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OUR SERIAL STO”Y.

THE MOATED GRANGE.

CHAPTER XXI.

By KATHARINE TYNAM.

Author of "A Mid Marrlage," The House

of Doom," "Denys the Dreamor."

Why should she have remember ed after all these years?

THE, HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

[room, a dining room, two bedrooms, and a bathroom; and all the rooms built su as to catch the full sun. They were ideal winter rooms.

PHILIPPINES NEW GOVERNOR.

COLONEL AS LEGAL ADVISOR.

Washington, Jan. 18. Colonel Blanton Winship, mill- tary aide to the President, hay been directed by the Secretary of War to accompany Governor Gen- eral Henry L. Stimson to Manila in the capacity of legal adviser.'"

FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1928.

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EXECUTED.

President Coolidge authorized Governor Stimson to select his stall, and the importance of the Philippine past to the Pesident is indicated by the fact that he has She had a vision of the octagonal

Mrs. de Burgh had opened a consented to allow his personal library at Gler Assaroe, walled in

Innide to be included In the new brass-lattice doured bookcases, the window and the air, came

Not a trace Governor General's personnel. gil: and tooled backs of the old lean and cold.

in the books showing through the lattice if it of the sickly smell the overhanging

mont.

Col. Winship served in the work. The library had had a smell rooms of leather mingling oddly with the Much loving thought had been Philippines from 1899 to 1902, and smell of the wood and turf fire and tuen by somebody for her Lady in Cuba from 1906 to 1900 as a The beautiful old member of the advisory commis- the many flowers in vases and póta hip's Room. and pictures with which the room damask of the curtains was white slon with General Crowder, for was made more beautiful. Pot-with a pattern of single rosca and the revision of the laws of Cuba- pourri, too, in the Nankin jars their leaves tumbling all over it. He also was with General Fun- either side the fireplace, The Glen The rarpet matched." Beata would ston during the occupation at} being in charge off Assaroe recipe for pot-pourri was love her room, and would thrive in Vera Cruz, famous, and had travelled to many it. The low-ceiled rooms over civil affairs and the handling of STRANGLE MURDERER the moat, charming as they were all matters relating to federal, lands.

There had been a smell of lilies had been all wrong

state and municipal Governments, I Here there were that day, so il must have been July.

WOMEN. Tom, on his wheeled couch, was everywhere. The writing set auding the question of customs, KILLED AT LEAST TWENTY drawn close to the half-glass door the toilet things were Rose du was a huge

Winnipeg, Jan. 13. that led on to the terraces. There Barri pink. There

Earle Nelson, the "strangle mur- had been a peacock strutting up wardrobe. Downstairs the ward-" and, down, wring his magnificent robe accommodation was somewhat ran up the little flight of steps that fans in the sun. She and Tom-inute. Opening a duor and pic-led to the upper floor, and stood for derer." whom police accused of was one of his good days--anduring Beata's delight in the ample a second looking down at him behaving strangled to death at least 22 women, was hanged here to-day talked of the Intest London sensa housing for her pretty frocks, Mrs.fore she went.;

the murder of Mrs. Emily tinn. He had just given her herde Burgh was gartled to see that

For a second or two he hesitated Paterson, of this city,

Nolsen's trail of victima extend- pearls. There had been a pletare the wardrobe was already all of as though he would follow her. of the old lady, the cause of whose presumably garments, each buns Then, somewhere, not very far offed from the Atlantic to the Pacific. death was the latest London my its then ban. A smell of he heard a door open and class. bat

he centred his operations stery. The pearls fell from her lavender, of orris-root came out to she was gone, Anthony Napier principally in Wäshington, Oregon The motive for neck to her lap, too splendid, as meat her, faintly swert, Mrs. Cronch had said, for anything Mrs, Crouch came and looked pened the hall door and let him-and California.

his crimes was robbery, # so frail to carry. Inset had been a Jover her shoulder. picture of the maid who had been brushing her hair when she died.

roses, roses

and duties.

self out.

ነ

..

before

Them's her Landyship's dresses."

He had hardly gone he said. "They met as well Benta looked through the curtain Tom had said something lightly hang there as elsewhere this room at the head of the stairs. She had ahout that face looking ever one's et unoccupied. I'll have themant gone far after all. She stood shoulder being quite sullicent to all out and into chists in next toping down, her slender fur scare the bravest to death; and she, po time: Misa Benta negdn't and harming head, with the leng much lovest and beautiful, had had know"

for

SHANGHAPS LOSS. DEATH OF THE REV, DEAN SYMONS.

Shanghai, Jan, 19. heck which was 'une of her great- The day passed without any sign est beauties, thrown up against The death occurred this morning a passing pity that any woman should be suply,

of Crouch. The new quarters the heavy dark velvet of the of the Very Reverend Dean C. J. F. Strange that the memory should were altogether delightful, and portiere. She was almost sorry Symons from pneumonia.-Reuter

Would have stayed with her through all they missed nothing they had had now she had let him go.

The Very Rev. Dean Symons has the years, that slight memory, in the other rooms. Her Lady he think she did not like him? heen a familiar figure in Shang- He occupied while other things much more in-ship's Wing had been fitted up with low silly she had leon! Would hat for many years.

everything love could devise for it not be too dreadful if he had the position of Dean of Holy portant had dropped out. ·

"I never, could abear pearls beloved woman. Booles, music, taken her running away as a re-Trinity Cathedral, was a Trustee the Anglo-Chinese School, since, sal Mrs. Cronch, gloomily, piano, a harp, pictures. The buff? What would she do if he of "I'm glad you've put yours away wing might have been furnished did not come again? But all the C.A.S., and President of the They used to give me the creeps for someone who must live her time she knew that he would come Church of England Men's Society.

days and nights within these walls, again. when I see you wearing them."

He took a great interest in public "Oh, I'm sorry," Mrs. de Buggh The rooms were incredibly lighter

She was about to drop the eur-affairs in Shanghai, particularly said, lamely

ajul brighter than the other rooms,

About six o'clock Anthony tain when a patch of something in the Missions to Seamen, and During the Dean's illness, both Napier left there to walk back to light showed on the rugh which was highly respected by everyone. Warleg, over the frozen snow it they had stood to say good-bye.

Mrs. Symons and Miss Phyllis was full moon, he said, as he bade

Symons were down with Beata good-bye at the hall door

fluenza. he had gone down with him to see him off, leaving her mother in of her Lady- the drawing-wom ship's Wing. where she was, by this time, very much

Suddenly Mrs. Cronchi dung her a glance of mingled humility and

adoration.

"Not at what they became you, my pretty," she said, "with that

Never your lovely neck of yours. know in this life what it is to be hateful in men's sight. The pearls did seem somehow wrong on her poor old thin neck, and she was wrapt up in them"

"Croneh stood by you," said Mrs. de Burgh. "That was some com pensation for what you must have suffered."

4

She was trying to remember the name of the woman whohad been suspected of killing Mrs. Ansel!.

the

Kate Kalewhat was woman's other nume? There was really no reason why she should bother about it. Ah, she had got it now. Evans-Kate Evans: that was it.

A glove? Yes, it might be

.

glove. She ran quickly down the stairs and picked up the object. It was his glove.

It had a companionable, com- at home,fortable feel. As she went along They had really suffered from cold the corridor upstairs from which

with their their old rooms opened the air: in the other rooms

The curtains smell damp and chilly. Worge north-east aspect. and carpets and all the comfor-than that, it was charged with the able plenishing had been power odour of decay. She held the loss against the cold. The rosy glove against her face to shut it

low of the rooms had been de-out, ceptive, and since the cold came the had shivered inside the screens facing the rearing Sees.

The gulling ready to start had taken some little time. There had peeped so much to say Fast at the last moment, and when the fare

all said Anthony Napier hat come running back

Mrs. Cranch's expresion whs Wells Were again lowering,

in

Though the

moon had risen..

there was still a last reflection of the sunset in which the blood-red ball of the sun had dropped behing the words in the western sky. She con due it through the open door of the bedroom the ad just vaated, behind the old windmill. altining through the upper window

"Cronch was like all the men," I had any right to speak," he the mill, as though there was a she said. "Be knew there were acid, "I should insist on your bollire behind it. A strange and long- bit of money. An' were il fool, like many winmin ile wasaving this place. It is charming thing, a windmill, she thought the only man had ever thought of but it is too solitary. And those and stamped to pat. Bash. For o

queer servants! I wonder why rond it had almost looked a

me.

Austed,"

11 hadn't get moneywell.

ir 19borg Everton kept them outpach the windmill was on fire, there wouldn't have been any Nelly. The gun is certainly not then as though a fire had Inter n. the red went-low and the sky That's somethink can't be undone. I've gol Nelly prayin' for men

"But what de pra fear for us?"behind the windmill was asaen- Hoaying, and she never knowed 1

Labdien Beato, looking pont him.grey,

(To bé continued.)"

nurse he's a

was byly, bless her heart. If she'd even if Crouch were very unsat lived a bit longer she misht hak kuown. Childring at school very sharp. Though don't think she would be-net my Nelly."

factory and af intel can't bear to think cot at wretched cat, and the poor centure was fond of him too) we are still three women and a dog So eae man; and Crouch is not a very strong man, I should say,”

Anthony Napier stooped, took

Oh, I'm sure she would never have been," said Mrs. de Burgh. in a great hurrs "Neily woaldn't be like that-and, my dear soul, you're

not ugly. You have a beautiful Dash's muzzle into his hand, expression sometimes. People are only ugly who are bad inside them."opened the dog's mouth, and looked

ut his teeth.

"I'd have liked that kind of

looks," said Mrs. Cranch, unex-

As I thought," he salt. "The pectedly, that people would have poor old fellow has no teeth to

LETTER GOLF SOLUTION.

Here is the solution to the puzzle on another page.

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SONL SA SAID SAIND SAINIE SAGE

CHINESE NEW YEAR CARNIVAL

liked you, whether you was bad in-bite with. And he is growing|SATURDAY, JANUARY 21st.

rather crippled. Still,

side or not.".

Mrs. de Burgh sometimes com- put up a show of light, I think." plained that the perfect efficieney

WHB

He turned from the "dog and') of the servants left her nothing to looked at her, still unready to go. do of the small household tasks she He had very blue eyes. As he loved. Now she was making the gazed at her they seemed full of a beda with Mrs. Crend in her lambent light. There Ladyship's Wing, smelling the silence between them for a few warm smell of the lines sheets seconds, and the feeling was tense, fresh from the airing cupboard, Suddenly he moved towards her as smoothing and patting them as she if she drew him and he must spread them as though she loved follow.

"You know why I am anxious them. The rooms were in perfect order, and there was not much to about you, my dear," he whispered. be done beyond a little dusting and "It is because I love you, I love airing, and the setting of fires and you, I love you. I loved you the very first time I caught sight of the filling of water-juga.

The lighter tasks fell to Mrs. de you. Will you think about it and

tell me when I come again? enjoyed them Burgh, who

She was suddenly shg and half thoroughly. The rooms were full terrified. He was her first lover. of pretty and valuable things. A he wanted to get away to her beautiful old writing-desk in her mother, with whom love was all Ladyahip's Room marked it for:

afraid of what peace. She was Beata'e. Hor mother's room might happen next. She slipped adjoined, but did not communicate out of his arms and went a little with it...

way down the corridor

This part of the house was like "You will come again?" she said, a self-contained flat. A drawing softly. Very soon," and then sho

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