1932-12-21 — Page 3

GREAT NEW MYSTERY SERIAL

THE HONGKONG

“WEEK-END MURDER”

BY GABRIEL E. FORBUSH

BEGIN HERE TO-DAY

The stoes opens with a prologus in which

morder is committed by a homicidal manine. Tom was down to do the honors Later be boards a traini for Long Telend until she arrived. thinking of the pleasant weekend ho từ hare there. The name of the murderer is not

disclos

the Averitta: CAPTAIN DE VOS, handsome "Toni-what is 7 Bingo7" Delgian repimenting, * European pertumo

"No. Oh, no, honey-not the manufacturer with whom Averill hopes to do

kid. Sorry I scared you!" "Poor old Bunty"

busines: I STATLANDER, middle MANAGE of the firm Averill works forgj MARVIN PRATT, former zullor of Linde'a whom she has not seen for several years, and

pasange.

TELEGRAMIL

room,

Bage.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1932.

over her assembled jam dishes, but monster that set upon me in the ter plates and covered muffins with dark last night na I entered my a seeing eye, Satisfled that ail temporary abode. It took a kick world new move smoothly. Linda that I'm sorry I made so lusty, the went back down the narrow pas- morning, to free me from the little

As she emerged into the beast's attentions. I'd have mudo - sunny entrance hall, brisk steps my peace or bribed my way across Bounded on the staira. Marvin the grass, at least, but I didn't en Pratt was coming down, looking counter the little dog at all." very thoroughly tubbed and shaved, "I'm sorry Bunty troubled you rubbing his hands with anticipated last night," anid Tom soberly. "She appetite. She greeted him and they is-she was something of a watch- "I think breakfast is ready," she joined the others in the little room dog but I never knew her so sus- suld. "If you men will excuse me off the more formal dining room. pieleus before, I'd have shut her At the bottom of the winding moment, I'll see. Tako Mr. Stat-, Cousin Ames was already there-up or sent her away yesterday if I'd The Beans shifts to the Long Island home flight she suddenly saw her hus-lander into the breakfast of LINDA and TOM AVERILL, arid Land and his expression annihilated Tem. I'll just pop into the kitch had been down some little while, he known she was going to persecute three years and much in love, Linda in a second her carefree morning en-" she bolted through the ser challenged, this time--" with

"Honning-un-Jour guests, I-I wish I lund, for asserted proudly.

aher anite, as well as for all of ours," nounces that instead of three quouis over the

dk-and they an ts have fire. The guests mood. Before Linda knew how she vice door and stood a second or two flash of reminiscent injured dignity, ho went on, realizing that there was will be COUSIN AMOS PEABODY, elderly, distant relative of Linda's whis was in New got there she was beside him and in the short, cool

She "down to the very water's edge no use avoiding mention of what York on Usalness and invited himself evil had her hand on his arm.

wanted, ah, how she wanted, to run and enjoying the cool, sweet air of must seem, to all these strangers, a upstairs and fling herself childishly the early morning. I sometimes minor domestic tragedy. "Bunty across her bed and cry. That poor think," he added, "that only those won't bother any of you muy more. old dog, that darling Bunty! Tom was so mysterious--what could who really lose nature, and want to She-dled-in the night."

seo her at her best, gladly pay the "Ah-distemper?" Cousin Amos "Oh!" Linda's eyes filled with have happened? Resolutely she put price of a little lost sleep to catch looked rather alarmed. "Perhaps tears. "Died In her sleep, poor old her thoughts on the important, con- the charm and fragrance of the un-that accounts. Will you have her dog. Well we didn't expect" trol-saving details of her house- tainted morning hours."

I understand they test the brain-" Tom looked at her, hesitated, wifely dutiess

At the reference to poor absurd "She wasn't mad and she won't then spoke reluctantly,

Bunty's misplaced zoal Linda and be examined," Tom broke in any- "No-she didn't die in her sleep, Bluka. Don't raise a row, though, The girls in the kitchen greeted Tom winced but the talk drifted agoly. "The old dog was simply Ther dejectedly. Stout Annie, on and by common consent they did mangled to atoms, Cousin Amos, on of course, you wouldn't"

very lawn Mr. Shnughnessey Tell me quick-someone's com- queen of a magnificent new electric not bring the tragedy to the break-the

range, moved Notlessly about this fast table. But it was to come up japeaks of some time after we all Sure in the knowledge that the ing!"

aalum of the went to bed. former treasure, seeming not to soon after when now lavender sports frock

She was killed during the night know or care what her short, cam- screen door announced an arrival triumph of sophisticated alm-Out on the lawn toward the

petent hands were doing. Roate and Lian Shaughnessey, bearing kis An outburst of startled exclama- plicity, that her mellow tax brought rage.' out bewitchingly the blue of her

water breakfast tray; appeared with the tions interrupted him. "Tom! The poor old dog! Where was abstractedly filling a

pitcher. Both waited for Linda to smiling, guileless "ince of a school-

"You meare deliberately killed? eyes and the bronze lights of her is she?"

speak. His jaw act.

boy.

"Any traces...?". hair, and feeling decidedly re-

"Did "Where you won't see her, Linda,

"It's a shame about the poor old "Oh, you shouldn't have bothered, you say there'd been burglars-?" freshed by a good night's sleep, Linda stopped with Illting freshness Sorry, but you mustn't-ob, good dog and you girls know how I feel," Mr. Shaughnessy! Rosic would "Deliberately killed-no traces

I hope she said. "But we've got company have collected that!"

jand there have been burglara oper- down the broad polished stairs. The morning, Mr. Statlander!

"Sure and it was no bother to ating around these parts since the air was fragrant of fresh roasted you rested well last night. Glad and we can't let down before them. coffee within the house and mingled we have such clear weather for the Mr. Averill is in the breakfast save the girl the trip," he asserted summer homes began opening in

room with one of the guests. Are blithely, "And 'twas a thought for the spring. It may be--" flowers and sea from without. She Fourth."

her and two for myself at that. A "Poor little devil!" The Irish- hoped none of her guests was be He was talking. Linda knew, to you nearly ready?"

More than her matter-of-fact bit of my breakfast muffin saved, man's voice vibrated with the rich, foro ber. She had arranged for give her time to recover herself and

(Continued on Page 10). trays for the two Europeans; the in a moment she was able to echo words, the appeal of her voice you see, to propitiate the wee white others had assured her they would į mechanically his pleasant banall caught and steadied them. Annle moved more briskly. Rosje counted descend for breakfast. At any rate,ties.

LIAN BILAUGHNESSEY, Irish writer on

lecture tour,

Immediately there is trouble. Cocain Amos

grows nogry at Dunty, a faithful old watchilog. At dinner he quarrels with Shaughnessy and catta bima dangerous rebel for defending Gandhi's work in India.

violent tampers.

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Both man

CHAPTER V

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One of the street guard poste in Gokuva, the city of place recently, when wachina-guns were used on a riot. ous crowd with dinstrous results,

A remarkabla photo showing the blase aboard the Dutch mail stoster Pieter Cornelizconhooft, which was destroyed in Amster

dam Harbour at the end of last month.

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Mounted police kouping a crowd back during recent Communist

disturbances in New York.

CENTRAL THEATRE

COMMENCING SUN., DEC. 25.

THE MONSTER LEAPED AT THE SNARLING CAT AND THE FIGHT FOR LIFE WAS ON!

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THE PRINCE OF WALES AT OXFORD.'' The Prince of Wales visited Oxford

and opened the new extension of the Taylor Institution and afterwards the new Übrary at Magdalen College.Our pictures show the Prints at Worcester Collage, Oxford, during his visit to the University--(Times copyright)."

ARMISTICE DAY IN LONDON: THE PUBLIC AT THE CENOTAPH. As soon as was possible after the Armistica curvies at the Cenotaph had ended the public ware permitted to file past the Memorial. Many of those who made this pilgrimage went on to join the qusus waiting outside Westminster Abboy.—(Times copy- right).

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