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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1932.

"WEEK-END MURDER"

BY GABRIEL F FORBUSH

I BERE TO-DAT

opens with

prologue

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A alight acume of foet over her white face, breathlessly gasping hoad on the little balcony startled his name. The eyelids quivered har. Could the old man have had and the blue, childlike oyes looked a fainting spell-a stroke perhaps? up at her at first blindly, then There was something strange with dazed recognition. about that subdued, shuffing "Linda!" She bent down for. round. If only Tom, swimming the painful whlener. - "Övar---- away from her so unconcernodly, [over...?

would turn sa that she could wove "Yes, carling—you fell over—" him back!

No. He...th-threw "Ho ... who?"

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There was no knower, nor could Cousin Ames over tell her more.

Over hor head there was n quick jumble of steps, an Which A morder le commited by a "Leave 'em out. Two'a com- tired, sleepy and hot and therefore clamation, and suddenly a crack- wicidal manine. Later he boards train pany this time and they're all edgy after the Country Club leg, rending, tearing sound. From * Long Wland, thinking of the pleasant

deed be in to have there. The nama nileep by now, anyhow. Come affair. They were safely in bed nhove came hurtling a figure Horror-stricken as she was over the murderer is not Cheslead.

ion !" [The scene' shifin to the Long Island Home

by now and, who hoped, deaf to headfirst-turning in the air, not the old man's death, Lindo graspod LINDA sad TOM AVERILL. married "Wait-I can't find my capt Couain Amos' cautious, if Inex- two feet from where she stood, the significance of those few 19 and much is love. The Averil You go on--it's here somewhere, plleable, rambling in the hall.

* Are auests for the week-end) COUSIN' be right behind you!"

rooted and horrified, under the broken words. He was trying to MON PEABODY. widely, diamant relative

But, she wondered, had he gone projecting balcony--te crumplo in tell her something. He had told Linda's1 CAPTAIN DE VOS, handsome The cup was found and Linda back to bed or was he actully upslekening distortion at her very her-n little. · "Over-" "No-he helan representing European pertama

nufacturer with whom Averill henget stopped to pick up the soft, and dressed so early? Hesitating feet. A white head moved feebly, I (Continned on Page 11.).

Esimes M. STATLANDER, middle crumpled, lacey dress which still whether to knock or not, she un- lers, masseer of the Tirm Averill works lay where she had stepped out of intentionally pushed the door o nda's abd LAN BHAUGHNESSY, on the floor. As she smoothed it little more widely open, and could leh writer on a lealur tour.

Yout and straightened Tom's equal not help accing the bed--empty, Comeln Amos loazediately makes trouble,

quarryls with Shaughness because the ly neglected evening clothes she rumpled, the covers thrown back. Bolds liberal political views, play felt the still, oppressive heat Feeling very apologetic, who open- If with Statiander and infuriates him br of the silent house brooding over ed her lips to call him softly. DAVOS at the Country Club and dehur. There was always something Then, to her astonishment, she ares DEVOR ho gentleman." It thrilling about seeing the sally agreed that Cousin Amos la to lente

An heard voices inside the room. rly the next morning.

dance to uneventful but when the

T: MARVIN PRATT, former suitor st

latelom ble same; dlacus priftion

The others go to the Country Club damer, bera Raw Fundy, to leave Statiander can

Apparent that he has been drinking.

pearly morning whan the Avecilla and

air giosta reach home.

come up (ale thought with a grin Linda stood very still, puzzled. that sho'd never admit that to the No, they were not exactly in the too-instructive Cousin Amos) but room. The sudden wrak-wrak-

be found. When he Anally appear this morning the sensation of wrak of that beastly, door placed

fresh wonder and delight was them just over the sill out om lacking The room had 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.

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CHAPTER XI

von worse!"

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Who could it be? Tom prob- ably, amitten with the same idea Tom Avoril frowned. "Oh. osh, there we go again talking

and having stopped to invite. bout the what did you call hem?-potential murderers'?"

From somewhere down the bail Cousin Amok to join them, called. "I wish I never had to see any hushed sound of one who walks count for the noise and swing of came a light creaking trend then by the indent old nian to ac he of them again," Linda said de- quietly for fear of disturbing the door, Cousin Amos, of course,

ctedly.

would forget entirely his lusist- lothero. It was followed by, a "Oh, come, Bluks. It isn't as slight click and then to her ears ence on opening it, in spite of her ad as that. A few hours of came distinctly the wrak-wrak express request that he should

"A fow hours? How you do ex-opened casement giving

wrak of Cousin Amos defiantly not. Well-let Tom bear the on the brunt of displeasure! Perhaps he ggerate! It's almost daylight little porch. She relaxed. Evi could brace it somehow to stop it ad we've got to get Cousin Amos dently her cousin was already for the moment. A sudden ap

early. "Early for him--that's about wakened by the light and pulling squeak filled her with re- the still, henvy heat. Also evi- newed alarm lest the sound dia- "How soon? It's after 5 now." dently he did not want to disturb turb Marvin Prait or DeVos. Both "In about an hour. He gets up any of them and Linda decided to of them, she knew, had had all bout half-past 6 or 7 anyhow and pretend she had not heard: After they wanted of Cousin Amos! In wants to take a 7-something all, it wasn't quite 6 yet-half an fact she had promised that the afa. That means 6 today." Tom whistled silently. Then of life.

hour before he should show signs Belgian, at least, should not even Sho would have her see again the man who had so af- a began undressing. "Binks," he aid, "go to bed. I'll see the old plunge and cool off before facing fronted him. She pulled the room ellow off and tell him you're all the next step. Yes, everything door gently to until it all but was quiet 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 amused than otherwise, at Tom's e my job and I'll send him red rubber shoes. way with a amile. I wouldn't Cousin Amos hadn't had much. But the door on the terrace was

But in the hail, she relented. | plight. eep anyhow, Tom. I'd have him pleasure from his stay and he had open and as she came out Into the 1 my mind."

"Pay-hero's an Idea! Get out 80 anjoyed the water yesterday! early sun, she saw a white-backed those things and into your Since no one else was coming, why jeracy rising and falling in athing suit. This room'a au oven not at least ask him? At his rhythmic strokes as a familiar fig- ad a cool dip'll do you more good room door she stopped in surprise ure headed out from shore. Tom, an lying down. If you'll fling on-it was about a foot njer. She no doubt of it-tired of waiting fow clothes and ace that he gets remembered that he had not left for her and apparently striking Then out for distant Connecticut. She- reakfast I'll run him to the sta it open during the night on and you can go to bed then. she thought of the step she had prepared to calt the piercing yodel doubt if anyone else shows heard in the hall. Curious be with which she was wont to signal is face before noon."

should go outalde his room so him and checked herself only just She was already scrambling into early! He had his own lavatory in time as she remembered the e pert little red jersey suit that and could have done without a hour. ade her look so boyish and slim,, "I'm with you, Tommy! It's a rand Idea, Think any of the

horg--?"

But if not Tom, who WAB

tub for once in his life. If he had upstairs with Cousin Amoa? Had gone across the hill she hoped he been taken ill in the night and fervently he hadn't either met or did ho need help? Should she go disturbed Marvin or DeVos, both back?

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