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GREAT NEW MYSTERY SERIAL

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1933.

"WEEK-END MURDER"

BY GABRIEL E. FORBUSH

CHAPTER XXIII.

De Vos's manner wan cool, al-alignment. Inve most indifferent. Ife seemed to hesitated as though wondering be making conversation. Never-whether the subject might be too thelos a little trickle of fear went painful) "any idea how it hap up Linda's spine at the suggestion pened? You" underlying the random phrases. Tom's words camo back to her. "Not off the grounds," he had said. "In the boat-"

the polite boredom of his previous wrong." manner and recollected suddenly The Belgian's lifted eyebrows that no man enjoyed a detalled disclaimed any advantago in the description of ailments and symp-trait toma,

"A person of great Intensity," Then you came to my rescue he commented. "For myself, I all of you," she added to explain find such virilo heartiness fatigu the personal pronoun ne his eye-Ing."

brows lifted. He laughed easily. Perhapa Linda answered senal- "My dear Mra. Averill, there bly. Perhaps her reply was what was no need for rescue. Your it seemed to her own ears, a foe- you" Cho | American women. No screaming, very good friend, Mr. Pratt, had blo and meaningless croak.

alrendy lifted you as Mr. Stat For, lacing toward the house, no fainting!"

"Well, not then." Linda reiander and I came in. We could she had suddenly felt her eyen mombored what was supposed to only offer assistance. Then when drawn upward. In that second, at have happened. She must tell her your husband came, he naturally the closed window of the nursery, aho enw a face. Though it in- story as she and Tom had agreed took command."

"Poor Tomi He must have beonstantly moved back to dissolve in sticking as closely to the truti

the shadows of the room bohind as possible, but leaving out what terribly upset!". must on no account be revealed to A reminiscent amilo twisted the there was no mistaking the front anyone. oven tila attentive, corners of the Belgian's, grave | grey of the hair, the strong lea- tures, especially the prominent sympathetic listener. "I should mouth.

"Yes--ah-Br. Averill was con- jaw. Marvin Pratt in the nursery have called out, perhaps. But I simply felt I must do something sideraly upeut He ran upstairs-looking down at them on I hurried upstairs blindly-his dripping front the water, so he lawn and, most important, pull- door was open and that must have was obliged to walve the very de-ing back quickly out of sight the startled me, though it'a hazy now lightful duty of carrying you to moment she looked toward him, when I try to remember. Going your room in favour of Mr. Pratt. to that room was partly force of I believe he yielded his privilege habit. When Tom's aunt lived with some reluctance." here we always had it when we visited and after we moved in we were there for a long time while the rest of the house was being decorated. Anyhow-when I saw the broken railing" She flung out her hands with an, expressive resture.

"I was there, you mean?" Aside from her desire to lead the talk back to the tragedy, Linda felt a surge of pure relief to "I often take the wheel," she an-speak about it openly. Seeing swered quite calmly, "but I'm no this, he relaxed his evident enu- mochante and scared to death of tion lest he distress or displease engines. Tom manages that." her. "No. I don't know what "And I suppose, like most men, happoned, Mr. DeVos. It's been he would be enraged if another told me, just na if I'd been miles were to attempt the task in his ab- away." vence.", Still the ofThand, casual tone but for the moment Linda was utterly incapable of an answer. Instinctively she looked toward the house and his eyes followed hore. She saw him glance up to- ward the balcony and then knew by his expression that his thoughts had shifted to another subject. She could wafely introduce the theme no much in her own mind He spoko first, however, soberly but without constraint.

"I see you have already mended the balcony railing. A shocking accident, Madame!-1 beg you to believe am indeed sorry that it

occurred."

"Ah! We found you-uncon- Aciou-

my

cousin's

Tho evident sympathy warmed her. She could speak freely to this now entirely attentive, courteous, understanding peraon. She thought fleetingly how much more natural Europeans were in any approach to trouble or un- too often happinces, which all tongue-tied the average self-con- scious American.

"Yes-in

room. But I was downstairs when it happened. You know," she hesitated, remembering the events on the club porch, then plunged "Thank you." The ring of ain-ahead, "he has to have left the cerity in his voice touched her. house carly this morning. When After all, it was foolish to think, we got home after the dance it just because he was interested in was so horribly hot and so nearly boats-as was everyone else on morning that Tom and I thought,

inke the bay that he meant to

we'd cool off with a dip instead of her, alone, out on the water. "It trying to go to bad. Tom went on was shocking. Terrible! I can down ahead of me. I came out on hardly believe now that it really the terrace and-" Her voice happened. We live so uneventfaltered. "Just as I did so, Cousin fully here and the place looks, Amos must have fallen overhead. even now, so peaceful. No," she He-his body hit the terrace right went back to answer his question, in front of me." "the break is not really mended. Someone seems to have put the upper railing back into place. That is all."

"Ah yes, I see now. Several of the lower bars are still out of

i

"You say his body. He was dead-?"

"Not then. At least, his eyelids moved. That's why I left him. I rushed indoors for help-"

"You are very courageous, you

"That psychology," slowly.

• * •

man

the

Why should he be there? Was he spying on her? Or the bal- cony communicating with the other room-

"Oh!" Nobody had told Linda this. It somewhat explained the stiffness betwen the two men, Poor Tom! It must have been an- noying to have to permit-in fact, requent-Marvin to carry her to her room and doubtless he had not I been any too gracious about it. She was glad she had made this such П natural minor discovery. It seemed to be the

nodded about all she had gleaned from "So often it is the symbol the present conversation, of a thing rather than the' actual occurrence which shocks us. You kept your head wonderfully in the face of the accident itself, but the suggestion of the torn railings-ing," he said. "I'm

"Yea. I hadn't thought of it rest was no disturbed.

"Like you. I preferred not to that way. But even now I feel all cold and trembly when I remem-retire," he answered. "The night ber how I stood there and looked was hot but there was a slight at that broken place. Everything breeze off the water and I made got black and sort of rushed at myself comfortable in the chair by me-I felt as if I wero choking the window and dozed off there. I must in fact have gone soundly for breath"

Jewellery worth $1,197 asleep, for I did not hear your cousin's full. Your own, Insidentolen from a Chinese shop in the house, sounded faintly through Bute-Street, Mongkok, at mid-day my confused dreama-and then I yesterday, and the police are now heard stups and volces which searching for an amah formerly

Mr. Pratt, employed there. thoroughly roused me. In fact, left his room with such such vigor and haste that it would have roused any sleeper."

"Marvin does move enerreti- cally when he's in a hurry." Linda amiled at the picture his words Ruggested. "But he's always de

when penable

anything KOON

She seemed to be whirling The world was a through aprice. dizzy unreality and she longed any for sanctuary and safety, Then she steadied, realizing that DeVos had noticed neither the ap- parition nor her distress. Deaper- ately she tried to think of some obvious remark to cloak hor panic. Accident saved her. Through tho caserment door came Statlander, followed by Tom. At the same "I hope you had a little sleep moment Rosie emerged from be between coming back from the hind the bushes and came toward Club and the accident this morn-her. The earth became stable

sorry your again-it was time for tex.

(To be continued.)

ANOTHER JEWEL

"It is not a pleasant feeling to falut!"

"It's horrible! I've only fainted once before in my life and that was so long ago I'd forgotten how It felt. That awful sensation of strangling" Involuntarily her hands went to her throat.

"Ah?"

She noticed a return to

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