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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.) TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1933.

"WEEK-END MURDER"

BY GABRIEL E. FORBUSH

BEGIN HERE 70-DAY.

AMOR PEABODY, elderly cutain of LINDA

to hear him snap, "lle pazhad ma

becunde sarpacia “of the, würder, Al

four

hat he who murdered, rushes up the stairs to

to strangle her she falls a faint..

the balony, Somande steps behind liar, tries

So regains conscious several hours later, apelcental and Linda has no opportunity to tell Tom what really happened.

It has been samad Conala Amor' death was

CHAPTER XIV,

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quick inward shock. It was icy

I know that wo must decido, went all over the ground, didn't

Jõgusanť, time, what to say,"

"That is simple enough. Wo can say I found Mr. Pratt bending over you,"

She caught her breath at the suggestion.

Tom-Tom-how can you"

"How can I what?"

"Think Marvin-?"

you?"

"Sure with Parsons.. Into the bedroom, out on the balcony."

"And neither of you saw nny- thing?"

"What was thero to aco7. An empty bod-an open door-a tera ralling-

"And the body of an old man who fell over, headfirst, hit the

"How can I help it?" His hands stones below and was killed. Was

"N-no. Of course it was only

.

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AVERILL, a to his danth from the second she had resonted it, had strong-, gesture so easily translated into a four balcony of the Averil Long Island hos. thened and steadied her. Yet light-hearted wave! And as she clenched. "Linda do you want the doctor even surprised that the Zlada reaches his just before he dies, in time Tom, as he obeyed with more finished with her vague memory to drive me crazy? I'm trying to fall killed him?"

There are four evente la the house and all worried perplexity than he per- that the choking pressure gave,hold myself in. It's for your strong physically, have violent tempers and mitted himself to show, thought he just as she toppled into un-sake I'm going to report it that one story but the old-fashioned all have quarrylled with Cousis Amos, had never seen Linda look so consciousness, he awore briefly, way instead of-throttling him balcony is quite high and he did go

MR STATLANDER, midda 2 sổ thọ đem TOM serious, and as he took the hand shortly, with the concentrated choking the life out of him-" AVERILL works for MARVIN PRATT she extended hu experienced a anguish of futile rage.

"Tom" She was beside him badly crushed."

headfirst. His head was well, former suitor of Lindaki CAPTAIN DE VOS, handete Belgian renting a Europa perfume mustafaaturers and LAN SHAUGH cold and, for all her outward con- that?" she concludad, trying to dear forget that

"So what do you think of with one quick movement.

"Tom. HEBET, Irish writer and feclufar.

or Course

"There,He didn't suspect!" Linde, realizing her cousin had fried to tea trol, decidedly tremulous.

relleve his evident tension by you think—but wait a minute, "No-no, he didn't." without any sign of weakness or eyes burning into hers; he sat allowed her to draw him down on Than she began to talk, quietly, speaking lightly, Face set grimly, honey! Sit down here" Ho

"Did you see any cluati "What do yout mena? Oh hysteria, and he listened, incredu-there a moment Immobile. His the side of the chales longue but traces of the man! No, nothing lous but believing. Such things look made her realize suddenly as his face was tense and his oycal couldn't happen but, if Binks said an outsider would realize, what brooded durkly, not meeting hers.

"And what would there bo to so, they had! She told of the she had been through, what she She plunged quickly ahend. see? It's only in books that a door that was ajar; of the voices, had ao narrowly missed.

"Dear-there are four men In murderer leaves a cigarette case or It was almost half-past 10 by her so indistinct that she had thought "I think it's murder and at this house and four men who long blonde hair, or something of little clock when Linda's listening one of them his; of her quiet tempted murder!" he answered may have done it. In fact, you the sort. If a man walks into a ears heard the welcome spin of approach and withdrawal, ungjowly. "Good God-what might said you saw Mr. Shaughnesecy room at 61,121; or thereabouts gravel under the wheels of a re-heard; of her surprise when, down- have happened and I wasn't just about the same time and the when everyone in the house is turning car and she opened her stairs, she saw him in the water; there!" Suddenly he engulfed her other two were up weren't they, sleeping, throws an old man over eyes to

seo hor mother-in-law of her pauso on the teraco; the with tense, protective, angry ten- by the time you got to the room? the rail and goes back to his room tiptoeing out of the room.

scuffle overhead; the sudden hurt-derness.

How can you be sure which one it what earthly trace could anyone That's Tom" they both exing down of Cousin Amos' body "Ouch-my neck!" she exclaim- was? They'd all had trouble with ever find-unless-7" claimed, and the older woman and the scant five words which he led. She wriggled tentatively, Cousin Amos. You remember wo "Unless what, Binks 7 The laughed a Httle.

had strength to gasp. Words then more violently. "But it's joked about the patanial murder- police can at least question them "You needn't worry, Lindy!" she which had sent her flying up the only a little stiff now. Let me get era. Marvin lane of them. He said. "He'll be up here as soon as steps to identify his assailant- my breath. There! Why where may be the one, that's true-but-" "The police! The police of this he can fly, and I'll go downstairs

Averill broko in with an ex-are you going?"

for words reached him but they village! She paused to give his to see if your guests need any help clamation of horror.

"To call the police."

started another train of thought, own imagination time to work. in their Anal preparation."

Linda-alone: Why you might "Oh Tom-wait! That's exnet- "Four of them and any one of "In the first place could we oven When Tom appeared, as prompt--you might have been killed-1"ly what I thought you'd say and them might-Linda, those men convince

the police ? What ly as his mother foretold, his wife

"I nearly was,"

exactly what you mustn't do, just don't wait for the moon train, possible proof could we give? It was sitting up, bright-eyed and

now, anyhow. You don't know They got out of here as quickly as happened no early-there were no looking astonishingly untouched

anything-whom would you ne-they can pack. I'll stand over witnesses. All the men were in by the recent disaster.

cube,"

every last one-ÎI tell them ita their rooms—or could say they that or-arrest."

were, I thought I was choked- "But, Tom, you were convinced but I fell unconscious and might "So anxious to save him?" it was an necident. Wasn't every-į simply have fainted. You were "Tom--what do you mean?" body?"

swimming In, with your eyes full "You don't sound as though you "Yes, of courag, Binks. How of water, and you thought you saw wanted to catch your cousin's mur-could it seem anything else?" in man. And think of those parti- deror as much now as you did! "That's it exactly. Murder-cular four men-can you imagine when you ran upstairs." His murder simply doesn't occur to one of them hearing the idea of voice was distant, cold.

anyone in-well, in our type of being accused of murder patient- home. And anyhow it had every ly? "Nobody-nobody from out- appearance of an accident.. You (Continued on Page 11.)

"Now, Linda-what's on your

mind 7"

Her cager desire for speech did not prevent a flash of gratitude for bia direct approach to the subject. No pretence that he'd forgotten it, she no argument as to whether were able to talk.

"Sit down, Tom," she said, and know as she heard her own volce that the interval, frantically as

What's that?"

"I nearly was killed. You-you didn't know it, Tom, but when you thought I waved-well, your being on the raft there, facing the house, saved my life, I guess."

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His eyes rosted on her specula- tively.

He heard hor out grimly. Heard of the allent approach of the man behind her--the man whom she had trapped there and who, fear Ing detection, tried to silence her forever. Heard why she had in-

"I want to catch him more than voluntarily clutched at the air-alover," she said vehemently. "But

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