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OUR NEW SERIAL

THE HOUSE OF SIN.

CHAPTER XIX.

"T protest!"

By ALLEN UPWARD.

(Author of "The Yellow Hand,"

The Ordeal of Fire," ote.).

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

MURDER CHARGE.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1927.

HE WHO LAUGHS LAST.

GUNNERY DEVICE THAT WAS ONCE SCORNED.

(Continued from Page 7.)

fallen down in the interstices. There was another bullet mark in the plaster of the pantry wall,

AN INVENTOR'S CLAIM. and witness was of the opinion that the flattened bullet was the A gun firing device which, It was' said, was "laughed to scorn" one,which struck this wall.

when first produced, but is now Another bullet mark was seen the standard fitting, was the sub- in the framework of the door,ject of a claim made. before the "1 Am 'surprised' nt

you, three feet nino inches from the Royal Commission en Awards to Inventor's sitting in London re- Frederick. Are there no 'mis-

cently. sionaries in Nigeria? Docsn't floor, and witness believed that the this benighted crenture under bullet picked up in the room had The invention is one enabling a

the difference stand

between passed through this frame work.number of qulek firing guns to be Christianity and heathenism?" The bullets were found in different fired by the depression of

key, and the claimant was Lieut.- "There, that will do, Agatha," parts of the apartment.

Commander, W. Vaughan, former- interposed her father. "For my

Statements of Houseboys.

ly a naval gunner, and now gun- part I see little difference between such fanaticism as yours, and the

Two houseboys, employed in ad-nery instructor at Whale Island, most savage juju, or whatever joining apartments, deposed that Portsmouth.

The official description of the IA called. Your religion has they heard the shots fred, and In their own baronial courts and and that is enough for me. If yo: Lee Lee, Lee." They saw accus-cal firing gear. sentenced them without appeal wish to retire, vnu can."

ed leave the room and enter the Those privileges had long beer Lady Agatha's wintry smile left lift. He appeared to be frighten-mander Vaughan, said that when taken away, yet now the living her lips, and a tear aprang to hered. On previous occasions wit- the claimant first produced the Duke was about to conduct a trial eyes under this nabile reproof. nesses affirmed that they had device he was "laughed to scorn" for a crime committed in his man. She howed her hond meekly, and heard some

arguments between by those in authority. sion, and to try it by a process like

passed out through the door.

accused and deceased regarding that in use in the England of a

the disappearance of wines. thousand years ago..

In

The scene thus interrupted was almost medieval in character, although it was being enacted in the heart of modern London. the days of the Angevin kings, indeed, the ancestors of the Dukes of Altringham had exercised the rights of the high and the low justice, of nit and gallows. They

one

had tried their serfs and vessals taught you to disobey your father, heard deceased call out. "Lee Invention was an electro-mechani- |

His Grace had placed himself

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Lest her example should he fol- lowed the Duke lost no time in taking a spoonful of grains from in a highbacked armchair em- the bowl held out by Burrewes, blazoned with the arms of his und, cramming them into his House. The representative of the mouth, he chewed them reselutely Home Office. necupied angther chair beside him, a little in the for a minute, and swallowed them

with scarcely an effort. rear. On the right of the Duse sat his family, the young Duchess; the Ladies Agalim, and Rosa, and Jastly Caplain Theobald, his prog pestive son-in-law and guest.

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Mr. K. Shelley, for Lieut.-Com-

The problem of aring a num- ber of 15-inch guns from one naint was comparatively easy. with the pressing of a key" an electric circuit was closed, caus-

Mr. Eric Melntyre, Assistant Land Surveyor, P.W.D., submitted a plan to scale, which he explaining an explosion to take place in the breach of the gun, where the ed to the Court.

This concluded the case for the charge was already lying in silk bags. The time clapsing between prosecution, and counsel for the depressing the key and firing the

gun was about one-fiftieth of defence having no make. the Magistrate committed second. It was a very different accused for trial, on the charge matter to fire quick-firing guns in "Very true; you are quite right. of murder. After being caution-the same way as they had to be the left wereamarshalled the entire thank you," his Grace answered, accused replied "I reserve my fired by percussion,

defence, Sir."

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He was about to pass the bowl on to his wife and daughter, when Tarleton leant eve: and whispered in his car.

body of the servants. The conf- dential steward stood slightly in gratefully,

"Dr Tarleton has advance of the file, holding a bovested that the ladies should of rice in his hands.

Falai was standing apart from the other servants, not far from the door. Ife gazed earnestly af his judge, as though anxious to gather the sense of his words.

statement to

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL

WEEK-END.

a

The problem became very press- ing, somewhere about May 1916,

firing because "director".

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be left to the last-I ought to have

If the Hegre VOLUNTEERS IN CAMP. then being introduced in the 15- inch guns, and the similar firing The Duke, who was not lacking aid the women.

breaks down under the ardeal

of smaller guns was entirely un- in personal dignity, had opened

solved. the court with a brief but impress there will be no need to trouble

them." sive address. He made no directi allusion to the previous murder. although by this time there must have been few present who had not seen the report of the inquest, and formed some conjecture on the subjact. 11e referred in a few xrave words to the discovery of that morning, and explained that it was uncertain whether Made moiselle had perished by her own hand or another's.

Meanwhile the Duchess had also rewarded the adviser to the Home Office with a pleased smile Hitherto her attitude and haw, towards the whole proceeding had

The second week-end camp of the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps was held at Fanling from Friday night until last evening. when there was a large attendance of all units, including members of the Reserve Company.

Was

tube

Lt. Comdr. Vaughan set his mind to work on the problem, and solved it by a highly ingenious method characterised by essential! simplicity." The electric used in the firing of the 15-inch guns generated a good deal of heal, and there amount of foren when the fame shot out of the tube. Mr.

WAR a. great

hoen ane of bored indifference. The field work consisted mainly Vaughan used the force of the She sat looking on like a great of machine gun practise and in-flame to "trip" the trigger of the The gun could be thus Then, after describing the dead-lady who has dropped in to struction-mostly on long range un ly character of the Nigerian patronise a village show. Ifer work, and so far as this part of the fired fourteen to fifteen times a poison, his Grace had gone on to husband's performance appeared Corps' training is concerned much minute, which was all that was say that the use of the arrow to excite in her no feeling but valuable experience was gained. required.

The invention cost about £16 a caused suspicion to fall on the aristocratic disgust, and she had On Saturday evening, night opera- untive of Nigeria, who had assert been getting ready to go through tions were carried out, the Engi- set to produce, compared with the ed his innocence, and offered to her own part in the ceremony with acer Company taking part and fir-£100 of other suggested methods. prove it according to the eastonin similar show of feeling.

Mr. Trevor Watson, for the The

week-end, individual work of his people, by ordeal.

Lady Rosa, on the other hand Verey Lights. During the It is now the standard fitting. Duke indicated the nature of the was quivering with excitement, done by the Mounted Section and Crown, said he was not suggest ing it was not a very useful test, and appealed to those present was plain that she anticipated the Armoured Car Company.

device, and there was obviously n to conform to the ceremony as an seme Langible result from the

On Saturday evening, the mem-case for award. Other people had earnest of their own integrity. ordeal, and awaited it with no.

She had watched hers of the Portugese Company been trying to solve the problem Only in the way, their master told little anxiety. them, could they hope to satisfy her father eagerly, and drawn agave a much appreciated concert without success.

The Commission's decision will the Home Office, represented by breath of relief when he emerged around a big open fire, pianoforte,

But saxaphone and vocal selections be made known in due course. Dr. Tarleton, and avert the inter- satisfactorily from the test. vention of the police.

now it was Captain Theobald's being given. The address had produced a turn, and her strained gaze in his. natural sensation. Some of the direction testified that, whatever, younger women began to sub. An her motive for breaking off their uneasy feeling showed itself on engagement, it had not been any! the faces of all except Googe, who lessening of her love. now atoned for his former rebel-' lion by directing stern, looks at his subordinates.

the interruption.

Lieut. Col. L. G. Bird, the Com-

throughout the week-end.. mandant of the Corps, was present

Crude Method Scrapped.

en-

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TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.

The following 18 the list of looal share quotations issued to day:" Banks

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Hongkong Bank, $1115.60 sa. Chartered Bank, 621 b.

Mercantile A. & B., 431 P. and O. $10 n East Asia, $52 d.

Insurances.

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Canton Ins., $555 b. Union Ina, $293 t. North China, Ins., Tls. 143 n.. Yangteze Ins., $461 b. China Underwriters, $1,20 s. China Fires, $215 m H. K. Fire Ine., $610 b.

Shipping.

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H. K. Tugs, $170. Indo-Chinas, Prof.) $30 Shell Trans., 90- x Union Waterbeats, $17 n.

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Cottona.

Ewo Cottons, Ts. $7.10 b. Orientala, Tis. 14 S'hai Cottons, Tls. 40 b.

Lands, Hotels, etc.

H. and, Hotels, $7.40 sa. H. K. Lands, $581 b...

b. S'hai Lands T.s. 124 Humphreys, $13.80 b" Realtys, $7.40 n. Territorials, $18.

Public Utilities. Tramways, $21 80 so. Peak Trams, fold, $14 B. Star Ferries, 858 b: China Lights, (Comb.) $13.10 b. H'kong Electrics, $58 b.. Macad Electrics, $44 b Telephones $3.90 b. China Busos, Tls 4 80. Singapore Tractions, 11/9 b.

Industrials. China Sugars, $.3 Malabons, $30 "Canton loss, $5

Coments (Comb) $7 b Ropes (Old) $7 United Asbestos $128.

Stores &c.

Dairy Farms, Watsons, $11 n.

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Miscellaneous.

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B'que Ind. G. Bonds, 551% .b. H. K. G. Loan, 4% Prom.

TODAY'S FILMS.

THE WORLD AND STAR THEATRES.

"A large wooden model of a gun Court another invention a per- was used to demonstrate to the cussion Bring gun-in connection Lieut-Commander with which Vaughan was also concerned." The Captain advanced, pale but

"Mr. Shelley said that from the determined, and helped himself an asheu grey as he took the rice The Taithful from the steward's bowl. Before grains in his hand.

Whether time of Nelson the method of fir- Burrowes checked the growing putting the grains between his lips because he felt his master to being a gun was to pull a lanyard, | "

crude agitation by volunteering to be the he faced round to his black his only friend in the assemblage, which operated the trigger.

This extraordinarily

While the big picture at the first to submit to the ordeal. servant and pronounced a few or because only the Captain could

But the Duke remembered his native words.

understand him, he chose to face method was in operation until pledge.

"Excuse me, but may I ask what the young officer as he repeated times comparatively recent, he Queen's Theatre, the special com- Only then said.. It was necessary to have dy, "We're in the Navy Now," has "No," Burrowes, I shall set the you just said?" called out the in-the juju invocation.

did he proceed. to all his capa- a secondary method of firing in still one more day to run, the prin example myself, in the hope that vestigator. no one here will refuse to follow

Theobald half turned his head.cious mouth with the magical food. case the primary method failed.cipal pictures at the World Theatre and it was essential to provide and the Star Theatre will be screen- me."

"I only repeated the juju phrase,

The excitement in the room was that the gun could not be fired uned for the last time to-day.

The former is "Red Dice," a melo- And he had been in the act of making that the rice might choke

And he intense. Few of the English scr

less the gun crew were clear of reaching out his hand to the honic if 1 was guilty."" when all present were startled, by threw the spoonful into his mouth, vants, perhaps, but believed in the the gun, the preach block was drama in which Rod La Rocque Yet the French fully home, and the discharge plays the role of a young man who insures his life for $100,000 and to the accompaniment of a sup-negro's guilt. "I protest! This is a heathen pressed cry from the girl who had maid had not been a favourite could take place without

a year in return for $300 to help a with them; a confidential servant dangering the ship's structure. promises to commit suicide within magical rite, forbidden by the refused to be his.

friend in need. Marguerite de la Even the specialist was excited, rarely is popular, and they could. Vaughan's device, it was Church, and no Christian man er woman ought to take part in it! If circumstantial evidence counted not resist a certain feeling of com-claimed, met these requirements. Motte plays the part of the young

All eyes were turned to the for anything the case against the passion for the forlorn Black, as It had become a standard fitting.

Giving evidence, Mr. Vaughan woman he marries to lull the sus picions of the insurance company. Duke's eldest daughter as she thus English officer was far stronger he stood among strangers. far Not than against the Nigerina savage away from his own country, to boldly rebuked her father.

the method of firing by lanyard ture to a happy ending. a few of the servants' faces ex And the respect and sympathy he undergo what was for him, at all said, except for making a noise, A surprise climax brings the pic

had no practical use. pressed relief and sympathy with had come to feel for the Captain events, a fearful and possibly a

The man who levelled the gun Why did not exclude the possibility that fatal trial. her ladyship's sentiments. should respectable English men he had broken the law in dis-

Thick beads of perspiration roll-was not the man who pulled the and women be called upon charge of a still higher obligation!

The soldier's face betrayed noted down the Nigerian's black trigger. He yelled out "fire" to practice such outlandish customs:

A subdued murmur of approval emotion but sadness as he slowly cheeks, scarred with strange tribal the man with the lanyard, who, reached the Duke of Altri Chan's got through his task. Only as he knife-marks, as he stood working when he woke up, pulled the With the present mechanism completed it successfully did he his jaws in agony. His very lanyard. (Laughter.) he commuted. "Silence!"

venture to cast one look towards accuser, the Duke of Altringham "Agatha, I shall not argue with his sweetheart, a look that seemed himself, was moved, and averted the same man, keeping his eyes you; I know you lon well..

to ask if the result had made any his face from the spectacre Even on the sights, fired the gun. The away should he be holding the if your fanaticism has not wholly difference to their relations. But the Duchess was visibly affected hand of the operator was pushed trigger when the breach was put overpowered your sense of pro-the girl hung her head, and her at last.

It was at this point that Tarle- back. priety, you may remember that secret gratification went unper-

After hearing arguments on there is such a thing as the Fifth ceived by everyhody except the ton first became aware of a subtle Commandment."

keen-eyed specialist.

And now it was time for the change in her Grace, which had both sides the Commission ad-

the proceedings. He had already announced later. the crushing retort. "My duty to test to be applied to the person eluded his observation earlier in journed. Their decision will be shun idolatry comes before my who had first-proposed it. duty to any earthly" parent." English menservants could not found her to be an accomplished

LATS.

But

"I am obeying the Second," was

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actress, whatever opinion Mr. Lady Agatha stood up, sweeping reasonably be asked to submit to

subject. On the present occasion the assembly with a pale smile the ordeal unless the negre's inno-Jimmy Boraal! might hold on the

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Lieut.-Colonel Vivian Gabriel,

of contempt for their weakness.cence were first establishd.

her acting had even deceived him who restored at bis own expense Sering that she was about to leave their case, as in that of the two for a time. She had played to per- the Auberge of England which them, Captain Theobald hurriedly gentlemen, the ordeal could not be spoke to the negro, who nodded considered a decisive test. There fection her part of the great lady used to belong to the Knights of his head with a satisfied car. was no superstition to affect the fatigued by having to take part St. John at Rhodes, has offered interest. But the sight of Falal's the ducal palace of Gubbio, in the "It is all right, sir," the officer nerves of a white man; the most in a function in which she felt no to bear the expense of restoring

European criminal explained to the Duke. "I have hardened told Falei that Lady Agatha has might have swallowed whole hand-sufferings had proved too much Umbrian Apennines, one of the a different juja-that is what the fuls of rice without a tremor. In for her self-possession. Her lips most famous monumenta of Ben- natives call their religion-and Falni's case it was very different. slowly came apart, her chin drop-naissance architecture in Italy. that her juju forbids her to take The whole power of the juju inped, the breath came in pants In his letter to Signor Mussolini,

naked fear, leapt into her widen part in the ordeal. He quite which he firmly believed was in-from her heaving bosom, and fear, voked to detect him if he lied..

ing eyes. understands."

Lady Agatha was visibly morti- The negro walked up the room

(Poba Continued) fied at being let off on such terms, hivering, his black face turning

that he is descended from the well-known family of Gabrelli of Colonel Gabriel recalls the fact

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