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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1956.

TAKEN FOR A The pace is hotting up... It is not too late to start

DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER by IAN FLEMING

RIDE BY MEN: LOOKING FOR AN EXCUSE TO KILL...

⚫ himself, was just what he had

been waiting for.

•

JAMES BOND, Secret Service operator, has penetrated the Spangled Mob, international diamond smugglers, one of whose agents is the beautiful Tiffany Case. Having helped to smuggle diamonds • Into America, he is told, as part of the precautions the gang takes, that he will be paid off if he plays blackjack as per instructions in a gambling Joint at Las Vegas. He disobeys the instructions and wins more money than he is meant to, much to the annoyance of Big Boss Spang. In Las Vegas he has contacted Ernie Cureo, a faxi-driver employed by his friend Felix Leiter, a Pinkerton detective....

CHAPTER SEVEN

1

RNIE Cureo's

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"Okay, feller," said the driver cheerfully. "I boot looking for a chance to take a poke, at the I don't like being lestined gang. on and they been lepoing

on

me and one of my friends for

loo long. Hold fight. Let's go."

It was a straight stretch of

rond with

about, The mountains

not much traffic

distani tops of the

were yellow in the

etting sun and

the street was

beginning to get blue with the

15 minutes of dusk when you ⚫ can't make

mind up your whether to switch on your lights.

pals for a run into Rhyolite and back. Drives the trala himself. Champagne and caviar, orchestra, girls the works.

the place.

They were riding easily along at 40 with the low-slung Jaguar right on their tall and the black sedan a block ahead of them. "Must be something. But Suddenly, so that Bond pitched Cab never seen it. Ya can't get near forward, Ernie Cuneo put his was rolling slowly let down the side window and to a stop with a scream of tyres. Yessir," the driver brakes full on and dry-skidded along the Strip to spat emphatically into the road, There was а shattering splinter wards downtown "hat's how Mister Spang spends of metal and glass as the Jaguar I a8 Vegas. Bond had got his money. Daft, like I said." hit their tired of waiting for some.

volee changed. thing to happen, and he had "We got ourselves a tall, mister called up

the Pinkerton he said out of the corner of his man and suggested they mouth. "Two of 'em. Fore an

Ernie Curen's

get together for a talk. black Chevvy sodon

"How d'ya make asked Ernie.

See that in front? They got

uft. Don't look back.

out?" with the two guys.

two driving mirrors and they us and keeping been watching slep for quite a while.

"Not bad," said Bond. Touk some money off them at roulette, but I don't suppose that'll wory our friend Spang. They tell me he's got plently to spare.

"He's dall," said the driver, *He's crazy about the Old West

fenders. The cab forward against lurched

Its jammed it into gear and, with a brakes and then the driver

of Iron, freed horrible leaving

from himself

the smashed radiator of the car behind and accelerated away down the road.

THAT'S fixed them proper,"

a Ernie Cureo

"How

I

satisfaction.

"Back of us there's a little red sports model Jag with a rumble sent. Two more guys. With golf clubs in the back. But it just making our!?"

guys. happens I know them Detroit Purple Mob. Golf ain't "Bust radiator grille," said their game. The only Irons they Bond, watching out of the sear

DRAWING -

BY ROBB

coming after them, 118 eyes blazing.

Bond

man was just saying something| to a huge girl.

Bend turned and strálned his eyes across the dark expense behind them. Still nothing. He glanced at the neighbouring cora, Two faces glued together. A shapeless huddle on a back scat, Two prim, tapt, elderly faces staring upwards. The glint of light on an upturned bottle.

And then a wave of musky

nose and a'dark figuro rose up from the ground and a gun was in his face and a voice on the the other side of the car beside Ernio Cureo whispered softly, "Okay fellers. Take it easy."

after-shave lotion came up to his

BOND looked into the suet-face beside him. The eyes were smiling and cold. The wet lips parted and whispered, "Chât, Limey, or your pal's turkey My friend has a silencer. You and we're

for goin'

A ride," Bond turned his head and saw the black sausage of motal against the back of Emir Cureo's neck.

He made up bls mind, "Okay, Emic," he cald, "better one than two. I'll soon be back to get you to the doc, Take care of yourself."

"Funny guy," said suet-face, He opened the door, keeping his gun trained on Bond's face.

"Sorry friend,”

They were riding easily at 40 with the Jag on 'their

tails....sudden-

ly the tyres screamed, glass splintered.

Bond forget the burning car silent.

the cab

aald Ernie Cuzco

tired voice.

做

"I

guer?...

butt

then there was

sharp thud as the

gun hit him be-

LIFE WITH ALLEN

A WATCH FOR UNCLE

By GERALD ALLEN

"OMETHING' must international jewel

thief,

A

be done to raise coundrel wanted by the police

of three countries." the wind," I said. "Never know where you are

"A very apt expression," with women, and that's a fact,"

mused my audience. agreed Molly, "If we go on.

"She introduced this man as like this, we'll soon be living her brother, and within a week on fresh air. The trades Great Uncle Harry, had, un- people have been very knowingly, become one of the patient, but they've troubles scoundrel's accomplices. Trou of their own."

"Shall we pawn Great Uncle Harry's watch again?” I sug- gested.

"You didn't raise much on it Inst time," said Molly doubt fully.

"That watch is worth every

penny of fifty pounds," I assured

fer with quiet dignity. "When we fail to raise a tenner on it. I shall lose all senso of values,'

frou would admire some trinket in a jeweller's window and, when they were: all inside the

so-called shop. the

brother would be noting the layout of the place."

"The swine!" exclaimed tho pawnbroker.

FRY made that poor lad their unsuspected tool. His My sme of values received a

guileless manner never falled to Tasty Jur the next day.

lull the victim's susplelons. But- One Dawnbroker- didn't

to retribution was at hand. BOOTO

night, in using his blow-lamp Bancy the family heirloom.

to open a safe in an upstalis room, the jewel thief accident-

In a ally fred some hangings. dew minutes, the whole place

was binzing."

"What did you want on 117" he naked. pushing it about gingerly us if it were a hand- grenade,

ed casually.

"Did they use blow-lamps; in "Twenty pounda?" I suggest those days?" put in the pawn-

broker, suspiciously.

"This was

very early model"

I said hastily. "The jewel thief amnaged to get awdy before the stairs were, en- gulfed in fames, but Frou-frou stayed behind to rescue a kitjen

TE gave a sald little shake

of

hind the sar and His head and pushed the

ho clumped for- ward cod was

watch towards me.

"Ten," I said.

He gave a negative kind smile, and pushed spain.

the

"You save me twelve, time," I Hed.

"I did!"

that was in the room. She was trapped by fire. Now, Great Uncle Harry was waiting out- side with a carriage. Of course, ber of 'brother were calling on the

Im watch jeweller by appointment,

agine his horror when tre etw Frou-trou open en upstairs wit last dow and smoke and flames' Coma

pouring out,"

He thought Frou-frou end

い

as he tore open the door of Bond gritted his teeth and

muscles lumped 'and 'leaned over the his

under He glanced from one "Hold it," said Curce with an driver, There was blood every his cont.

and the whole of the gun to odd, muffed voice. "Going to where

the other, measuring with do a sharp turn and stop under driver's lett ann was soaked in adding up cdds. The four eyes Give it.. Bond, somehow. hauled him above the two guns were gready, eover of the text block. they

come into a sitting position on the longing for an excuse to kili yo a clear shot as they ivund after us."

scat and the driver's eyes him. The two mouths were opened. "Oh, brother,"

he said

aid smiling, wanting him to

He felt his blood braced himself as the through clenched teeth. "Get me omething. can handle are in their pockets window, "Both front wings tyres screaped, and the car out of here, mister, and drive cooling. He gave it another Just swivel y'eyes round as it lattened. Fender hanging off. lurched on two whetis and then like hell. Next thing that Jag'11 boute and then, with his hands you was admiring the scenery. Windshield

starred,

Then get me in sight, he stepped slowly out philanthropic instution," maybe righted itself and stopped. Then be after us, fancy Watch their gunhands while i broken." He lost the car in the he was

of the cor with murder tucked out of the door, and medic." dusk and turned round. "They're crouching with his gun up. The

away in the back of his mind. ry 'em out. Ready?"

sall Bond, out on the road trying to pull lights of the Chevrolel torerinto "Okay, Ercle," the front wings off the tyres, the side road and there was a slipping behind the wheel. "T*11 They may be able to go before squeal of tortured rubber as it take care of it." He rimmed the long, but it was a good start, made the turn on the wrong car into gear.

alde. Now, thought Bond, before Got any more like that?"

he can straighten up.

Bought himself A whole ghost town way out on Highway 05. He's shored the place up wooden

dewalks, saloon, clapboard hotel where he rooms the boys, even the old

allway station.

"Why back in '05 or there- abouts, this dump-Spectreville

It's called seeing how it's right BOND did us he was told. The alongside the Spectre rang—– was a rarin' sliver camp.

For

around three years they dug millions out of those mountains and a spur line took the stuff into Rhyoille, mebbe 60 miles away. That's another famous ghost town.

self one of the old

**WELL, Swing bought him

locos and one of the first Pullman state coaches, and he keeps them

there in the station at Spectre ville and week-ends he takes bir

Never

M

driver put la font c the

"Not easy now," grunted the Accelerator and simultaneously driver. "*"Wor's been declared. turned off the ignition switch. Watch it. Better get down, The The exhaust let go like an 88 Chevy's pulled up at the side of millimetre and Bond saw the two the road. They may try some right hands dive into the two shootin'. Here we go." brightly-coloured sports jackets.

There

Crack-a pause. Crack, Crack, Crack. Four bullets, at 20 yards, dead or the target,

up.

"Keep goin" muttered Ernie Cureo. "This'll get y'out near the Boulder Dam road. See any thing in the mirror?"

rator

"Your assistant did" "Ab-I had to sack him. thought this place Was

the pawnbroker sadly.

14

"Cor!" said the pawnbroker. "The fire brigade, arrived, but OLI their attempt to regela He Frou-frou failed.

Theo Greet Uncle Harry, white-faced but resolute, went steadily up the inddes, The crowd gave a great cheer which faded into deathly silence, broken only by the roprễ and crackle of the flames.

a

said

"He seemed to be a very dia- cerning, sensible, level-headed young chap, to me," I romark- ed.

"Well, we've not judging chor- actor and 1 don't want the

aheed to the gate," sald suot-face softly. "Look natural. I got you covered." watch." His gun had disappeared, but his hand

side.

of

The was in his pocket.

pawnbroker Bounded "There's a low-slung car with The other man joined them and quite cross. I realised it was no

after a spotlight comin- The Chevrolet didn't straighten fast," said Bond. "Could be the band

us his right hand was at the waist-time for half measures, It went over the kerb on

his trousers. Ho was a clang and two the other side of the road, hit a now." He stamped on the accele. Tanged himself on Bund's other just can't afford to turn it down. "Don't want it!" I cried "You Jag. About two blocks away Bond Lank a 1,000-dollar bill sharp cracks as they flashed past tree broadside, bounded off it,

This watch is out of his notecase and leaned the Chevrolet. A handful

no ordinary one, and the cab hissed of end smashed Into Д Lamp VVCT and stuffed it into the safely glass showered Found standard and turned completely

was presented to my Great Uncle Harry for lifesaving." pockel of the driver's shirt. Bond. Eivale Cureo swore, and round and slowly toppled over "There's a Grand to go on with," the car gave a swerve and then co its side.

don't want it."

"Very interesting. But I still he said. "And thanks, Ernie. got back on its course. Let's see what you

can do,"

Bond slipped his Berelta out and knocked

through the deserted side' street. The three men walked swiftly

Bond knelt on the back seal for the echoes of the smashing ya what, There's a Passion Piz front of them across the white,

those

sandy floor.

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towards the entrance and the "Keep goin'," wald Ernie Cureo. "We gotta hide up some straddied their long shadows in moon rising over the mountains place and let them lose us, Tell As Bond watched it, waiting

95. out the glass of metal to stop ringing to his cars. Drive-in Movie. Here we come.

just where this comes out on of the holster and cradled it in the rear window with the butt dames started to biced slowly Stow. Sharp right. See his hand. This, he thought to of his gura. The Chevrolet was from the chromium mouth of lights. Get in there quick. the car. Someone was scrabbling Right. Straight over the sarıd at a window, trying to get out, and between

thoge Bond had started across the lights. Easy. Stop," road when there was a groan- from the front seat of the cab and he turned round to see Ernie Carco slip from under the wheel to the floor.

Mind; Pharaoh

Suffered Too.....

let the

"RS Eraldine came to from blood pressure are told to he refuse th

ses me because she keep calm?" Mrs Erskine said. lo

"Yes," I answered

תי!

"I know people go.. suffered from morn- they are commonly told not to ing headaches. She Was get upset and not to quarrel, "Well, let's not so much worried about Strangely, though, anger causes hope these. Rather, she was con- less of a rise in blood pressure not

than many other emotions." cerned about

blood her

she felt

pressure, which caused them.

"Why do you think your blood pres-

sure is high?" I asked.

"I had

taken

once and it was 140," she said.

Mrs Erskine was blood

really

send

A

da

Cars..

Off

MONDAY: Meet Mr Spang

The cab came to re in the back row of half a dozen ranks of cars lined up to face the con- "Diamonds Are Forever," by cte screen that soared up into Ian Fleming, de publishéd by the sky and on which a huge Cape.

STUNNED BY A CARTOON

From Ronald Singleton

Obviously, the man was going to be difficult. But I masked my doubts with polished assurance,

"It was back in '93, the era of garlight and fansom cabs, Great Uncle Harry was just simple country lad, fresh to the templations of city life,"

OTIC

TRAIGHT to the window he

climbed then, and overcome by the heat and fumes, he collapsed into the room, and clasped his loved

in his arms."

"Poor kids!" whispered. the pawnbroker huskily,

"Oh, they got down all right. That's how Uncle Harry got the watch-public subscription. But being * modest -fellow, he wouldn't have it inscribed." ; ¦--

"What happened

the girl?" "Turned over a new leaf, andi become my great aunt." :

"I don't belleve a word of it but I'll let you have ten pounds on the watch," the pownbroker said. "You're a great triox.: (At least. I think ho sakt "rier").

Just as I was strolling out of the shop, the pawnbroker. sudde "By the way, if your Uncle was - so overcome by the fumes, how did he get down with the girl?"

I accelerated. **The -kitsers

over my shoulder. "It was pre- sented with a walch just like my uncle's."

THE pawnbroker was growing carried them down. I called

rertive.

he said.

"I don't

"Look," want your family history and I "Well, don't bring it in hers," don't want your watch.#

shouted the pownbroker

I axed him with a steely eye and carried on.

"This boy, innocent, and un- the worldly, fell on easy vidim 10

New York. If they aren't, fell them it's only for the small fame, and then I SEVEN MINUTE, fantasy,"

cow it still flying around

like a

woman

A animated cartoon, mado The quiet voice of Peter Bame. And now it look de toed the wiles of a beautifle mous

saic

can-can dancer, Frou-frou, the

翻 toast of

dozen European

liko Pharmob," Mrs I asked Mrs Erskine her age. Erskine as I For the older the person

the took

her higher one may expect the blood blood prey- that pressure to be.

Quite a high aure:

Angry? Sho

Don't by a husband and wife team an eerie story of "The Thing," and the Bame died. blood pressure To

worry. It doesn't in Loudon, and showing the a strange plane, which at

It The TV company awitchboard older

socmed proplo is

ease and on

from capitals.” compatible

on blood pressure too end of the world by atom fies overhead burns everything was swamped with calls with that *4

diving into a skeleton and at stunned viewers. Some bomb, has shocked normal health.

the last destroys.Itself."

they were terrified. Many said My audience showed signs of reading her much!

[United States. prves-

they were horrified.

interest. US Army, Defence, Depart The Thing

Dies over a sleep-

But many more were im-

"You can krisogize "what the ment and State Department of-ing city. A mother, father and pressed. They praised the car- charms of such a women would clabs were so impressed when child are shown asleep.

toon as excellent anti-war pro- do to a raw simple youth"

"I con that," agreed the pawz- Said - distributor George K. broker. "The trouble we've had The faces of the mother, Arthur."We had calls from the getting my boy out of a mix-up father and child crumble until, Pentagon and the State Depart with a barmaid, you wouldn't The film, made by Joan and only skeletons are left. Peter Foldes, 1959 Cannes Film

ment asking for use of 11.TV |believe," Says the narrator: ....... When stations and theatres throughout "Then your father's heart will Fortivak prize-winners, was. It was over there was nothing the country want IL?

warm to my tale”,I said, patting left but a "Yes," I said, "but, mainly, thown on television here..

sanall⠀⠀ flame. The Is it a fit film for children? -- || him on the shoulder, "Great Tho BIKIZOUNCET warned: mountains, the fields, the city The 10-year-old daughter of Uncle Harry fell with, a bang. parentar. "It's mot for children, and the earth: bad all dia a studio oficial, said she liked Tittle did he know that Fro They should be asleep, anyway.

appeared, and it was cold except It, but, asked: “Did God. go, too?" frou, was carrying on wžišta.

reluctant to tell her sure reached the upper limits of - age. "I'm my old

normality. 25 my arteries," she answered. lightly,

ALL IN A DOCTOR'S

was not im

pressed.

In the

first

dependa

on

which is kes

DAY by Cedric Carne

She was speaking very much to the point without being

"I try to lose some weight," Awaro of it, for there la clows, she said,

organisationis,

pump, is expand-

ing or contracting,

place, blood pres.

whether the heart,

sure

relationship .bo- tween the "hardens

Since overweight is a factor they rawit that they asked. Then comes the terrifying pagenda. in causing high blood pressure, for the film to be shown to the moment when the bomb drops. I recommended that she should | armed forces and civil defence. be'discreet about her diet.

As the heart beats out blood the Ing of the arteries arterios don't worry about it." pressure rice to well over the cleroals, as doctors call it and

100 mark generally, while in high blood pressure,

the Immediato pauso that

follows a heart beat the blood

The opinion that arterio;

pressure fille below that figure sclerosis and high blood pressure

So there are two figures to note is a disease of inoder times and is related to modern nutrition

not one

is Erskine that and to the unique physical and I also told Mre her emotional state at the time mental strain of speedy modern of: the test was important. Pear

is contradicled by recent or-pai malces the blood pres

ve a investigatiori at the Fiold sure rise. Other emotion Museum in Chicago. There, similar effect, so that young

spook scientifically shoor or of a Alm, star: "Boy With the aid of Xocoys, they demonstrated the hard, arteries

sbe certainly sonds up my blood of an!" ancient unwrapped

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