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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1932.

"WEEK-END MURDER"

BY GABRIEL F FORBUSH

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The story

opens with a prologue la Somlata manias. Later he boards a train

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Irish writer on a lecture tour.

"Wait-I can't find my cap! You go on-it'e here somewhere. I'll be right behind you!"

which murder in omitted by "Leave 'em out. Two's com- tired, sleepy and hot and therefore Lor Long Teland, Linking of the pleaaght Pany this time and they're all edgy after the Country Club week-end be is to have there. The na asleep by now, anyhow. Como affair. They were- safely in bed of the murderer is not disclosed.

font" The spend shifts to the Low Leland bome

by now and, she hoped, deaf to of LINDA and TOM AVERILL,

Cousin Amos' cautious, if inex- mareled three years and much to love. The Averil

plicable, rambling in the hail, žava dve unerts for the week-ends DOUBIN AMOS PEABODY. -karty, distant reistirs

But, she wondered, had no gone Linda'st CAPTAIN DE VOS, bandome Delgian representing European pertume

The cap was found and Linda back to bed or was he actully up tarter with whom Averill hope to stopped to pick up the soft, and dressed so early? Hesitating MIL STATLANDEIL, dd crimpled, lacey dress which still whether to knock or not, she un- wawler's Kanager of the firm Averill work for: MARVIN PRATT former aitort lay where she had stepped out of intentionally pushed the door a Linday: and LIAN SHAUGHNESSEY. t on the floor. As she smoothed it title more widely open and could Cousta Amos immediately makes trouble, out and straightened Tom's equal-not help seeing the bed-empty, He quarrels with Shaughnessy because thly neglected evening clothes she rumpled, the covers thrown back. golf with Statlander and infurt plays felt the ntil, oppressivo' heat Feeling very apologetic, sho open. him of the silent, house brooding over ed her lips to call him softly. with DV08 as the Country Club and de her. There was always something Then, to her astonishment, she clares BEYOU "no ventleman." It thrilling about, seeing the sun hoard voices inside the room. Anally agreed that Cosal Amor is to leave } **** early the morning.

come up (she thought with a grin Linda alood very still, puzzled. The others go to the Country Club danes that she'd never admit that to the No, they were not exactly in the ready to have Hlaliander an too-instructive Cousin Amos) but room. The sudden wrak-wrak- not be found. When he finally appears it this morning the sensation of wrak of that beastly door placed tapusrent that he has been drinking. It fresh wonder and delight was them--just over the sill out on

early morning when the Averill and charir stieni reach home.

lacking. The room and actually the little porch. grown hotter since Tom left. She sighed. Even getting down to the water seemed almost too much of an effort then she stopped.

Irishman balda Uberal poli

aritieftine ble game; discuss prohibition

The dance Uber Are

uneventful but when the

CHAPTER XI

even worse!"

From somewhere down the hall

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ably, smitten with the same idea Who could it hot Tom prob- Tom Averill frowned, "Oh, gosh, there we go again talking

and having stopped to invite about the-what did you call them?-potentiat murderers'?"

Cousin Amos to join them, called "I wish I never had to see any hushed sound of one who wallen! count for the noise and swing of came a light creaking tread the, in by the indignant old man to ac- one of them again," Linda suid de-{quietly for fear of disturbing would forget entirely his insist the door. Cousin Amos, of course, jectedly.

others. It was followed by a "Oh, come, Binks. It isn't as alight click and then to her ears ence on opening it, in spite of her bad as that. A few hours of came distinctly the wrak-wrak- express request that he should alcop

"A fow hours? How you do ex-opened casement giving on the brunt of displeasure! Perhaps he wrak of Cousin Amos defiantly not. Well-let Tom bear the aggerate It's almost daylight little porch. She relaxed. Evi- could brace it somehow to stop it and we've got to get Couain Amos dently her cousin was already for the moment. A sudden up- off early. Early for him--that's about wakened by the light and palling squeak filled her with re

"How soon? It's after now."

the still, heavy heat. Also evi- newed alarm leat the sound dis- "In about an hour. He gets up any of them and Linda decided to of them, she knew, had had all dently he did not want to disturb turb Marvin Pratt or DeVos. Both about half-paat G or 7 anyhow and pretend she had not heard. After they wanted of Cousin Amos! In he wants to take a 7-something all, it wasn't quite 6 yet-half an fact she had promised that the train. That means 6 today."

Tom whistled silently. Then of life. She would have her see again the man who had so af

hour before he should show signa Belgian, at least, should not even he began undressing. "Binks," he plunge and cool off before facing fronted him. She pulled the rom said, "go to bed. I'll see the old the next step. Yes, everything door gently to until it all but fellow off and tell him you're all!

was quict now. No one would latched and made her escape un- Thanks, but that wouldn't do. hear her patter along in her little heard, running downstairs rather It's my job and I'll send hiro) red rubber shoes.

amused than otherwise at Tom's Away with a smile. I wouldn't But in the hall, she relented. | plight. sleep anyhow, Tom. I'd have him pleasure from his stay and he had open and as she came out into the Cousin Amos hadn't had much But the door on the terrace was on my mind."

"Say--here's an Ideal Get out onjoyed the water yesterday early sun, she saw a white-backed Since no one else was coming, why jersey rising and falling in

in."

of those things and into your pot at least ask him? At his rhythmic strokes as a familiar fig- bathing suit. This room's an oven and 2001 dip'll do you more good room door she stopped in surpriseure headed out from shore. Tom, than lying down. If you'll fling on it was about a foot ajar. She no doubt of it-tired of waiting a few clothes and see that he gots remembered that he had not left for her had apparently striking breakfast I'll run him to the stait open during the night. Then out for distant Connecticut. She tion and you can go to bed then. she thought of the step she had prepared to emit the piercing yodel I doubt if anyone elsc shows heard in the hall. Curious ho with which she was wont to signal bis face before noon,"

should go outaldo his room. so him and checked herself only just She was already scrambling into carly! He had his own lavatory in time as she remembered the the pert. little red jersey sult that and could have done without hour. But If, not Tom, who was made her look so boyish and alim. tub for once in his He. If he had upstairs with Cousin Amos? Had "I'm with you, Tommy! It's a gone across the hall she hoped he been taken ill in the night and grand Iden. Think any of the forvently he hadn't either met or did he need help? Should she go othera-?"

disturbed Marvin or DeVos, both back?

A Blight scuffle of feet over hor white face, breathlessly gasping head on the little balcony startled his name. The eyelids quivered her. Could the old man haya hind and the blue, childlike eyes looked a fainting spell stroke perhaps? up at her at first blindly, then There was something strange with dazed recognition. about that subdued, shuffling "Linda".She bent down for sound! If only Tom, swimming the painful whisper. “Ovoz~~" away from her so unconceroodly, nvor-

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would turn so that she could wave Yew, darling-you fall over-"

No. II... th-throw--**

him back!.

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Over her head. there wna

.. whip?" clamation, and suddenly a crack-Cousin Amos ever tell her more, quick jumble of steps, an ex- There was no answer, nor could Ing, reading, tearing sound. From above came hurtling a figure Horror-strleken as she was over headfirst-turning in the air, not the old man's death, Linda grasped two feet from where she stood. the significance of those few rooted and horrified, under the broken words. He, was trying to projecting balcony-to crumple in tell her something. He had told sickening distortion at her very her a little: "Over" "No-be fect. A white head moved feebly. (Continued on Page 11.)

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