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THE CHINA MAIL,- MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1956.

Diamonds are Forever

Secret agent JAMES BOND has been given Д tough assignment: to break

BI American gang. smuggling South African diamonds. He is sent in the Yard as the Brat step....

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CHAPTER TWO

UNCTUALLY at two

Bond o'clock,

Was shaking hands with the dapper level eyed

in the old- fashioned office which hears more secrets than any other room in Scotland Yard.

man

Ronnie Vallanwe pushed a couple of 1.D. identifien. tion photographs areoss the desk. They showed a skurk- haired, rather good-looking young man with a clean-al swashbuckling face in which the eyes amiled innocently,

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went wront

do a smuggling Job to

America for $5,000, Pay. able on delivery. My girl asked him if it was <trugs. And he laughed and said: No-better still. Hot lee.' Had he got the diamonds? No.

"His next job was to contact his 'guard." To-

MTOW evening pl the Trafalgar Palace. Five o'clock in her room. A girl called Case. She would tell him what to do aml go

ves with him."

Valinnee got up and paced to and fro in front of the framed forgeries of A25 antes that last Ure wall apposite the windows, These smugglers generally go in pats when big stuff

be 10

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never quite

at the '

the big men don't get caught naming of the carrier talks.

these Job

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Bond

gets his

order ... meet

the mysterious

Miss Case...

les is generally the weak- est link How Was 1312 $5,000 to be paid to Petre Franks" Who by And if he glad the job svteressfully would her be takent vai ngaty*

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Sunny

late," ngryed "Or we'd have bud trim made years ago. Anyway. " zeens he was portartvej lay a friend of a friend und agreed to

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by IAN FLEMING

"Dxxxx sher butt Franka?"

know anything

"Just his description and his name,“ sold Vallance, "A1 Jenst that's what we guarss. I dumbt if she even knows the man who contacted him. Cut-outs all along the line Everybody does De Jobs in a watertight com- partment Then, IF 4here's a hole in the sock it doesn't run."

"Know anything about wornaam**

"Passport details. Amerkan citizen. 27 Born San Franeker

Blue eyes. Height Gin Profession:

magle Been over here a dozen In the last three years. have been mure often different name. Always

the new

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Vallance didn't answer, In- stead he pressed a swlich on the big intercom on his desk.

"Yes, sir?" said #metallic voice.

Send up Dankwaerto al the double, please sergeant."

There was a knock On Le dort and Vallance's stuff secre- tury put his head in. "Sergeant Dankwacris, alr.***

the Trafalgar Palace, The hotel detective says she doesn't seem to go out much. Few visitors. Never says more than two weeks. Never gives any tre mubio, That's pil. Don't forget that when you meet her you'll have to have a good mory yourself. Why you're doing the staf job and so on,

I' ce to that." "Anything to be over?

VALLANCE started proving to agan, think fhad rght to be all righ fe sand "We're going krake in Pranks thus

bold be hur conspiring to evade the Customs." de smilet briefly

It break

up A beautiful endship

3'm with my girl. adukt But that's go

else we can help

faced And then the alea as for Bond reflected. "What abou you to make T rendezvous this House of Diamonds lead the with Miss Case.”

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They about diamonds with natte ilke

Wegsciton, Top Cape, Yellow Premier.

"Send him." said Vallance "Hold Lobiniere until I ring."

The secretary held open the door and a nondescript man in plain clothes carrie in. His heir

yne knee and opened !. Then, for 10 minutes, his light fingers was thoming, he wore spectacles and his complexion was pate

is expression was kindly and face and hair.

busied themselves Over Bond's

He heid up studious. He might have been

pocket mirror in front of Bond, any sentor clerk in any business,

of A touch

white t The *Afternoon, sergeant," Kalci

temples, The

HT Kone. A Vallance. "This Is Commander hist of studiousnCES at the

of the Burki

Ministry of

corners of the eyes and mouth. Defence." The sergeant smiled The faintest shadows under the

"I want you to take cheekbones. polkely. Commander Bend to the House put your finger o

Nothing you could but it all of Diamonds in Hatton Garden.

added up to someone who cer- He will be 'Sergeant James of tainly wasn't James Bond.

the "You Thank

diamonds from that Ascot job are on their

the +61 tor

Argentine way

IQERGEANT Danketoderts and through America,

the disguised James Bond no to Mr Saye, the top man thero. You will wonder if it is call on Mr Rufus B. Saye, Vice- possible that Mr Sage has President for Europe of the heard any dalk from the other House Diamonds. They are side. His New York office may asked to wait in a luxurious have heard something. You ante-room,} know, all very nice and polite. "Bul Just look him in the eye. Put as much pressure on es you can without giving any grounds for complaint."

You will say S

and 1

A big. dark man took two quick steps into the room and stood looking sharply from one

to the other.

**My mone is Saye," he said harshly, "What goes on amund here? What do you want?'* VALLANCE spoke into the

**I am moment

Sergeant Dankwaerts later there appeared a sallow, of the Special Brunch of Scot- rather ingratiating mun wearing land Yard," he said in a quiet. extremely smart plain clothes peaceful voice, "And this," he and carrying

small attache inade a

pesture lowards Bond. He stood walling Just "is Sergeant James, inside the door,

making a routine inquiry about sume stolen diamonds. occurred to the Assistant Com- missione"," the voice was of velvet, "that you might be able to help us."

cast.

"Good afternoon. sergesit. Come and have a look at this friend of mine."

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ROBB

He was dressed white shirt, black single-breasted

and boollace-tiin black

an

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in a roomy Guit,

almost tle, hell in place by a gold tie-clip repre- senting a spur,

His long arms hung relaxed an his aides and terminated in two very large hands, now slightly curled inwards, whose backs showed black hair. His bik feel, in expensive black shoes, looked to be about size

12.

Bond summed him up as Д tough and capable man who had triumphed in a variety of hard schools, and who looked as H in one of he was still serving them.

and these are the stones we HTT particularly interested in," concluded Sergeant Dank- waerts. He referred to his black book, "One carat Wesselton. Two Pine Blue-whites of about 10 carale each. One 30 urt Yellow Premier. Top Cape, and Cape Unimas."

One 15 carat two 15 caral

Then he looked He paused.

up from his book and yery sharply into

Mr Saye's hard black eyes. "Have any of those passed through your hands. Mr Saye, or through your firm in New York?" he inquired softly.

"No," said Mr Saye Eatly.

It's Very Expensive

(Says JACK BENNY)

Being World's Meanest Man

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By THOMAS WISEMAN

fire."

London. not really stingy-that 10's just TO meet Jack Benny a joke.

who thrives on the "You'd be surprised how

title of The Meanest many, people are convinced that Man in the

without World is there can't be smoke rather like encountering a Bafe to which even the **Truthfully," I said, "havo owner does not know the you never been elingy?" combination.

"Never," he said, "If I had been, I'd be a millionaire to- day."

with mean

his jokes. He

He explained IS

Uic cost of being famous for menuess: “I utingy with bis conversation.

can't afford to let someone else picks up the You would need to be a very would say, 'Atul There is some cheque or people expert cracksınan or, alterna- truth in 11. I have to over- the timo to

Not that he is really mean with

18 his money, But he

lively, you would need have a stick of dynamite to get at the wealth of humour which one is assured is locked up inside him,

tip

prove how generous I am... 26 percent tips instead of 15 per- cent. I have to be very careful about that,"

I met him when he arrived trom America to appear on He suddenly looked worried. PBC Television, and on I did "At lunch today," he said, "I not have any dynamite (and he gon't think I over-tipped enough. did not have bis pagnen I've been worrying about it all

Enunwood

... golden wisecracks safely concealed.

around) his golden wisecracks day. remained safely concealed in his **You see I haven't got used to English money yot. I think I shall burglar-proof frame.

Whatever it is that this man have to go back to the waiter and got which enables him to give him another lip. Rumours bold on

fortnightly TV get around so fast to audience of 40 million in the United States-he thriftily kept it to himself.

The story is told of how Mr Benny was held up by a gun-

They have not." He turned to man who threatened, "Your

the door behind him and opened it. "And now, good afternoon,

The sergeant came and stood close up to Bond and politely

gentlemen." the light. turned him towards Two very jocen dark eyes examined his face minutely for a full mimate,

the man stepped away.

Then

"Can't guarantee the scar for he more than six hours, sir." caid. "Not in this heat. But the

**Yca?" said Mr Saye. He looked contemptuously from one to the other of these two under- flatfect who hadi the paid effruntary to be taking up his tino. "Go ahead."

rest's all right. Who is he to be, SAYE was a large, com-

sir?"

"He's to be

He

Undismayed, Sergeant Dank- waerts slipped his notebook into his waistcoat pocket, picked up this hat and walked out into the Phall and then out into the

Band followed, him, Sergeant Dankwaerts

street.

chuck-

led. "He's not a diamond mer- chant, sir," he saith, "or I'll cat my hat."

accentuated

cul side- were

of

without

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piret man with the hard ness of a chunk of quartz. Sergeant James, had a very square face whose a member of Sergeant Dank- sharp angles were waerts's staff." Vallance looked by short, wiry black halt,

en brosse and at his watch "Only for three whiskers. His eyebrows

black and straight, and tucked in below them there were two extremely sharp and steady black

eyes. He wis clean- At Vallance's mod, the police shaven, and his lips were a thin men fed Band to a chair by and rather wide straight line. the window, put his small The square chin was deeply attache case on the floor beside cleft, and the muscles bulged at the chair and knelt down

hours. All right?"

"Certainly sir. Shall I go ahead?"

on the points of the jaw.

NO SMOKING

"How

do you know?" "When I read out that list stones,"

Sergeant inishing Dankowacris smiled happily, "I mentioned a Yellow Premier and two Cape Union."

"Yes!"

"It just happens that there aren't such things, sir."

TOMORROW: Arroganco in a husky female voice

money or your life." Mr Benny hesitated.

Well...

...?" demanderi gunman.

**T suppose I spend about £1,000 a year in over-tippin But it's deductible, part of my professional expenses."

"Prove to me," I said, "what a lavish snender you are. Could you got through 21,000 in the weet?"

Mr Benny.

"I'm thinking it over," sald

"My wife can get through that much in

1000.

A series of such jokes has spenderady. I'm a pretty big made him one of the most sue- paying for the Oliver Mossel

cessful comedians in Ameriça,

I told him now much he was

Other comics rely for their suite at the Dorchester: £25 a laughs upon the situation of the day. (Marilyn Monroe wanted it husband being deceived by his but Mr Benny has it booked for

throo months). wife: Mr Benny has proved That's that it is much funnier for the

75 dollars," Bald about to be deceived by his Mr Benny. "Is that all? People

will really think I'm mem."

I assured tim that people The man trying to hang on to would understand. They would his dollar is Infinitely more malce allowances, considoning ho hilarious then the man trying was working for the BBC, an Lo hang on to his wife.

organisation even more famous Maintaining the title of The for die thrift (when it comes to Meanest Man in the World is on paying antists) than Mr Benny

business expensive

Mr

left Mr Benny working hard Benny.

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