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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPIE FRIDAY DECEMBER 30, 1932.

"WEEK-END MURDER"

BY GABRIEL E. FORBUSH

REGIN ́HERE TO-DAY

Linda

Amos Perbody, stórir cousin of Averill, falls to his death from the arcand We balcony of the Averilla Lonk

Island me." Mrs, Averill dismissed the poor kid!”

Linde reachen Sie ftat befre be die

Je kane to hear kis gap, “ile pushed me...!”. There are four posts in the bowe and

all become suspects of the murder. All re, normal and persistent sch strona physically, have violent tempers and

""Tem--where le Tom? Why he (all bare quarrelled with Couls Amor. The four wees MT. Blatlander, midwestern was swimming-Oh!". The ・manager of the fem Tom Marverlit works for

mother-in-law had Harris Prazs, former adtler

Lindment her DI

mo

right

"And the polles? Inquired you tell me just exactly what did. Linds in a small scared voice. He happen, as far as you know Go looked at her in utter astonish, back to the very beginning. A

“You remember we were going ment

swimming together

"Linda, what on earth-7 The police don't come for-for any- thing like that. We telephoned Parsons, of course, and he got here just as quickly as he could

"Yes. You wont ahead of me.” "I wish to heaven I hadn't!" is hand tightened over here and she shivered a little. "Oh, Binks,

Î

"You could see me clearly?

"Why yes. You waved-

"You Baw me wave?"

do for that is, he attended to you I can't forgive myself that you Arst. He did try to...rench Pat aaw-!"

"Never mind what I saw. Tell Boylo-he's the county modical

"Well, I was just climbing up on matter of exact time airily but There, Tommy-I'm all examiner to report the matter. me what you saw."

But Boyle's away, so Parson's said Linda was rapidly becoming hor now."

"But, honey, le down! You he'd take the responsibility of the raft-looking toward the #67% ac-house-when you came out on the

balcony," shouldn't be sitting up this way cortifying that it was

***Shouldn't ba sitting up? cident."

Was what?" asked Linda, sud- Indeed, not! I ought to be ap

accident, "An

dearest you Captain De Vos, bandame Belgias represent dreaded came sweeping over Linda. altogether." Sho wriggled under denly very tenac

so far away ... that his firm grasp and pointed ac- 327 = Karopese perfume manufactured Tom

you remembered Lan Khaughtienocy, frith writer and lecturer,

He could not understand her Llaza, realising ber-cousin had taled to tight choking thing around her cusingly at the little French clock, know-I thought theTom, is it really half-past 87-Cousin Amos-"

"I know what happened to Cou-tension. "It was all over so terrace. Linda nat straight up in Did I go out completely for ad

like-like a scarlet exclamation bed, her eyes suddenly brimming, long? How could I? I must get sin Amos." Her tone made him quickly. You stood for a moment

look at her sharply. lko.a child's, with silent tears, up this minute!"

"You're to stay right here. "He fell from the balcony," sald point against the white of the There, Lindy, there!" Kath-

#o Stop that, Dink-beliave your Tom quietly. Since she would die houso. And then your arm went cuss it, better to be to the point up and just as I was waving back leen's lovely white hand,

I saw you pitch forward-sort of aristocratic, no Impersonal, patted self."

"Tom, what nonsense! How and steady about it.!

"Yes?". Again he was puzzled stagger and fall. Gosh, Binks, her shoulder.

can with the doctor coming-

her tone, "Well-suppose, that was a scare! I couldn't im and there'll be arrangements" by

"You're not to talk. The doc-Tom," she relaxed siddenly, lean-agine what had struck you-but

(Continued on Page 10,) ing against the low, suppose tor's licen horn and...”

-tall her" he was murderered, rusher up neck. Cousiti Amos

sisire to the blooty. Boone steps behind stries to strangle her and she falls in tatut.

CHAPTER XIL

a

A door closed, very softly and gently, To Linda, lying white and motionless in the big bed, the sound came faint but unmistak. able, plercing the nothingness in which she seemed fathome deep, A door there was something

"I'm not going to fuse-but I do want Tom!" Linda burat out. Her need was not for sympathy but for comprehension. "Oh, I must nec

she must tell someone's him I must!"

about a door-

"Very well, kitten, you shall, Of course not being able to He's having a little breakfast now. opon her eyes made it hard. IfHo's been pretty-buay, this last she could do that she could.bpeak hour or two. Shall I call him?”

That was a new Iden. An hour things would be all right. Another interval of nothingness, or two! It had been early-be- not unpleasant.. but the im-fore 6-breakfast? Her mother- in-law, instinctively guarding her pulso returned more strongly..

Buddenly she was looking up much harassed son, seized the at the coiling and its whiteness opportunity. hurt her. She made a little fret ting nofse and shifted her hond

"He'll.hurry back to you as fast as he can, I know. I made him

on the pillow. The sound brought eut Brot and told him I'd go down Instant action. With a troubled, for a cup of coffea when he came So he'll be back, very soon." affectionate look, someone was up Lending over her. Linda's still slightly dazed regard travelled

1

Linda yielded. After all, per-

over the surprisingly young face hops she really wanted a fer- up to the smoothly waved grey hair and down again.

minutes to collect her thoughts. Now everything was in a jumble "Hello!" she observed weakly. but the knew there was something "Hello, Lindy!" Tom's mother very special that she wanted to was nice she took things so fortell Tom, and he would probably granted. Always serene Instead have much to tell her..

of bronking into exclamations of surprise or sympathy, she now acted as though Linda had simply waked from a briof nap. She was waiting, as it happened. to see whether she would drop off again or was really able to talk, but Linda felt only the atmosphers of casual calm. It braced. Her at

once.

"Well," she vouchsafed fecbly, "horo I am!"

"Yes," Kathleen Averill smiled. "No doubt about that!"

"I just rest till he comes," she said and observed with normal shrewd penetration the satisfied smile of the victor. "Itest?" What she needed was action-but she'd have time to think things out-

It was in fact but a seant 10 minutes before quick stepe in the hall brought a flush to hor checke and Mrs. Averill, rising with a re- signed little sigh, met her son at the door and slipped out as he' came in.

"Linda darling?" All the anx- "How long have I been here 7" iety of the morning was in his ex- "Oh, ever since Tom telephoned clamation. "You poor baby-you

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