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THE METAL BOX

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BY THOMAS COBB.

Foj "J'alat 'Pretences," Mrs. Pointrog's Reputation, dr.)

SYNOPSIS.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

"He'd been a bit unlucky-hlm and Lusk. They'd been disturbed and pretty near done a cove in.".

"Where did he get the box?"! Foster insisted.

"Butter ask me another," said Redpath, eyeing his questioner askant. "I dunnow."

"You knew better," said Foster, "You know they were not papers." FOSTER MARKWEIL, who

"I did as he told me," answered travela periodically as ship's doctor, Redpath doggedly. And I haven't meets and admires THERESA seen him since." FEVERSHAM, niece of an Ameri-Of course," said Foster, there

millionaire newspaper

pro- was

no question of his going to prietor. MISS CROOM, without America?" telling him of the contents, asks

"He got three years..." Foster, her nephow, to take charge

"For stealing that box?" of a metal box containing precious Jewels. A few days later she is murdered. Theresa's attitude to wards Foster changes suddenly, and she is obviously "shing" for Information about the jewels. She persuales him to bring the box to her flat, where he is ordered, at the point of revolver, ta surrender it to n smart, red-headed young man. If, however, contains no jewels, "I knew," Redpath continued, they being safely deposited in the with evident reluctance, "he'd had bank. Foster receives a visit from his eye on Lady Parkinson. He'd MONICA RAILTON, 1 young seen her getting into her car and friend of Miss Croom. She tells said what a sin it was for any him of a man named Hillyard who woman to have so many diamonds. was at one time a lover of Miss I guessed Jim meant to have a go at Croom's and whom Miss Croum met on, though it wasn't what you'd again about two years before her feall his line. When I heard her death. One night he sent the box jewel case had been copped at to her asking that she should keep Waterloo, I soon tumbled, and I It until he asked for it, giving it to know there was a fortune in that I one else.

box. What was there, to hinder me from having a bit, If it had been anyone else that gave it to me. But Jim Hillyard saved my gal's life, you see.”

Hillyard's messenger was named REDEATH and Foster degides to call on him. Passing the Capital Iole he sees Théren, and speaking to her, learns that her uncle is in

"You can make a pretty good gudas," urged Foster.

"Then," suggested Foster, "he wasn't suspected of the jewel rob- bery 7"

OUR FOOTBALL COMPETITION.

PRIZE OF $50 WEEKLY.

Telegraph"!

The . "Hongkong offers a prize of $50 to the rezdarn who send in twelve correct fore- casts of the results of the English and Scottish League matches (to be played on Saturday next, March 17th) got out in the Cou- pon below. No goal scores are required; only forecasts showing wins or draws.

In the event of no reader fore casting all twelve matches, a prize of $25 will be given to the reader who sends in the greatest number of correct forecasts; and in the rent of two or more readers xend- ing in an equal' high number, the prize of $25 will be divided.

The competition is in accordance with the rules published. In tho Telegraph.during the weeks August 29-September 24.

“HONGKONG TELEGRAPH" FORECAST COMPETITION.

Matches to be played on March 17th.

DIVISION I.

Bury Derby Leicester. West Ham.

V

Wednesday,

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V Huddersfield. Everton. Tottenham,

DIVISION IL.

Barnsley v West Brom, A.

Swansea

MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1928.

HOME FOOTBALL.

HEAVY SCORING IN SOME MATCHES.

The full results of Saturday's Home football as cabled by Router. are as follows:

·

Blackburn Birmingham Bolton Cardiff

Everton

Huddersfeld

Division L

2 Liverpool

Sheffield U.

1 Arsenal

Leicester

4

0 Portsmouth Sunderland

Manchester U. 1 West Ham

Middlesbrough 6 Bury

Newcastle Wednesday Tottenham

2 Rarnsley

7 Aston Villa

6 Burnley

1 Derby C.

Division II.

Blackpool

2 Huli

Bristol

Chelson

Clapton

Grimsby

Oldham

Southampton

Notts County

Reading

Stoke

West Brom

2 Preston

1-Swansea

2 Notts Forest

Shields

4 3.

0 Leeda

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1 Manchester C

i Port Vale 15

2 Wolves

4 Fulham

Division III (South).

Brentford

Bournemouth

Brighton

Crystal Pal.. Exeter

Luton Milwall

Northampton

Norwich Southend Torgony

3 Newport

2 Coventry

0 Gingham

2 Watford

2 Charlton

2 Swindon

6 Queen's P. R.

Merthyr

2 Plymouth

2 Walsall

3 Bristol R.

Division III (North).

Barrow Bradford Chesterfield

V

Chelsea.

DIVISION III.

Coventry Watford Walsall

V

V

V

Brighton. Millwall. Northants.

Durban

Nelson

BCOTTISH LEAGUE /

Rochdale

Rotherbani

Y

Hibernians Dunfermline v

V

Aberdeen. Rangers

Southport

'Stockport

Clyde.

Tranmere

3

Wrexlim

Aberdeen

Bo'ness England. She is obviously asham ed of herself.

Redpath tells Foster that HD- yard stole the jewels from Lady

"He wasn't charged, anyhow. As single as A.B.C. Lady Parkinson Parkinson but died. Then Red- was on the platform and the maid path went to Park Lane to claim the stood beside her with the jewel case. reward, but was stopped by a "red-Next to her was a man dressed up haired young swell whom he sup to the nines, smoking a peculiar posed to be the son, who heard the sort of cigarette. That was Jim. story and threatened to hand him Sudden-like he blows a whifr to the police. Monica tells Poster straight in the young woman's face. that he should go to Scotland Yard When she started back, raising her and tell them what he knows.

hand to her eyes, he snatched the сане."

CHAPTER XI.

"Of course," said Foster, "you have heard of Miss Croom's mur

REDPATH'S REVELATION. Foster was advised by a loafer at der?" the open door to go upstairs to the top landing if he wanted Mr. Red-Redpath. path, and he soon found it necesKATY "I'm not the first person who has

"Ah, a bad job that," murmured

Name

Addrees

No. 29.

Date

Strike out the teams which you think will lose, but make no marke in respect of matches which you think will be drawn.

All claims must reach this office not later than Wednesday follow-

to mount cautiously on account of heard this story of yours, Red-ing the date on which the matches damaged trends and maissing path?"

New Brighton Crewe

3 Ashington

] Doncaster

1 Lincoln

0 Hurtlepools

Accrington

2 Wigan,

3 Bradford C.

2 Halifax'

1. Darlington

Scottish League.

"Airdrieonians

Clyde

"Cowdenbeath

Dundee

Hamilton Hearts 'Kilmarnock

*Rangers

St. Johnstone

3 Partick

Celtic

2

Queen's Park

- Motherwell

4 Kiberniana

4 Raith R.

2. St Mirren

1 Falkirk

- Dunfermline

4 Bo'ness

*Matches postponed.

Reuter.

FULL LEAGUE TABLES. Huddersfield One Point in Front of Everton.

Division I.

are played.. No prize will be balustrades. One or two doors "I swear," was the answer, "I awarded for which a claim has not were open as he passed, dishever said a blessed word to any-been made..

Before sending in your coupons, hevelled heads being thrust out as body till I knew Hillyard had gone mark your forecasts on the dupli- Huddersfield.. though there were H certain west."

Keep your Everton "He's dead--you're certain ofcate list given below. curiosity concerning the intruder.

duplicate lists and compare them Cardif As Foster renched the top he that?"

"Died at Mountport just before later with the published results of Leicester stuinbled over a loose board, where-

said Redpath. "It the matches and if you find that Bolton upon a short, round-backed man Christmas,“ came out of the room on the right,couldn't make nu difference to you have eight or more correct send la There was not enough light to en-him-what I did then. A good deal in a claim for the prize. able him to be seen very clearly, to me, Lhough. Two and any way it would have been pounds reward had been offered, but dificult to judge his age. He wore never and a word till I knew Jim

was a goner,”

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thousand

"What did you do then?" asked Foster.

Mark your envelopes "Fontball"

Blackburn Newenstle

on the front and write your name.

tea

without address) on the bark of Middlesbro the envelope.

Bury MARK AND KEEP THIS DUPLICATE Arsenal LIST. DO NOT FORWARD IT TO US.Birmingham IT IS PRINTED FOR YOUR CONVENI- Derby...

Sunderland ENCE SO THAT YOU MAY KEEP A Aston Villa RECORD OF THE FORECASTS. YOU HAVE

SENT IN: Bury

a loose, Jong overcoat with gaping front packets, and a short, kempt grey beard, and seemed un-

"I found where Lady Parkinson willing to look into Foster's face. He had a furtive, shifty expression, lived and went to her house in Park and an oxid way of moving his handsane. A young swell was coming as if he were rubbing something out, and asked what I wanted. I between his thumb and finger tipsand pounds reward! I anys, and he Leiceste

Dul with it sharp like. "Two theus- Derby "Mr. Redpath?" said Foster. "What about it?" was the surly told me to wait for him in the Park West tam

over the way. I told him what I've Barnsley “You know a man named H-told you, but what was the conse-Swansen yard, I believe,"

"141 do, it's my business," said Redpath.

answer.

"I want to nek you one or two questions about him," said Foster, standing by a grimy window which overlooked the roofs of kindred houses. Although one of the punes was broken the air was foetid and oppressive.

"It don't follow Pm going to

answer."

quence? He rounds on mu. Says Coventry there wouldn't be no reward. Watford ught to think myself lucky he Walsall didn't hand me over to a copper." Bo'ness

**Well, what was your next Hibernians

Dunfermline, move?" suggested Faster.

Itedpath shook his head. "No thank you," he said. "I'd done. I'm not out for trouble never was. What'd become of the al? 1 felt sorry I'd spoke, but what was the good? I just come back here, and dropped the whole blooming shoot."

v. Wednesday.

V.

Huddersfield.

v. Everton

v. Tottenham.

v. West Brom. A.

Chelsen,

v.

v. Brighton,

v. Millwall

v. Northants.

v. Aberdeen

v. Rangers. v. Clyde.. have gone to Scotland Yard at once, if the Feversham woman had not beguiled him.

Monien found that he had no ob jection to tell her what had passed. at Little Oakham Street. As matter of fact he felt anxious to show Theresa in a more favourable light.

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31.9 7 16 62 83 plained, "that the man who held me Blackpool

Wolves up was connected in some way with Fulham

. the owner Lady Parkinson

"If you refuse I shall go at once to Scotland Yard," said Foster, and

Redpath was able to fix the date Redpath seemed to cringe at the threat. "Aliut that metal box you of his interview in Hyde Park took to Baynton Crescent, Haver- Monday, the seventh. And though his eyes were not what they used Block Hill, two years ago?"

"Ah," exclaimed Redpath, ando be, he did his best to describe Foster fancied he looked relieved, his interlocutor. A youngish man, "Jim Hillyard was one of the best about six and twenty, tall, with of the jewellery. He met Redpath South Shields 82 4 6 22 42 02′14

Flash Jim, we called him. Saved my gal's life, he did! There was a fire in the middle of the night where

road shoulders and hair as red as Fit was made.

"If you ask me," said Redpath,

I lived before I come here, and Jim he was Lady Parkinson's son. I'm

put a towel over his mouth and told she has a Ron, and whoever he come to the room, and carried Polly is I owe him one." out. There was nothing I wouldn't!

have done for him after that.

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Division III (South).

on her doorstep and he may be her

"Or he may not, Dr. Markwell," Millwall

Northants Plymouth said Monien.

"I think I can find out," returned Brighton Foster. "Hillyard stole the jewels Exeter

Charlton

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Dunfermline

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30 0 10 44 82 17 31 3 3 25 34 1030 Inter-League Match,' '/' Playing at Glasgow in an, inter- League match the English soccer re- presentatives beat the Scottish players

by six goals to two-Router,

HOME RUGBY.

Ireland Beat Wales.

Cardiff, Mar, 10,

Ireland beat Wales by 13 points to

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The Irish backs, were dangerous at

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After the resumption Ganly made an opening for Arigho who scored a try In the corner. G. Stephenson failed to

to convert,

at Waterloo, and suspecting he was Queen's Park 31 14 6 11 51 39 34 the outact. After ten minutes play, going to be arrested on another Swindon Having made his way safely down charge, hit upon the artful dodge hadn't seen him for a long time the crazy stairs. Foster was re- of depositing them at that harn-

"Had he been gaol?" demanded lieved to find himself in the open less looking little house." Foster, who had already formed his air again, and shortly after hia re-

"And," cried Monien, "this man, Brantford... opinion about the man, who so inurn to Upper Baker Street, he re- who you say may be Mr. Parkinson,

Bournemouth conceivably, appeared to have been ceived a second visit from Monica knew they were there. He actually Miks Croom's lover many years ago, Railton.

tried to get possession of them on "Twelve months for a job at She had never been afflicted with the Monday before the murder Watford

Bristol Brixton," said Redpath. "And he shyness and she lind the most in- "Still," auid Foster, "I can't quite Norwich hadn't been out long when he come tense curiosity to learn the result imagine, his getting in by the win- Coventry to me here in a gallows hurry with of Dr. Markwell's search for Red- dow on Thursday. A thief might Walsall that box. A pal of his had been path. During the day she had dis have used violence, but scarcely an Merthyr 31 7 8 16 42 71 22 80 6 10 14 30 71 22 nahbed, nanie o Lusk, and Jim knew cussed the cases in all its bearings, amateur detective, who had nothing Torquay

29 8 6 10 04 71 21 that meant le turn wouldn't be with Miss Tatham, the principal of substantial to gain."

"Don't forget that he threatened long a coming. Reddy,' he says, the Secretarial Bureau, where

Division, III (North). 'you owe me something. Now's Monica had learnt typing and short you with a revolver," Monica In-

92 21 8 3 85 81 52 your chance. He gave me a bit of hand and stayed ever since. Al-sisted. "A man who would do that Bradford paper with an address on it

though Mies Tatham was twenty would do anything, and as I said Doncaster **** 31 10 57 08 33 43 "Mies Croom's7" suggested years older, the two were close yesterday, there's no doubt what Stockport 30 17 5 8 62 39 30 20 16 7 7 75.47:20 Foster.

friends, each having a room at the you ought to do. You should go at Tranmere....

Darlington 30 0.10 4 10 65 44 30 "That's right I was to say Mr. Roscoe Women's Club at Earl's once to Scotland Yard."

Lincoln Hillyard had gone off sudden to Court. Between them they arrived b. (To be continued.)

Southport (The characters in this story are Wrexham America, and would she take care at the decided opinion that it was of some important papers Ell he eminently a matter for the police, entirely imaginary and no reference Bradford C. fetched them himself."

moreover that Dr. Markwell would to living persons is intended.)

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quickly, a fine Wales retaliated three-quarter movement ending in A, Jenkins scoring a try which Ivor Jones converted, Directly afterwards Arigho scored a try, Stephenson con- verting.

Ireland thus won by 18 points to ton-Reuter.

The rate in the Metropolitan area for the upkeep of the asylums, will remain the sque next year as this 8d. in the £.

of the National Council of Music, and Mr. E. T. Davies, musical director at Bangor University, The conference will discuss the question of establishing a federa- tion of local Eisteddfodau, with he object of raising the general tandard. of test places, and, among other things, of promoting and developing massed singing by ompeting choirs with a' view to performing complete works.

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