1932-12-30 — Page 3

GREAT NEW MYSTERY SERIAL

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPIA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1932.

"WEEK-END MURDER"

BY GABRIEL E. FORBUSH

MISGENE BURRA TO-DAT

Linds

Luses Peshody, widerly, conala of Avril, falle tơ hin denih from the seconds Hope balcony of the Averill Long Island me.” wha, Linde renchén kim ime befry he diet, is time to bear bine gang, “ila nuhed me!”

There are Foder gamle lo the hours and all bessere anapesta of the murder. All are strong physiemíly, kave violent campers and all have courrelled with Comain Amos. [The]

her

mother-in-lawy

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

"You remember we were going swimming together.

"Linde, what on earth? The police don't come for for any- thing like that. We, telephoned Parsons, of course, and he got hore just as quickly as he could do for that is, he attended to you first. He did try to reach Pat Boyle-he's the county medical right examiner-to report the mattor. But Boyle's away, so Parson's maid "But, honey, lie. down! You ho'd take the responsibility of shouldn't be sitting up this way!" cortifying that it was an

"Shouldn't ba sitting up? cident."

*Yas what?" asked Linda, auð- Indeed not! I ought to be up altogether." Sho wriggled under denly very tense. his firm grasp and pointed ac-"An accident, dearest-you cusingly at the little French clock, know-I thought you remembered

Tom, Is it really half-past 87-Cousin Amos Did I go out completely for s0 long? How could 17. I must get up this minute!"

Mra, Averill dismissed the ; poor kid!" matter of exact time airily but "There, Tommy-I'm all Linda was rapidly becoming her now." normal-and persistent-se},

"Tom-where le Tom? Why he DAY AND Mr. Statlander, middlewestern) was swimming-Oh!" The manager of the Arm Tout Marvitill wyrke forj Maria, Fratz former etitor of Linda's: mont Captain De Vos, haute Belgian represent dreaded came sweeping over Linda. ing a Kuropean pertume manufacturers and Tom so far away.

that Llan Shanghaoway, Irkk, writer and, lecturer,

tight choking thing around her neck.. Cousin Amos. the torrace. Linda sat straight up in bod, her eyes auddenly brimming, like a child's, with allent tears,

Linda, realling her coole had tried to tall, her he was murderered, rushes the sales to the haloowy, Bensone steps behind Stelen to strangle her and she fall is a Falst

CHAPTER XII.

A door closed, very softly and gently. To Linda, lying white and motionless in the big bed, the sound came faint but unmistak ablo, piercing the nothingness in which she seemed fathoms doop. A door there was something ... she must tell someone... about a door

Of course not being able to open her eyes made it hard. If she could do that she could speak

"There, Lindy, there?" Kath leen's lovely white hand, so aristocratic, so impersonal, patted her shoulder,

"I'm not going to fuss-but I do want Tom!" Linda burst out. Her need was not for sympathy but for comprehension.. "Oh. I must see him! I must!"

"Very well, kiiten, you shrill. le's having a little breakfast now. He's been pretty-busy, this insti hour or two, Shall I call him?"

That was a.naw idea. An hour

things would be all right. Another interval of nothingnees, or two! It had been early-be- not unpleasant ..but the im-fore 6-breakfast? Her mother- pulse returned more strongly. in-law, instinctively guarding her Suddenly she was looking up much harassed son, seized the at the coiling and its whiteness opportunity.

hurt her. She made a little fret- "He'll hurry-back to you as fast ting noise and shifted her head as he can, I know. I made him on the pillow. The sound brought eat first and told him I'd go down instant action. With a troubled, for a cup of coffee when he came affectionate look, someone

So he'll be back very soon." was up. bending over her. Linda's still alightly dazed regard travelled

Linda yielded. After all, pér-

over the surprisingly young face haps she really wanted a few up to the smoothly waved grey minutes to collect her thoughts. hair and down again.

Now everything was in a jumble "Hello" she observed weakly, but she knew there was something: "Hello, Lindy" Tom's mother very special that she wanted to was nice she took things so for toll Tom, and he would probably granted. Always serene instead have much to tell her. of breaking into exclamations of surprise or sympathy, she now acted as though Linda had aimply waked from a brief nap. She was wafting, as it happened, to see whether she would drop off again or was really able to talk, but Linda folt only the atmosphere of casual calm. It braced her at

onco.

"Well," she vouchsafed feebly, "bere I am!"

"Yes." Kathleon Averli smiled. "No doubt about that!"

"How long have I been here?" "Oh, ever since Tom telephoned

"I'll just rest till he comes," she aald and observed with normal shrewd penetration the antisfied smile of the victor. "Rest!" What she needed was action-but she'd have time to think things out-

It was in fact but a scant 10 minutes before quick steps in the hall brought a flush to her cheaks) 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- lety of the morning was in his ex-) clamation. "You poor baby-you}.

""You're to stay right hère. Stop that, Binks-behave your self."

Ac-

"Yes. You went ahead of me." "I wish to heaven' I hadn't!"- fils hand tightened over hers and she shivered a little. "Oh, Binks," I can't forgive myself that you Baw"

"Nover mind what I saw. Tell mo what you saw."

"Well, I was Just climbing up on the the raft-looking toward house when you came out on the balcony."

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Be could not understand her I know what happened to Cou-tension. "It was all over sin Amos." Her tone made him quickly. You afood for a moment like like a scarlet exclamation look at her sharply.

"He fell from the balcony," eald point against the white of the Tom quietly. Since she would dis house. And then your arm weat cuss it, better to bo to the point up and just as I was waving back "Ton, what nonsense! How and steady about it.

I saw you pitch forward-sort of can with the doctor coming- "Yes?""Again he was puzzled stagger and fall, Gosh, Binks,

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

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

ing against the pillow, "suppose (Continued on Page 10.) for's been here and...”

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