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Murder. At Bridge

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1931.

RUHR COLLIERY DISPUTE.

BOTH SIDES REJECT THE AWARD.

Ekken, Jun. 10. The Public Arbitrator har duced the waged of the Ruhr miners'by six per cent., thus split- when she was at my house for dinting the differences between the Juanita Betim, lovely Broadway deserr, lener Wednesday night." Lola Dan-ownere demand for an oight per found at her dreealog talde, thus through the lap offered. "I offered to call for cent. reduction, and the men's heart by Karen Marshall when Karen comes So wil her the bridge, peore. Honnte Dunder her anywhere she said, and take contention, that it should not ex- special investigator, called by Penny Crain, her out to Breakaway fan in my coed four per cent,

17. suniente Captain Hawn' thery that car to-day. I met her, at her mug- Nita was shot from the window appeals tha

exclut irl, now the lairict attorney's recre

The minc-owners immediately gestion, in the French hat salon rejected the award, and the man table by wunman winga terolver with of the shop where sho got her will decide to-morrow. More than

manicure-Red-|300,000 are affected.--Retuer, Blunder learn that Hits went to the bed shampoo

Berlin, Jan. 11.

ellenber

In. 6be

be went into the dining room, followed by

, at the end of the hand, no one was seen

in the bed tenta at in the foyer outaldea bun

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6:27, when Tracey Miles cammond's department store." Thest sad him up make cerktalia,

"A large dinner party, Mrs. Dun- Late malay, When the tidy a dlanuverlay?" Dundee asked.

"Not large at all...... Just 13 of un-the crowd here except for: Mr.

Sprague, Penny and Janet." "Who was Mrs. Selim's dinner partner?" Dundee asked.

dow Ake Hirawn to hust for Halph Ham mond, aner Penny's property but annexed by Nits,

Returning to the living room, be learne from Penay that Polly Beule, regnant Clive Hammond, was missing from lunch, and Na Nila was anwired by her unexplained bance. He notes that the women, acept Late Dealer, who bronit its tu amilton. At Jupsbeen a note was delivered to Nis,

are hostile in their sithude toward Nita

Penny 17, bu tatarraptod in aer story

by areas and a strangled cry from

STIP.

NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY

CHAPTER VI

"That's right! He in't here," Lois Duniap corrected herself. "Ralph Hammond brought her and was hor dinner partner."

Now, Penny.

"Thank you.. You were saying the mald had not returned"

"Ob, but she had" Penny an Awered impatiently. "If I'm go "Padrop! Awfully sorry," Cliveing to be interrupted so much Hammond muttered, as he bent to Well, Nita rang the bell and Lydia pick up the fragments of a roloured came, tying on her apron. Nita pottery ashtray which he and his kissed her on the check that wasn't Rancec, Polly Beale, had been wollen, and asked her why the hadn't let Polly In. And Lydla said "Don't worry-nhout picking it she hadn't heard the bell, because up," Polly commanded in her brus-she had dropped asleep in her room que volte, but Dundee, Batening the basement-dopey from the neutely, was sure of a very slight al anesthetic, you know," she ex- pause between the two parts a plained to Dundee. her sentence

sharing.

He

the couple--the

"Ie," Dundee acknowledged, tall, masculine-looking it and underlined heavily tries

Clive note in his scrawled shortband. ing deep in an armchair,

"Se Lydia took our hais and Hammond, rather unusually good- looking with his dark red hair,summer conis and put them in the brown eyes, and a face and body hall closet, and then followed Nita, as compactly and symmetrically

who we calling to her, og into Nila's bedroom. We thought she

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The Socialist Miners' Union de- cided to recommend the rejection of the Government Arbitrator's wage reduction award.--Reiter.

COTTON LOCK-OUT

BEGINS.

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London, Jan. 10. The dispute took a grave turn yesterday, when the lock-out began of 25,000 operatives in the weny ing section of the Burnley mills. Negotiations to end the dispute deadlock. No have reached a meetings between the parties are being held at present. or are in prospert-Reuter,

her pleasant eyes. "But when the) score war totted up. I won a bit after all. Our winnin's go to the Forsyte Alumme Scholar-| ship Fund," she expinined.

"Yes, I know," Dundee nodded. "And then-7

"Polly asked the other table how said, 'One they stood and Nita

denizens ns one of the buildings wither wanted to give dirertions Kame to go on this rubber, pro-!

which had been pointed out to

vided we make it. Karen was dieni- about the mukings for the cock- Dundee As the product of the

or to ing tl cards then, and Nita was tally and the sandwiches, young architect's genius.

ronsole pour Lydia for the uwful looking very happy-she'd hech His chief concern seemed to ne

another nahtray, which Ser-pain she had had at the dentist's, winning pretty steadily, I think "

We mude à "Sorry, Mrs. Dunlap,

How Keant Turner, with a prin, pre-so we dida't intrude.

dive for the bridge tables, found did the players at your table dis- ed from one of the ty Litle tables with which the room was our places, and were ready to play pose of themselves then--that is, provided.

.. Rather strange that when Nita joined us. Nita andmediately after you had finished playing the last hand, and Mrs. these two should be engaged, Dun-Karen

Dil Marshall was dealing at the other) dee mused.

until table 7"

Lois screwed up her forehead.

F

"Just a minute, Penny.

"Go on, Misa Crain," the detec.any of you, then or later,

tive urged, as if he were impatient Mrs. Marshall discovered the trast put me think-I know what I did. of the delay, "About that note or edy, go into Mrs. Selim's bed-

I went over to watch the game at letter"

"There was no need for us to," the other table, and stayed there "It was in a blue-grey envelope, with printing or engraving in the Penny told him. "There's a lava-till Tracey--Mr. Miles-came in for I can't tell you exactly Penny tory with a dressing table right cocktails. upper left-hand corner, went on, half closing her eyes to behind the staircase. I, for one, what the other three did."

There was a strained silence. recapture the scene in its entirety. didn't go into Nita's room until

Dundee saw Polly Beale's hand business firms use, she after Karen screamed."

There was a chorus of similar tighten convulsively on Clive Ham- "I couldn't help seeing.denials on the part of every wo- Imond's, saw Janet Raymond flush

any wonan

please."

nded. since I sat so near Nita. She seemed startled or, well, maybe man present. At Dundee's signi-scarlet, watched n muscle jerk in I'd better way surprised and ant pressing of the same ques-Flora Miles' otherwise rigid face.

Suddenly he sprang to his feet. little sore-1

but she tore it open tion upon the men, he was met with

am going to make what will and rend it at a glance, almost, either inconic negatives or sharp-

seem an absurd request," he said. which is why I say it must have ly indignant ones.

"All right.

"I am going to ask you been only a nute. But while she

Penny. Go ahead, toneely.

all-the women, I mean-to take was reading it she frowned, then

was going to tell you how we your places at the bridge tables. if something had amus- emiled, as

were seated for bridge, if that in-And then"-he paused for an in- d nr-or-

"She smiled like

terests you," Penny said, rather tant, his blue eyes hard-"I want to see the death hand played exactly reading a love letter." Carolyn

interests me intensely," Dun-aw it was played- while Nila Solim Drake interrupted positively. "I

was being murdered!" myself was sure that one of her dee assured her, smiling.

"Then it who this way," began many admirers had broken an en-

"Karen gagement, but had signed himself,enny, thawing instantly. With all my love, darling your and Nita and Carolyn and I were at this table," and she pointed to own So-and-so!"

the table nearer the hall. "Flora, Dundee wordered if even Cara Polly, Jones and Gain were at the lyn Drake's husband, the careful.other. We played at those tables ly groomed and dignified John C. all afternoon. We simply pivoted Drake, bank vice president, had at our own table after the end of even sent her such a note, but her rubber. When Nita became

is not let his uencil slow down, RIC." Dundee begge.

But

for l'eany was talking again: as he interrupted her again." "I'd "I think you are assuming, like to ask Mrs. Dunlap a ques- little too much, Carolyn. let that pass. At any rate, Nitam... Mrs, Dunlap, since you were didn't way a word about the con- tell me what your partner and ap at the other table, perhaps you will tents of the note, and I naturally no one asked a question. She simply ponents were doing just before Mrs. | Locked it into the pocket of her silk Seling became dummy.” summer coat, which was

was draped Lolz Dunlap pressed her finger- over the back of her chair, and the tips into her temples, as if in an

luncheon went on. Then we all effort to remember clearly.

drove over here, and found Polly "It's rather hard to think of waiting in her own coupe, in the rond in front of the house. She bridge now. Mr. Dundee," she said told Nita she had rang the bell, last. "But-yes, of course I re- but the maid, Lydia, didn't an- member! We had finished a rubber and had decided there would be no swer, so she had just waited.

ita didn't "Nita

scem surprised; time for another. since it was so aid she had a key, if Lydin hadn't near 6:30

vot. You see #d come back yet. sce," she in terrupted herself to

"Thint last rubber, piense, Mrs.

Dundee, "Nita had alreexplain to Dunlap," Dundee suggested. "Who

told us were partners, and just when was luncheon that Poor, darling it finished?” Lydia," as she called her, had had

1st

to go in to town to get an ab-

toward

"Flora"--Lois turned scessed tooth extracted, and was Mrs. Milea, who had sat with her in wait in the dentist's office un-hands tightly locked and her great 1 she felt equal to driving her- haggard dark eyes roving tensely suif home again in Nita's coupe. from one to another you and I You, Nita had taken her in were partners. weren't are? herself," she answered the begin- Of course! Remember you were ning of a quesilon from Dundee. dummy and I played the hand? "At what time?" Dundee queri-You went out to telephone, didn't You? That's right! I remem I don't know exactly, but Nita ber clearly now!, Flora said she nafd she'd had to dagh away at an had to telephone the house to sec ungodly hour, so that Lydia could how her two babies-alx and four make her 10 o'clock dentist's ap-years old, they are. Mr. Dundee, pointment, and so that Nits her and the rostest dumplings-Well, self could get a manicure and in anyway, Flors went to telephone shampoo and have her hair dress-

the little

between foyer ed, so I imagine she must have left main hall and Mrs. Selim's room?" not later than 15 or 20 minutes to

of course," Lola Dunlap

·ed.

laed, but Dundeo's eyes were

How did Mrs, Selim got out to upon Flora Miles, and he saw her Breakaway Inn, if she left her own naturally sallow face go yellow car with the maid?”

under Its too-thick rouge. play- "You saw her arrive with Lois," nd the hand and made my bid, al- Penny reminded him.

though Fiora and I had gone down "Nita had told un all about 400 "the hand before,” Lois con. Lydia's dentist's appointment tinued, with a rueful twinkle of

1To Be Continued)

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