a bit., So was Dad, qualet for who, was still working on his map.

"By fingo, I've got it!" he shoulodso joud that Mum what came running in to age Was Wrong.

"Look at this!" Dad produced **LOOK the circus programme.

I looked ue my watch. "Hurry up, Dad!" I whispered.

"Bhan't be long. But I duste leave everything as I found It?

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Then ther

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There was a little hole to from a tremendous Continental the vent. I could see, that tour, and successful visits to Androcles was nearly through The tiger Dentis London, Bristol, Birmingham, s Sheffield, Manchester, Elver- mauling him was

adi, pool-there have been sabotage by the way, because, it happen fires as peurly all these places!”

ed again. "But not in that order, Dad," "That doeszyt 'malter. Wait of applause, the turn was over. a minute tot's compare dates!" I start, hand down the fron He seemed disappointed the fenced corridor, free didn't coincide with the "Look out, Dad!" 1 folder. circus visits. "But no, of

"The tigers are coming!”. course-our fire came after the ciretis had gooo, Now yes, by ringo, I've got ati In every case, the fire followed the vidit of the circus!"

"Golly! Hold them up while 1 get out!"

I ad a walking etikk, and pushed it through ine bars. wouldn't hold the tigers up for book of coure--and, anyway, somebody would come along to Bul see what was happening. it did give Dad time to get out

"But what does that many of the cage. Mum asked.

"Why, don't you see, the spy must be in the clrcust What a cover Ho COURTS -CRITY bombs around eastly among nil that paraphernalia. And the creus has corro rom the Continent!"

"But how could he plant the bombe in the Justorms?”

"Ob, he must-have complice. We must the circus—2" "What--all

tocaa watch

peoples

evening classes. police kept us at a distance, but There must have been a hundred it was a real timaL

George pulled Dad's leg next time he was home,

"So you didn't catch Dad?

"Catch who?”

or-more."-Ausstat

4

"Good work!” bo cald. "And book at threset" He pulled two cigar bombe out of his pocket. "There are jots more in the booL

Androcles is ́under the “enge. the distributor all right what a covert Who'd think of going into a tiger's den?"

"Well, you did, Dad”

We collected Mum, and made for the police station.

Hoy!

! · Were these plaased! They

raided the cago-after getting "Yes. It's really a job or the tigers out! and arrestaci the police," Ixact admitted. Andrucies. He gave away a "That's a pity-when loge bes of his mocomplices, and tho him, led us 80 fah--”

sabotage plot was folled.. "We can go a bit further," There's some talk of giving Dad,” I said. "When I got the Dad a medal-the MBE. 1 inger-tumer's authograph, there think Mum thinks it would was a man talking to him—and be nice, because she wants to go I've just remembered that the to Buckingham Palace to see man had dyed hair, I'nuteed the Queen. But Dad says I'm it when the light—”

not a very good detective writer. - og I should have stated the problem in my first sentence and the solution in the last,

"The saboteur, He was 80913 ---the Arst time we've had a real clue."

"Who saw him?"

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It isn't alton that Dad get really exalted, but he was now Ho clapped ne do the back i quite hard.

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Still, he did ogren that my The circus is at Nottingham account of the Incident was

Togical-so perhaps that's "The night watchman. He this week I saw it in the that matters. nearly caught him, climbing paper," he said. "We're going

He made 4 there tomorrow!” grab at tim-the fellow dodged. and all the watchman got was a handful of hair."

over the fence,

"Ah! But that is a clue!"

And we did! Mum went, in to see the show, "in case any, thing happened, but Dad and 1 hung about 'outukle, It was easy to hide ourselves among all

"It certainly ial" George the tricks around the tent. We grinned. The bloke's hair is goo found the caravan 14

Dad had lots of questions to rather peculiar it's dyed." ask; who supplied the bombs,

and how? But George didn't

know

came in

ready.

any more,

to tell tas

"Dyed!"

the theer *tarter: ww

Androcleg saw him in ble leopardalin. Then, the little corridor from WEB to the ring "Yes.

Near the roots it's the cage supper was dark, but the rest is dyed very opened, and the tigers dunk

fair.

Then Mum

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